Mr Finlay Dun

[AndrewP]

Is there any physical description on the license, such as eye color, hair color, height, weight, etc?

Thankfully, no.

All the best,

AndrewP

[SarahND]

So I could just borrow your license and drive happily away, pretending I was Andrew?

[AndrewP]

So I could just borrow your license and drive happily away, pretending I was Andrew?

If you reckon you look like an Andrew.
And so long as you don't get caught. The police could be suspicious that you were not the licence holder.

[trish1]

Speaking of Duns - as we were

This has been a great resource for Scottish Dun/Dunn families. The editor is Michael Dun - I haven't exchanged email with him for some time, so don't know how active he is - but he may know of a branch including Finlay
http://www.dun.org.uk/

Trish

PS During the airline strike in Australia - 20 years ago, Qantas (which was then international only) was allowed to take domestic passengers. I was almost thrown in jail by immigration because I didn't have a passport.

[carolineasb]

After my Mum passed, I found my Paternal Grandfather's Passport from the 20s in her papers. It does list hair colour, height etc along with his picture and shows stamps for places he had been. It also has "Renewal" stamps on it so it appears that you didn't actually get a new document when your renewed. Oddly, one of the renewals was after his marriage to my Grandmother but she was not added to the document even though Spouses could be on the same document. I'll try to remember to bring it along to the next FH meeting that I can attend, Russell.

My Hubby has a pocket watch which was purchased at auction by one of his friends for him. It has an incsription on the back re a presentation to a soldier many moons ago. Hubby thinks he should try and find the family but, even though that seems like a good idea, they obviously didn't want it if it ended up in auction??

[SarahND]

Hello Caroline,
It's hard to tell whether the watch would be wanted or not. I can well imagine a scenario where one branch of the family was clearing out granny's house and decided to get rid of it, yet another branch of the family living farther away would have been thrilled to have it. It may be that there are no close relatives left. Have you tried to trace the family or is it a very common name?

All the best,
Sarah

[Russell]

You're right there Sarah. I was 14 when my paternal grandmother died. All her possessions were divided between her two surviving sons. Anything not wanted by them and their spouses was collected together and I had to take it to the rag and bone man and collect a few coppers for it. The children didn't get much of a say in what was discarded. There was a complete rig-out for the "League of Border shepherds". Most of it was thrown out except the plaid which my aunt kept as a skirt length. I managed to salvage a pair of plaid brooches but nothing else. I know nothing about the 'shepherds' but they were a link to a grandfather I hardly remembered as he died when I was six. A Portobello pottery piggy bank made for my uncle who died very young was broken so I was allowed to gather up the bits and spent ages gluing it together again (it is a globe shape with his name incised on it). Apart from his birth and death certificates that is all that survived to prove he existed at all ! What happened to the ivory handled button hook or the brass button polishing guard. How many bits of memorabilia are lost forever that way ?
Russell

[Alan SHARP]

Greetings from NZ.

I know of a family where Mum provided board to one of her Son's until she died. He was a little slow, [blue baby] but held down a workshop job. After the funeral he had quite a bonfire going, in the back yard, before relatives turned up to see him. They hurriedly salvaged what they could.

He used to experience bouts of frustration, and because of this, some items his family decided should be entrusted to my Dad, who lived some 60 miles away. Being more distantly related, so less likely for the man to be visiting, and to get worked up about the memorabilia items, and the frustrations that they sparked.

The items saved, including a family bible, were what greatly helped my research, into our distant family connections.

Alan SHARP.

[Russell]

Hi Alan

An old lady died here in the village recently.She was last of her family in the village after 2 centuries. She was a spinster so it was left to her nephew to clear her house. He arrived complete with a large skip and everything went in. Photos, papers, all sorts of memorabilia regardless. her neighbour remonstrated and was rudely told it was none of her business. There should be a law against folk like that

Russell

[Alan SHARP]

I would have been tempted to contact the skip-man for his next hirage, and tip him EXTRA not to unload before delivering the skip to me.

Alan SHARP.