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Very interesting. I have a distant in law relative in my tree who died in 1917 at the battle of Hill 70 and was missing. He'd emigrated to Canada years previously. I was contacted by the Canadian war dead trying to find living direct relatives. His remains had been found in 2011 with 5 colleagues. He was the last to be identified 10 years later. I managed to connect them with a living 3rd cousin x2 R. Last june , myself and my husband had the honour of being at his rededication service in France, where I met my new cousins. Very emotioal and unique experience.
My grandmother was superstitious. If a woman looked at a spider while pregnant, the baby would have a birthmark in the shape of a spider! (She was afraid of spiders.) If there were three knocks at the door, someone had died. This happened when my brother passed. She also saw visions and read tea leaves; some of what she saw came to be!
My great uncles name is Christopher Kotsakos before my grandfather passed away my grandfather told me that he was buried in France and was quite a stud. I would love to know more about where he fought and how he passed.
Bethnal Green Tube Station was unfinished so no rails meant more space. Sadly the central railing, on the stairs where the disaster happened, had not yet been fitted despite requests. So, when the crush happened there was no way to stop themselves falling. My Gt.Nan died there 😞The central railing? Fitted 4th March 1943....the day after.
(Ellen Zarnick as Ron) Liked the session! Found you on RU-vid by accident. I will check again next week. QOTW: My mom's paternal side came to the American colonies in the 1620s and 30s. The places I need to visit are: Swampscott, Rehoboth and Lynn Massachusetts as well as Preston, Connecticut.
I received notice that you added Philadelphia Archdiocese records today, but I still do not see 1923 records that were supposed to be published last year. What is the holdup? Why won’t your company provide records that subscribers have paid to see? Nobody at your company can answer this question.
Hi there, thanks for reaching out. Sadly, we can only release material given to us by the archive, and we've published all that's been given to us up to the 100-year rule. We have flagged your concerns with our Licensing and Data teams.
27:02 well, the land records is good and all, but from what i have found so far, my people had given their land to churches to preserve them due to what had happened, especially when the britons came in after what had happened with my family by our 2 family of cousins. After what happened, they were in Red Castle and White Castle, both their homes (actual castles) no longer exist, one has a hotel their now and the land surrounding was given to churches. Think I have said enough that if you know much Irish history, you should know what family I speak of.
10:46 i can not agree with you about the English influencing Irish. The Irish were long established before the English/Britons came over. And after that it is mainly who were on the east who got influenced by the english/britons. I mean, you showed a map that clearly proves that.
You two are being EXTREMELY "careful" to avoid talking about the realities of women's lives both then and now. Legal terms like "premeditated", "manslaughter" (women not even recognized in the term), murder in different DEGREES! are not adequate to describe women's reality.
Thank you for producing this story (and all the others). It is so interesting to have a couple of experts analysing a piece of my family history and adding such insight to the story.
Absolutely! To put things in perspective, Julia Wood was involved in another court case in 1902. She bought a stolen coat from someone. The thief got two months hard labour!
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Another fascinating tale. There seems to be a lot of evidence pointing to Gardener along with motive. I wonder what the midnight meeting was about? Maybe she had decided to keep the baby instead of putting the child up for adoption which would have cemented the rumours of an affair. The murder was so brutal and judging by the bottle containing the paraffin, It sounds as if the murderer was planned. Very sad for Rose and her unborn child. RIP 🕊
It's so true that ordinary households contained poisons. When I was a child we were always told never to eat any green icing on cakes because the colouring was made of arsenic! Whether that was true in the 1950s and 60s or just a carried-over fear of previous generations I cannot say. I know there were still widely available household items that are now banned. Carbontetrachloride for example. It was sold under various trade names. It was great for removing 'beach tar' post-Torrey Canyon oil spill in the UK.
Really fascinating. One thing though, the narrator of the animation...I know people from all over the British Isles, a huge range of accents, and I've never heard any English speaker pronounce the word 'butcher' like that. Is the narrator AI?
So happy FMP has partnered with Home Children Canada! Lori is an amazing and dedicated woman who initiates everything from her Heart. Every one of her accomplishments is a gift to us all. Thank you for featuring her again.
