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Comment on Constructing a Book in PDF by Denise Olson

Denise Olson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:52:04 +0000

Great tip! I’m a big Preview fan and also use PDFpen to help combine and split PDF docs.

Comment on A Great Lesson in Genealogy by Michelle Goodrum

Michelle Goodrum — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:18:55 +0000

Great way to make the point!

Comment on Geneabloggers.com by Gini Webb

Gini Webb — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:40:45 +0000

Thank you Charles. I have alot of learning to do on my German heritage. My mom is very knowledgeable in German history and is very willing to translate or help in any way she can.

I enjoyed featuring you and your blog.

Comment on The Pounds Sterling in Family History by jacqui

jacqui — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:12:32 +0000

Well that shows how much regional dialects differ. I remember a threppenny bit was also called a thruppenny bit depending on how posh you were. This is Derbyshire in the 1960s by the way.

What coins were in use at any one time is a matter for further investigation by whoever comes across reference to them. The farthing was no longer in use by my time (born 1950s) although my school arithmetic books had problems in them with farthings in.

The crown (5s) was also not in use at this time and I believe the half a crown coin was also phased out in advance of decimalisation to make the transition easier as we kept the same coinage for some time just called it by different names. And of course the new 50p piece was slimmed down at some stage to a shadow of its
original self at some point probably at around the time of the introduction of the £2 coin. The ten bob note of course disappeared with the introduction of the 50p piece.

A florin was called a two bob bit by the way. And of course a shilling was a bob. hence the expression “I bet he’s’ got a bob or two”

And this is just in recent history.

Comment on The Pounds Sterling in Family History by Charles Fleming

Charles Fleming — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:05:36 +0000

“thru’pence” is more accurately “thri’pence” or threepence – I sincerely doubt if it was ever written or pronounced as “thru”.

Comment on Include Historical Notes in Your Family History by Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:07:04 +0000

I appreciate this post and its suggestions. I think for a barely-interested reader of family history/genealogy (as in the case of hoping family will find what I write interesting enough to read) this is a really great idea! Thanks so much for sharing how you’ve done it.
Nancy from My Ancestors and Me at http://www.nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com

Comment on NEHGS and Footnote.com by Charles Rice Bourland, Jr.

Charles Rice Bourland, Jr. — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:34:56 +0000

I had no problem. You must be a member of NEHGS to access Footnote.