Month: March 2016

Genealogy

The Margaret Mystery Is Solved

Shelly

Birth Record

Thanks again to the kind soul who shared Walter’s and Bridget’s marriage record, this time for sharing Margaret’s birth record. This clears up everything and is pretty convincing evidence that both her grave marker and the transcript at Pat Deese’s website are incorrect. Margaret was born 12 Jan 1890. I think this means (and I hope to be able to eventually find the actual parish record to prove it) that Pat Deese’s date is a baptismal date. This makes me suspect that all the birth dates on her site are actually baptismal dates.

Also? Margaret and I share a birthday. I had no idea.

Genealogy

Walter Basquill and Bridget Bourke

Shelly

Castlebar Parish Register of Marriages

I did some quick lunchtime trawling and within literally two minutes found my great-great grandparents’ marriage in the parish register for Castlebar. I’d found Walter’s first marriage, but not his second, to my great-great grandmother, Bridget Bourke. Also listed are their fathers, Michael Basquill and John Bourke, along with witnesses, who were cousin-y type relations (not sure of the exact relationships, as I don’t have my database in front of me).

The image is from an unindexed collection available free at FamilySearch. They have microfilmed and put online images that are not available at National Library of Ireland, because they are for events that occurred after the 1880 cut-off date.

Marriage Record

And then a very kind soul sent me a research copy of their marriage certificate.

So in the course of a day, I went from zero documentation to having two sources.

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This is what happens when your one shot at photographing a family member’s grave marker comes at the wrong time of day. Giant shadow, ahoy!

I’m also hoping I can also find the baptismal record for my great-great aunt Margaret at FamilySearch (her birth was after the 1880 cut-off). I found an extract at Pat Deese’s website with her birth date, but it does not match up with the date I have from her headstone. Her headstone says she was born in 1889, but Pat Deese’s records list her birth date as 19 Jan 1890. It’s possible that the extract is actually for a baptism, and that she was born late December 1889. Finding her in the parish register should help clear up the mystery.

Crankypantsing, Photography

Nothing Is Ever Easy

Shelly

Two hours of aggravating troubleshooting, and Netflix has finally been achieved. #paininmyass

I bought my blu ray player years ago, and I recall having trouble getting it to connect over wi-fi then. I haven’t had Netflix or used the blu ray player in ages, and forgot. I re-subscribed to Netflix, before dumping cable, and I ran into the same crap again.

Ugh.

But after two hours of troubleshooting, I remembered I had an old cable modem in my box of computer junk. Huzzah! It’s ancient and flaky, so I’ll have to come up with a better plan soon, but for now, it works.

And now I can tell Comcast to GDIAF. (My bill for basic cable, phone, and internet went up to $250. It’s been slowly creeping up for years, but that is my limit. So I’m joining the 21st century and dropping it to just internet.)

Genealogy, Pets, Photography

Sasser with Tiny Teefs

Shelly

Sasser with Tiny Teefs #dogs #pitbulls #pitbullterriers #pitbullcomplaints #tinyteefs

Frances hurt her left knee a few days ago. She’s been on bed rest, which is not her favorite thing. Today she sat fairly straight for the first time (no side-saddle, though her knees are akimbo), so I think she’s finally feeling better. Her sasser is functioning at 100%.

In other news, I’m finally (FINALLY!) finished trawling the 1939 Register for Basquills (and all the various permutations). It ended up taking longer than I thought it would, but it filled in a lot of gaps.