Are you satisfied your house/property is in the right band for paying Coucil Tax? It may well be worth challenging your local council to check it out. Yesterday a friend of a friend told me,...
I feel as though I'm invading a private club, anyway... I hope you can help me. My brother will be 70 in a couple of weeks time, he's a real old teddy boy. I would like to buy him something that...
To hold my attention when I get too frustrated at not getting the answers I want, I have taken to drifting from one side of the family to the other. My paternal Grandfather is still hiding somewhere,...
I have but wouldn't dream of using it, I have a friend who has just 'inserted' her maiden name into her surname...
I would sound real snobby...being a Norvener..lol...
Not for me, but I have been discussing Geniology with a relative who has a different surname and family to mine. I google her surname and have found for her the whole tree going back to the 1600s with...
I was visiting my daughter's house and family. I have two young granddaughters and they are as different as chalk and cheese. One is quite serene (13) and ethereal and the other is like an exploding...
This might seem a bit petty but I found it a bit unhygienic. Went shopping in Morrisons and at the butchers counter asked for a pound of mincemeat. The Girl picked up the mince with bare hands,...
i recieve housing benefit for a house which i rent from a private landlord. he has told me that the mortgage payments for the house i am renting from him have gone up I spoke to the council and they...
I read somewhere that some libraries have free access to Ancestry.co.uk. I emailed my library asking if mine was one of these. Hey presto it is. Apparently its paid for by the county council and...
I am going to have a rest from my Fathers side of the family,and take a look at my Mothers side. I think it will prove interesting tho maybe somewhat harder to research.. I understand Grannys family...
Hi, I'm being offered a Compaq Presario CQ61-425EA Celeron 900 2.2 GHz 2GB 160GB Windows 7 Home Premium for £317.25. Does anyone know if this is (a) a decent laptop and (b) a good price. Thanks....
Got thrown out of the pub quiz last night.
The question was "What castle suffered smoke damage in the 80's?"
Apparently "Roy" wasn't the answer..................
My grandson12/13 punched his mother in the face, and grabbed her, called her a bitch and threatebed to hit her again if she removed any item from his room as a punishment. any idea's
I know her maiden name and that she was married to Uncle Tom. They had one son called Peter.. I know they lived in Preston 60 years or so ago. I don't know the married name. Auntie Mary [nee...
I can't find my Grandfathers parents tho lots on my Grandmothers side. Grandad was Joseph Henry Phillipson born Calisle 1884! Its now gone 4am lol and need some sleep but these questions go round and...
Should I let my mum - who is 82 - come to live with us. I know she is lonely - I go everyday straight from work at 3pm and stay until 9pm sometimes - at the weekend I went on Sat noon until 8pm and on...
I am attorney for my father in law who is in a nursing home. I pay the fees from his funds including the proceeds of his house but they will probably expire before he does. When I approach the Local...