Mole Men .....

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Fact is, I'm spending far more time now researching my own 'Family Tree' than I am reading this place. Only I just came a cross a snippet, during my searching, that could just wipe someone here out!

 

Most of ye probably won't know or care that the Census returns of each decade are locked away for about a hundred years. Then they get released for public viewing. That's why all I'm able to get at right now is (up to) the 1901 Census. But, the hot news for those of us with a gagging interest is that the 1911 is on its way to the internet!

 

And look what I just happened to spot, whilst checking on its progress!

 

 

01/05/2008

As another month passes the digitisation project for the 1911 census is progressing well. Our team of experts is working round-the-clock in preparation for the first data release.

 

Some interesting discoveries from the past month are:

 

* RG14 piece sequences from the areas of Hemel Hempstead, Amersham, and Eton contained significant numbers of books that were in poor condition. Hemel Hempstead in particular contained books with pages showing signs of extensive damage and needed repair and treatment by the Conservation Care team at The National Archives.

* One particular piece in Suffolk contained some strikingly ornate calligraphy.

* We found two Cambridgeshire residents whose occupations, today, might seem a little unusual. One of the men was a 'mole killer' and the other a 'mole catcher'.

 

 

 

Found that Here.

 

 

Wonder whose Grandads they'll turn out to be? And, of course, those are just needles in the haystack which caught some bored Scanner operators eye, and the fancy of the sites editor. Just think how many Gamekeepers, Rabbit Trappers, Vermin Destroyers and god knows what else will emerge on this one ~ And Your Grandad or Great Grandad could be amongst them!

 

Beats the shit out of, " ABD Bitch for sale - for a friend. PM Kre.. " and, " Pikeys thieved my Dogs! I never saw a thing but I'll blame Gypsys anyway. Now I'll put more Dogs in the same, detatched kennels and scream again later. " or oh f*ck it. I'm fast losing the will to bother any more!

[undisputed 1,664]

Fact is, I'm spending far more time now researching my own 'Family Tree' than I am reading this place. Only I just came a cross a snippet, during my searching, that could just wipe someone here out!

 

Most of ye probably won't know or care that the Census returns of each decade are locked away for about a hundred years. Then they get released for public viewing. That's why all I'm able to get at right now is (up to) the 1901 Census. But, the hot news for those of us with a gagging interest is that the 1911 is on its way to the internet!

 

And look what I just happened to spot, whilst checking on its progress!

 

 

01/05/2008

As another month passes the digitisation project for the 1911 census is progressing well. Our team of experts is working round-the-clock in preparation for the first data release.

 

Some interesting discoveries from the past month are:

 

* RG14 piece sequences from the areas of Hemel Hempstead, Amersham, and Eton contained significant numbers of books that were in poor condition. Hemel Hempstead in particular contained books with pages showing signs of extensive damage and needed repair and treatment by the Conservation Care team at The National Archives.

* One particular piece in Suffolk contained some strikingly ornate calligraphy.

* We found two Cambridgeshire residents whose occupations, today, might seem a little unusual. One of the men was a 'mole killer' and the other a 'mole catcher'.

 

 

 

Found that Here.

 

 

Wonder whose Grandads they'll turn out to be? And, of course, those are just needles in the haystack which caught some bored Scanner operators eye, and the fancy of the sites editor. Just think how many Gamekeepers, Rabbit Trappers, Vermin Destroyers and god knows what else will emerge on this one ~ And Your Grandad or Great Grandad could be amongst them!

 

Beats the shit out of, " ABD Bitch for sale - for a friend. PM Kre.. " and, " Pikeys thieved my Dogs! I never saw a thing but I'll blame Gypsys anyway. Now I'll put more Dogs in the same, detatched kennels and scream again later. " or oh f*ck it. I'm fast losing the will to bother any more!

 

 

 

Keep the faith DS this would be a duller site without your input

Edited August 8, 2008 by undisputed

[IanB 0]

Interesting things family trees Ditch, my mother has been tracing her family tree right back and visiting were her relatives once lived. I didn't realise till she mentioned that my great grandfather was a keeper on the local estate at wynyard and the other a woodcutter. Its great to look back at the past its history, buildings and people...

[J Darcy 5,871]

Interesting things family trees Ditch, my mother has been tracing her family tree right back and visiting were her relatives once lived. I didn't realise till she mentioned that my great grandfather was a keeper on the local estate at wynyard and the other a woodcutter. Its great to look back at the past its history, buildings and people...

 

 

Ian your mother has been traced back to my house, bedroom to be exact, though i also suspect she has strong links with a group of strong african males

[Guest WILF]

Low blow..........but funny as feck!!

[masmiffy 82]

Good luck ditch.

Have thought about the family tree myself but with my surname no fecking chance!!!

[IanB 0]

Interesting things family trees Ditch, my mother has been tracing her family tree right back and visiting were her relatives once lived. I didn't realise till she mentioned that my great grandfather was a keeper on the local estate at wynyard and the other a woodcutter. Its great to look back at the past its history, buildings and people...

 

 

Ian your mother has been traced back to my house, bedroom to be exact, though i also suspect she has strong links with a group of strong african males

 

 

Yeh she said she was speaking to your mam when she was down there, she mentioned your dad moving out for a new model which broke her heart, she also mentioned he was a dead ringer for young jonathon with his fiery red hair and facial appendage....

 

She brought a photo back up home, jesus mate talk about doppleganger, just shows how folks really do take after their parents :laugh:

 

[J Darcy 5,871]

lol......I feel sorry for your mam Ian, having to pass that huge , monstrous nose, but at least it held her in good stead for when "Sabou" and his other half a dozen african mates were staying over having smuggled their way in, in a box of bananas...lol.

[Tuzo 251]

Priceless....................

[Tuzo 251]

So did IanB's relatives have a feud with JD's ?

 

 

 

During the time of the Napoleonic Wars. A French ship was wrecked just of the coast of the headland of Old Hartlepool.

 

The only survivor to be washed ashore was a small monkey dressed in a French sailors uniform. The wretched creature had apparently been used for entertainment by the crew of the unfortunate ship.

 

 

 

The people of Hartlepool at the time were largely simple fishing folk and had (probably) never seen a monkey and so they assumed it was a French spy, they promptly took it away for questioning. Unfortunately (for itself) the monkey could neither speak nor understand English and could only gibber agitatedly, which only served to further persuade the locals to the identity of the prisoner as they took this gibbering to be French! Finally the monkey was put on trial, found guilty of spying and of course sentenced to death by hanging. The monkey was finally hung on the fish sands a small stretch of beach below the ancient town wall.

Edited August 8, 2008 by Ko Shamo

[Guest WILF]

I have been there a few times and let me tell you, they are still like that..............

[J Darcy 5,871]

Yes, on ians street.......lol...but i think you will find it was actually a gorrilla, ians relatives in those days put the gorilla up for a few nights before the trial. Well, you know what them women-folk are like, they cant resist anything comming out of the "dark continent"...and before you knew it, "first born" was on the scene.......

 

this is where Ians enormous hooter came from...shame he didnt get the gorillas ruggedness, or large build and "length"

 

still...its good to know your family tree......shame is, most of ians bloodlines came from the trees........lolll...JD

[Guest WILF]

Ian.........your lunch is ready!!......lol

 

[IanB 0]

Darcy, you really are a dead ringer for your dad in the above photo, you being from the ape family and me being a monkey hanger I'm sure theres a bit of rope left, to put you out your misery

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Have thought about the family tree myself but with my surname no fecking chance!!!

 

 

Oh. Yeppers. I figured what it must be. Then I looked anew at ye Handle .....

 

That shouldn't stop ye for a moment though. In fact, all the more reason to go for it. For example; How about if ye were related to the Bedfordshire Smiths? They are a famous lot of Romani's and there's a wealth of information available already about them.

 

Anyway, I don't think any one name is much easier - or harder - than the next to trace. My Paternal name gave me great sport as there were three lots of them in my home town. Then the buggers started giving their children the same names as each other It took me about three years to sort those buggers out!

 

On my Maternal side, the name's spelt a certain way and, with people being so illiterate a century ago, it can end up being spelt two or three different ways. Again, the fun and games of investigating thoroughly enough to decide who was who. And it's completely addictive!

 

Why not give it a go? Don't be put off by what ye haven't tried. Just start with yeself and start inching back. I'd be perfectly happy to send ye to some of the better sites and give ye some pointers.

 

 

Ian; There ye go! It really Is in ye own blood, look. Cool.

 

Honestly; If I could get back to Portsmouth for just one day? I'd be racing round like a headless chicken. So much to photograph. My family kicked off there back at the turn of the 1800's. One man came down from London. The other side were from Eire and centred themselves around Bath. In fact, only this morning I signed up to the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society in order to get access to more information about them there.

 

Funny really; My history's becoming my life. Bummer is, I'll soon enough be history myself! That's why I'm working so hard at getting all I can put together first.