What every Family Historian wants for Christmas.....

[DavidWW]

Can we have a certain well known Italian deli in Edinburgh deliver lots of goodies for the barbie please?? (they are just around the corner so handy if we find we need more supplies!) Sounds good... if maybe a bit damp and chilly on the roof at this time of year!

Best wishes
Lesley

Naw, naw, - there'll be the bonfire as well, - just watch out for the molten lead drips .......... 8-[

David

[LesleyB]

David
For a horrible moment I thought you meant "naw, naw" to the deli - shock horror!
I think its essential - if we're locked in for a fortnight we'll need good food (and drinks!) to sustain us...!

best wishes
Lesley

[JustJean]

Can we have a certain well known Italian deli in Edinburgh deliver lots of goodies for the barbie please?? (they are just around the corner so handy if we find we need more supplies!) Sounds good... if maybe a bit damp and chilly on the roof at this time of year!

Best wishes
Lesley

Naw, naw, - there'll be the bonfire as well, - just watch out for the molten lead drips .......... 8-[

David

Oh dear...don't tell me we're inviting the drips to come too.....Now I'm really having second thoughts...

[ASGROOMBRIDGE]

Oh we really will have to be carefull not to burn the place doon that would be the end of us out tree's up in flames so to speak.

Audrey

[DavidWW]

Oh we really will have to be carefull not to burn the place doon that would be the end of us out tree's up in flames so to speak.

Audrey

In terms of pure practicalities, NRH could, very sadly, burn to the ground tomorrow, with the destruction of all the records contained therein, but copies, via various recent routes such microfilms, microfiche, and digitised images, never mind the earlier method of a copy of the BMD registers sent back to the registration districts, would survive.

While it would be more than very sad to lose the original OPRs, there would be surviving microfilms, - two separate filmings.

I suspect that some original documents might be lost, such as the original marriage schedules, and the original Court of Session divorce notifications (but there could well be Court of Session duplicate records for these ?!), as these, and possibly some other records, may not yet have been microfilmed or duplicated elsewhere ..........

David

[mjh]

Hi all
See for that two week lock-in - forget Donny, I think we'd need some decent outside caterers, don't you?

Do you know a good supplier of those "photo identicator" thingies?
Best wishes
Lesley

I'm with you Lesley, that photo idendicator is going at the top of my Christmas wish list. I hope Santa doesnae run oot before he gets tae my hoose.

[JayPee]

Along with all of the aforementioned giftie requests, how about one retroactive request:

Give all enumerators and registrars from all past days (and **all** of their assistants and superintendants) superior writing skills. (And hearing skills, and digging-out-those-reluctant-ones-on-census-night skills, and power-of-recovery-after-drinking-last-night skills )

(I suppose we need this for the future days, too )
- JayPee

[Montrose Budie]

Along with all of the aforementioned giftie requests, how about one retroactive request:

Give all enumerators and registrars from all past days (and **all** of their assistants and superintendants) superior writing skills. (And hearing skills, and digging-out-those-reluctant-ones-on-census-night skills, and power-of-recovery-after-drinking-last-night skills )

(I suppose we need this for the future days, too )
- JayPee

I cannot but agree

David

[CatrionaL]

All I want for Christmas is a Season Ticket on planes heading for Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Free accomadation in a comfortable hotel would be appreciated too.

Catriona

[Dennis]

Everything listed so far would be grand. Perhaps a gift certificate to SP would be a cool thing to get.


dennis