u/FalloutGirl02

Do we know how Henry VIII felt about a potential male nephew inheriting the throne?

E.g. Frances Brandon was Francis Brandon. That would be a close enough male relative that would have been an English subject. It could be made even nicer by marrying Mary off to him.

Or was he specifically hung up on having a male child of his own?

Just curious. The Tudor family was notably lacking in heirs male.

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 2 days ago

Scars

I have the ugliest scars on my legs. Almost all of them are 10+ years old and I don’t know where I got most of them from. It’s not so bad in the Fall and the winter when I’m wearing pants 90% of the time, but with warm weather and swimsuit season on the horizon my insecurities are creeping up. They make me feel so unattractive. This condition already inconveniences me so much daily why can’t I heal like a normal person??? Every time I break my skin I end up wallowing in self pity.

It’s 70 degrees in my room right now and I’m wearing flannels and a sweatshirt so I don’t have to look at them.

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 4 days ago

Hand and wrist pain from mouse and keyboard

Hi everyone,

My office job has really been kicking my butt recently. I’ve had a busy week with a bunch of deliverables due, and I’ve been typing as fast as I can 6-8 hours a day 5 days in a row. My hands and wrist are killing me. Like I left my office 5 hours ago and I’m still aware of how badly my knuckles, wrists, and thumbs hurt.

Does anyone have any advice to mitigate this? I got some compression gloves in the mail today from Amazon that I’ve been wearing this evening, but they don’t seem to help much. I’ve been taking Advil every day and I don’t think that’s sustainable.

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 7 days ago

Do the Implications of Bill C-3 trouble you?

I’m an American and my great-grandmother was a British subject born in Ontario to American parents in the 19th century. My family applied for Proof of Citizenship, partly because becoming a duel citizen for 55 USD is a no brainer; partly because we want a backup plan in case the States completely loses it.

That being said, there are some people with ancestry claims even more ancient than my own (e.g. their Canadian ancestor was born in the mid 1700s), and it seems like there is no line in the sand with enough evidence.

Most of the discussion about the bill that I’ve seen has been American-centered. I’m curious what the Canadian perspective is. It’s your country and I’d like to think I speak for most Americans when I say we don’t want to intrude or otherwise offend anyone.

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 13 days ago

List of Researchers for United Church of Canada Archives?

Hi everyone,

My ancestor was a Presbyterian born in Kitchener, Ontario. The Kitchener local archives and the Presbyterian Church of Canada have no record of her baptism. My last lead before giving up is the United Church of Canada. The united church page makes reference to a list of researchers who can search the archives in your behalf, but I can’t find it anywhere.

Does anyone have this list? If so can you please send along to me? Thanks!

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 14 days ago

My great grandfather was born in Michigan in 1876. His older sister and his younger brother’s birth records are in family search, but his is not. I am planning to request his birth certificate from Michigan to see if it exists. However, the family used two spellings of their surname prior to settling on one around WW1, and I have no idea which variation the registrar might have used when recording his birth (if it exists).

Given how expensive vitalchek is, I am apprehensive about just picking a spelling and going with that. Do y’all have any advice on how to proceed?

For reference, the older sister (1 year older) and younger brother (1 year younger) have different spellings of their surname on their birth records lol.

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 16 days ago

Hi everyone,

My G0 was born in Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario in 1849. I have 2 Canadian census records, an obituary, and a book on Waterloo County that state the same.

I. Cannot. Find. Her. Baptism. Anywhere.

I spent an absurd amount of time reviewing digitized resources and I paid someone to review the collection available at the Kitchener library. No luck :(.

I found that she was a free Presbyterian, so I put a request into the Presbyterian church of Canada two months ago. They still haven’t sent me anything since the acknowledgment.

I’ve pretty much given up and already sent in our application. If anyone has any other leads I would love to hear them.

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u/FalloutGirl02 — 24 days ago