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Comment on Old pictures tell only a fraction of the stories by Ron Lamb

Ron Lamb — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:32:11 +0000

I grew up in Don Mills, part of Toronto and very early on, then later again Montreal. After that our family and I particularly ended up working and living all over the world. I met my wife Nicolien through my years in the Netherlands, and after living in Toronto and then Orlando, we’ve ended up near San Francisco (with 2 1/2 years in the Netherlands again in the middle) since 1994.

We still spend a lot of time in Canada and every summer at a cottage near Arnprior. You can reach me via the email I left on your site. If you have other relatives who are interested in the family history (starting back at Dorcas or around that time, or might have photos or old stories I’d like to hear from them. It’s been a long effort to pull this together and I’m still trying to make all the Butler, Radford, Warren family ties all work out the way they should. Talk about a ‘friendly’ group of families! I found an other branch of the family who lost two sons in WW I. One just months after joining the forces. I also found out why an older relative limped. All his war records from Britain are now on line. He was working in a Tank and some one dropped a red hot rivet down his boot. All his medical and other records are now on line. It sets a whole new slant on doing family history to be able to track down the records of those relatives who served. Do you have the original scanned version of the online photo? I’d love to get the best version possible to add to documents. best regards Ron.

Comment on Old pictures tell only a fraction of the stories by Kenn Chaplin

Kenn Chaplin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:15:02 +0000

Thanks for writing Ron. Amazing what Google does! What part of the world are you in? I’ll add a picture of the grandson of Thomas and Dorca, Thomas, who was killed in the First World War. Here's a link to an entry I wrote about him, including a poor photograph of a photograph(!), newspaper clippings and other information pertaining to his enlistment and burial.

Comment on Old pictures tell only a fraction of the stories by Ron Lamb

Ron Lamb — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:02 +0000

Greetings Kenn,
I wanted to reach out and say hello. I’ve been pulling together all my family’s history too. I inherited all the old printed and typed records including our family’s connection to Dorcas and Thomas. Over the past 10 years I’ve been putting it all into a computer program getting ready to put it all on line. Just for fun I decided to use Google’s image search and the very first name I tried out Dorcas Radford took me to your blog. What a surprise to find a photo on the first try. I’ve always thought that once I put it all online, that it will be possible to collect photos and old stories of these mysterious old family names. So much information is now online (much of it under subscriptions) that it’s now possible to bring the memory of these great, great…..parents back to ‘life’ for all of us children. I’d love to hear if you have more Butler / Radford photos that could be scanned and added to the total family tree. I’ll add the information that you’ve shared here. I didn’t know about the reason for Jane’s death at child birth or her husband’s name, which is your family name. best regards, ron

Comment on Pat Robertson equates gay marriage with sex with ducks; head explodes by Allison

Allison — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:28:58 +0000

hahaha… next time you “fast” over this issue, please continue until your breathing stops. Now THAT is a revelation.

Comment on BringChange2Mind.org by mydualities

mydualities — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:10:10 +0000

Thank you for writing this. It allows more people to see how ending this stigma against mental illness is very important. The more we tell our story the more “normal” our story becomes. I also wrote about it back when BringChange2Mind.org was first launched. http://bit.ly/2432EU