Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Tell a lie RJ, once I went onto one of those Genealogy Sites, and put a relatives name in (which was quite a unique name) and date, and place of birth. The database said something like "We have found 75,000 results for that search", see, I wanted quality, not quantity.Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
The internet has worked wonders for genealogy. I have found that it has become a compulsive disorder which only seems to kick in at about the 50 or 60 year mark. I have insured that all my records will be available when I have kicked the bucket so that my kids can take over.Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Morning all,Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
In 2012, I found a sealed bottle in a small limestone cave while I was hiding a geocache. It was sealed with wax but inside the clear glass you could read a piece of rolled paper with a small note written on it. It said "Greetings to the future. Leonard Whittington 1896. I worked as a part time assistant in the local Settlers Museum and I went immediately to look through the records for this man, whose name rang a bell with me but I could not remember more. It seems that he was the local brewery manager and this note was found in a bottle embossed with the "Waipawa Brewery" insigna.Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
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