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Prickly Holly - your last posting really brought a smile to my face, what a lovely story.
I think you've won the prize for such total grave dedication! Well done!

K

Will half dead do, Prickles? :- :-\

Wend..........i love dead people i do! ;-)

This thread is making me laugh. Those *glazed looks*, when you're so excited, are very hurtful aren't they. After all, you're doing it for them, aren't you? Aren't you?

Bet, when I've popped my clogs, one (or even 2 or 3) of my offspring will take up the mantle one day and regret that they didn't listen to me, or is that just wishful thinking?

MINE ARE FROM IRELAND
ONLY JUST FOUND GG BIRTH
1846,THEY CAME HERE IN 1870

QUITE A NICE LOT BY ALL ACCOUNTS
G/UNCLE DAVID THOUGHT IT UNFAIR TO FIGHT WITH LOCAL POLICE,UNLESS THERE WAS MORE
THAN FOUR AGAIST HIM

Dizzy,
Well done you! I found my graveyard today, but forgot the brush, so went home in much the same state as you. Worth it though, found my gg grandmother, miles away from where she should have been and it's taken me years. Good result!
PS, I've got Hales in my tree, Jacob 1667 in Kent, any relation? :-)

I went to a cemetry 2 weeks ago............armed with 2 buckets, a bag of peat, secateaurs, dust pan and brush, rubbish bag, a bag of quick drying cement, washing up liquid, camera ,flowers, egg sandwiches, cream cake, orange juice, picnic blanket......(Well i had to have something to do whilst the cement was drying!!)
It was "dead quiet" until i started on my picnic and i saw two elderly gentleman heading in my direction!
They stopped quite close to me and together they began tidying a grave that had obviously been neglected for some time.
I am sure they took as many sneaky peeks at me, as i did at them.
As soon as the cement had dried, i replaced the two buckets of green stones i had removed and washed earlier and then made my way over to the water tap to fill the vase for my flowers.
One of the elderly gentleman walked over to the tap at the same time carrying a vase.
He said.........."Excuse me, but can i just say"
I thought..........oh, oh"
He continued......"Watching how busy you have been and to see you picnicking beside a grave who i assume belongs to a loved one, was a truly wonderful sight"
Good job i had two empty buckets to cry in!!
:-\

GEORGINA
I SPENT AGES KNEELING IN MUD CLEANING A GRAVESTONE WHERE THE ONE I WAS LOOKING FOR SHOULD BE

DID A FANTASTIC JOB WENT HOME COVERED IN MUD

AND THE GRAVESTONE

WAS IN FUDDY LATIN,,,,STILL DONT KNOW IF IT WAS RIGHT

GEORGINA
I SPENT AGES KNEELING IN MUD CLEANING A GRAVESTONE WHERE THE ONE I WAS LOOKING FOR SHOULD BE

DID A FANTASTIC JOB WENT HOME COVERED IN MUD

AND THE GRAVESTONE

WAS IN FUDDY LATIN,,,,STILL DONT KNOW IF IT WAS RIGHT

Not sad in the least. No no no.....

And as for carrying the small brush that fits in your handbag....pah!! I don't care who see me when I go 'on a mission' to churchyards etc because along with the small brush, spare shoes, the pen/paper etc, I take a bag containing sheers and a couple of old cloths (for tidying up the graves, usually just the ones i want to photograph, or any which 'belong' to my family) and a couple of old carrier bags for any debris!!

Oh, and yes, I dream about dead rellies, graves, census returns, bmd's etc, the lot!!!

K

I can identify with most of those top 10 signs,and family members' eyes glazing over the minute you start to discuss the strange thing you've just found out about a dead rellie.

We were coming home from the airport recently,when we passed through a suburb where OH's Great Grandfather lived,so I had to (almost) beg OH to make a detour to his house as I just happened to remember the address where he lived.Luckily the original house was still standing,so we were able to take a photo,and then we were on our way.I have plans to visit a few cemeteries too,which just happen to be on the way to some of the towns that we go through at times on our holidays,sad, isn't it??

Oh Grace,
I was off work yesterday and tried in vain to find the graveyard I wanted, although I knew I was close. I'm off again today (good weather forecast) and have asked hubby for directions without letting on about yesterday. With regards to the brush, I forgot to mention, it has to be a small one which fits in your bag, then when nobody is looking, you can whip it out and clean up!
You wouldn't want people thinking you were crazy would you? ;-)

Thank you Grace.
Nice to see some deadicated people doing research. :-)
Well i will be off to do some research myself in a bit. :-)

Another sign of addiction...when you book leave from work to coincide with good grave hunting weather (not too hot or cold) and your OH says...not again....how many dead people can you be related to!...or he says hmmm I guess I will have to navigate again (relating to a few occasions where I have not been able to follow a map and ended up at the incorrect end and wondering after an hour why I can't work anything out!

Great thread!

hey Holly
do you dream of grave yards too ?
but there are SOME things I wont admit to.
its not unusual to be ....obsessed is it, or to solve problems in our sleep.

I am sooo pleased you admitted to that first Moonbi!! :-D

I seem to fit most of those characteristics too.
and Id like to add that I dream about looking for ancestors too.

Just been to a local cemetery today, took:
1. camera
2.paper
3.pen
4.spare pair of shoes (sensible ones for walking on wet ground)
5. and saddest of all, a brush (you need the brush to clear all the debris off the common graves which are usually flat on the ground so that you can read any inscriptions)
So if you spot a woman in a graveyard sweeping up, it's me !!!

lol im not gonna let my family see this top ten i get enough stick about talking about family tree.

I was once at my sister my mum had come up and my OH was in the kitchen with them . I came in said something about family tree and they all fell about laughing unbeknown to me they had said how long before Rob say's something about family tree or JFK.

:-P

Yes I am all of these. When I first started all I knew was my dad said we came from Mary Tavy, turns out not quite right, but about 3 miles away. Now all my family say 'Nan is doing her Mary Tavy ' again lol

Carol :-D