General Chat

~~~~YOOHOO Lesley~~~~~

~~~~~~~~waves at Polly Anna~~~~~~~~~

Julie Ann That certainly is a mixture. Quite a few people have said to me that they wished they had Romani in their line. Believe me you wouldn't if you knew how hard it is to track the little darlings down. That was so clean compared to what I wanted to write. lol There does seem to be quite a romantatism about Romani people. I can only imagine how hard their lives were although I do have some wonderful stories that have been handed down through the generations. I love caravans too, in fact I'm off to stay in one this bank holiday. :-)))

Its ok for you lot, i'm looking for joneses in wales.

Thanks PollyAnna. I like a challenge although I do admit to stomping my feet at times. :-)))

~~~~Maureen ~~~~~~

Hi Jackie, If your rellies were Gypsy/Show-folk,have you tried the Galloper site? Mau x ~~~~~~Polly~~~~~~~

id love to find romani in my tree, i find their life fascinating, so thats japaneese and romani, id wish to find, bit of mixture, could live in caravan myself

Good luck, cloth Ears. Rel challenge there. we have some welsh circus people in the family and they moved around...

PollyAnna Nope, haven't found a sausage. Tell a lie I've found my Dad's line but didn't need them as already had them back to 1841 and beyond. The problem with my Mum's line is that both paternal and maternal line were Romani so their birth age and place chop and change like the wind. I've managed to track a lot of them through to 1851 census so haven't done too badly. Never mind I'm sure something will turn up eventually.

Cloth Ears, haven't you found any ? mine were fairly easy, norwich for generations....More difficult when they moved........have you asked the nice people on the tips board ?..they have a lot of ways of finding out...

Dawnie Must be so frustrating knowing they're there but not being able to see them, but at least you've found some you lucky girl. :-)))

I won't give up ! Just need a break. Allie, Got so excited, I ended up with brotheres and sisters married, ! and kids,now have to entangle them all, so many with the same names ! Husband doing me a great big wall chart so I can actually see them all at once, instead of in the computer........

Hi Polly Anna I got fed up with mine - it all seemed to grind to a halt so I left it for a bit, and straight away after going back I broke two huge brick walls. I think that sometimes you get too close to see the obvious (I know I do!) and a break from it can help. Hope you don't give up! Allie x ps surely with your name you should be looking on the bright side of this? LOL

Claires School of Motoring isn't. BSM seems better I agree.

BSM is the best !!

Dear Jackie there are some sites for gypsy ancestors dont know if you know? Remember reading the thread on tips. ................regards Barbara.........

I'm on instructor No. 5 I think but it's nothing to do with my ability. (I swear!) Just a rubbish school! I'm with a new place now

ClothEars One of my families on the 1841 is on the part of the page that was burnt, i can make out a few names but the rest are illegible, my lot always in the wrong place lol

Good for you, you need a car...i didn't learn until I was 37 and had hundreds of lessons, wore out three instructors and took three tests and THAT was with an automatic...........First day out after passing test,dented it !! Never had a scratch since....