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Old 18-10-14, 21:55
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*OC gazes deeply into her crystal ball*

I see a dishevelled figure which looks like Phoenix. She has just made a massive breakthrough on her family by discovering an unknown, uncatalogued box of original documents dating from 1232 forwards. It is seven and a half minutes to closing time.

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Does she have a large holdall, OC?
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Old 18-10-14, 23:21
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HAAAA, Merry!

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Old 19-10-14, 00:23
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I know its a nightmare researching in a records office as everything takes so much longer than expected.

One one occasion I only had one day and I ended up with the dodgy machine which was awful. Then if you wanted a copy you had to load it up onto another machine to print off - making sure you knew where the record was on the reel and yes you've guessed it - someone was already on it
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Old 19-10-14, 09:23
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I know that if it isn't catalogued, they wouldn't miss it
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Old 19-10-14, 21:21
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You could get yourself accidentally locked in for the weekend? But promise to leave the H fiche in the drawer when you've finished with it, every record office I ever go to has had the H fiches stolen. Take a different letter if you must, but leave the Hs alone and oblige, thankyou.

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Old 19-10-14, 22:02
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*OC gazes deeply into her crystal ball*

I see a dishevelled figure which looks like Phoenix. She has just made a massive breakthrough on her family by discovering an unknown, uncatalogued box of original documents dating from 1232 forwards. It is seven and a half minutes to closing time.

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First thing you must do then Phoenix is wind the clocks back to avoid OC's predictions.
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Old 24-10-14, 17:43
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Okay, so I started dishevelled and ordered the original documents. Extremely dirty (both me and the records) by close of play! Catalogue description baffling, but they are my people!

I also have enough photocopied wills to keep me transcribing all winter.

Oh, and I found the obligatory Holden. (Trusts OC isn't actually interested in miscellaneous Norfolk Holdens in the 1600s)
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Old 24-10-14, 17:52
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Erm.....I am not aware that any Holdens went to Norfolk?

Glad you had a productive day getting down and dirty in the RO!

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Old 24-10-14, 18:08
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Holdens are EVERYWHERE, OC! I have spied them near and far.

I can only surmise that they bred like rabbits.


Phoenix, I'm so pleased you had a fruitful day's research.
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Old 24-10-14, 18:45
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Thank you both. I so want another day!

It takes all day to suss the system, and great discipline not to duff up the couple at the photocopier.

How I would love to spend a week there.

I wasn't in the least organised, as usual, having forgotten that I needed the MF refrence for the wills. At least I managed to look at everything I wanted to, and managed to leave before I was shooed out.
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