Sunday was a lovely day; cold here with a wind chill of minus 18 but we played soccer anyway. We stumble around on the still snowy ground and set up the goal posts and kick the ball back and forth. We keep warm running after it but it doesn't last too long; it is really cold with the latest Polar Vortex stretching down into Ontario. Warmer days are ahead; the birds are back; our harbingers of spring alerting us to the warming trend they felt in the south before they braved coming back again. They are likely shivering somewhere hidden where there might be a bit of warmth. The crows are not quite so active these last couple of days but I did hear the blue jays and they are tougher.
Church on YouTube wonderful as always. The story of the Prodigal Son always interests me and the sermon was most interesting; some new thoughts shared with the congregation both in person and virtually. The steady repetition of the service which has changed slightly from my youth and likely will change again in the years ahead is a welcome feeling that all is the same in the world that we know; that our grandparents knew and their grandparents before them. Will the Anglican Church survive? I know the Roman Catholic Church will survive but we will have to work hard to keep the Anglican Church alive.
The beautiful Orthodox Church of Russia has misread what Jesus said; he said we must love the Lord with all our heart and soul and we must love our neighbours as ourselves. Supporting Putin means not following the new commandments brought to us by Jesus. Prayers for Ukraine as always and that they will be able to throw off the aggressor nation Russia. It is Russia's decision who leads them but leaders who have taken the sons of Russia to war and had so many deaths on the battlefield do not survive very long. Lying about it doesn't help; people know when their sons do not come home and no lie can eradicate that.
On to the Siderfin book today and completing the third generation and moving on to the fourth generation. Each generation will be more difficult although records become steadily easier to find. I still think I will bring the tree up to the early 1930s where I am able. The family has moved around the world particularly into Commonwealth countries from their roots in Somerset, England. I have heard the idea that they were a Dutch family but I rather think that refers to the marriage into the Darch family which was Dutch. I still think that they may have been an Italian Jewish family that came to England in the 1200s and converted to the Church of England. I do not have any proof for that other than finding the name Siderfin in a list of Jewish names one time at a Conference years ago. All of their records are in the Church of England as far back as I can go so their conversion to Anglicanism was a long long time ago for sure. I have DNA matches (about fourth cousin) with people of the Jewish faith and endogamy plays a strong role as they all tend to cluster around on two different chromosomes (one good sized group on one and another good sized group on another). The strongest matches are with people of Germanic background however rather than Italian background in the modern era. I must look into the history of the Jewish people in Italy. But I do not think I will philosophize on the potential in the book but will leave it for another to pursue that thought. The Siderfin name was first found in England in the 1200s by James Sanders and he has written that information up in his book. A Robto de Sidernefenne was mentioned in the Hundred Rolls of Somerset in the 4th year of the reign of Edward I (1274). There is then a gap of over 250 years before the name Siderfin is found once again in the records by James Sanders. I have not attempted to discover if there are further records although searching the Somerset archives does not reveal any.
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