My first entry, help!!

Well to start with all the grandkids, nieces have their own site so why shouldn't an oldie like me.  By the way I am not that old.

Well what is my problem.   I think it's a mid-life crisis.  Over the last few years I have become too aware that life is wizzing by, my time on the planet is getting shorter and there are lots of things I still want to see and do but the body doesn't seem to want to keep up with the mind, and that's fast going down hill too.

But I have just had a good holiday in Norfolk and saw some ageing relatives and got some more info for my Family Tree.  This has thrown up a few problems though as I think I may have a few wrong names down.

Does anyone know of any free sites for getting a look at the census apart from the Births, Marriages, Deaths site and the Later Day Saints site, all the others I have found charge.

It was very noticeable how friendly and chatty the natives in Norfolk were.  unfortunately there are not a lot of them left, most people have moved there from London.  You don't hear the lovely Norfolk accent around much any more.

Never mind, the cold east wind didn't blow for a change.  But, the first of the winter birthdays have started and by the end of January there will have been 11 of them.

To get back to the family tree - I have found some relatives going back to 1646.  These are real people with names and in my mind I dress them up in the clothes of the day and try to imagine what it was like for them.  One minute they had a king the next Cromwell. I suspect they were not rich but would love to know what their life entailed.  Well that's something I will never know in this life so I hope there are a few relatives in heaven and I will recognise them when I get there, especially the ones I have never seen.

Well for a first go I think this will be enough and I can hear the cheers going up already.

Bye