Good accomplishment yesterday

The service at Church yesterday was for Advent III. The singing by the Choir was lovely as always. One often forgets how much it costs to run a Cathedral and the reminder did bring that home to me once again. Actually a new Church building was built while I was a child (the original retained as the Parish Hall) and the first Confirmation in the new Church was the year that I was confirmed. I was just eleven years of age so actually quite young compared to many in the class. I also remember burning the mortgage not even ten years later but times were different and certainly our Church was always full with chairs in the aisles and at the back to accommodate people. It was also just after the Second World War and I think people felt more strongly about Church attendance. 

I completed Chromosome 19 yesterday and it was most successful. I managed a good list of great grandparents including Blake, Knight, Rawlings, Pincombe, and Buller. There were a few with both great grandparents and I need to review their trees to see if that assists me. Rawlins in particular has quite a few known cousins (from 3rd to 5th cousins), the Knight also a few cousins (from 2nd to 5th cousin), Buller from 2nd to 4th cousins and Pincombe 3rd to 5th cousins. There were a number of Rawlings/Cotterill matches from Ancestry so need to check out those trees. Pincombe/Gray as well and I again have matches with trees to check. No Buller/Taylor for this chromosome  although there are fewer lengths of Buller on this chromosome (one deceased sibling in particular provides most of the material with he and I providing the length at the beginning which is verified as Buller; interesting a sort of repeat on Chromosome 23). 

Cleaning day today and it begins with the basement. It is a slow introduction to cleaning for the week with the heavier days to come. I shall soon start the robot doing its work on the rugs. Today I will work on Chromosome 18 which has six known lengths primarily from 3rd cousins which relates very nicely to the great grandparents.  That one generation back takes me quickly to the great grandparent of interest in each cross. 

Tea completed and solitaire puzzles to do.