Is someone really asking me

to remember things BEFORE 1925?
Wow, I know I am OLD but that old? Just kidding.
A Cousin once removed by marriage or twice removed,  or whatever these people are called. He is married to the daughter of the daughter of my father's older brother!

Any way, he just emailed me from across the big pond to dig into my memory and come up with dates of births and deaths, as the case maybe.
It's always so predictable.
Someone retires and - hey presto -
he starts Ahnenforschung or Family Tree research.
Keep in mind these usually are people with 'hostages to the future'.
   
Never having any such, this urge to record for posterity the 'whos, whens, whats and whys' seem - to me - utterly non productive. Who resally really gives a damn?
I was born, I live, I shall die! 

Well, I do know the dates of my birth,
my better half's birth, our marriage. 

I am sorry to report that dates of our deaths are not yet available! 
Unless of course our ghosts are hanging around.


Mine?The Lady on the Stairs?
Actually this purports to be an image of THE BROWN LADY.





His? A body in the chair?
An image of LORD COMBERMERE'S  GHOST?

So, should I brave the freezing world out there to look though the documents stored at the bank for posterity?

Hmm, what posterity?

Not yet. Maybe next week.

He can wait. 

What's his hurry!

He is so much younger than I - after all!