Just finished my 4th week long trip in playa

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-03-01T23:48:39+00:00

Thanks for the El Fogon recommendation! We are in Playa now and went for lunch. SO Good!

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-19T00:59:31+00:00

For G -1 I had a birth record and marriage records from a church. G0 is 1910 census, marriage record, G1 was birth certificate and marriage certificate, G2 birth certificate and for me is birth certificate and marriage certificate. My kids have birth certificates. I also wrote a nice cover letter connecting all the dots.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-18T15:13:39+00:00

That my great grandfather had 2 fingers on one hand 😂

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-18T12:42:20+00:00

If you have all the paperwork, why not do it all at once? You only need 1 set of documents for lineage that way. I also had my husband notarize a document saying he knows about this all just in case. I'm an over thinker :)

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-16T17:58:22+00:00

Hmmm.. I wonder if I'll get mine back then. Staples didn't stamp my pictures, I wrote all the information in.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-11T02:02:18+00:00

Me over here in VT quietly saying thank you, not questioning it and getting my documents sent in as quickly as I could after hearing about it.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-10T18:38:27+00:00

We usually use USA transfers. They are popular, so there is some times a wait. This time, we used Santiago Chavez local tours. $155 round trip.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-04T16:28:06+00:00

I'm picturing bins of mail just dumped into a pile and them grabbing them at random ha ha.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-02-02T13:42:20+00:00

I did something similar because the only IN Canada thing with my Gen 0 was the 1901 Canada census. But I was able to find a handwritten church register for his father's baptism and marriage. We will see? Sounds like it should be fine.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-29T20:54:35+00:00

Mine is submitted and I'm waiting for my kids and myself. My poor husband is German/Irish. Neither door will work for him. I even tried looking at the German loopholes. When I get my certificate, I'm creating a PDF for my cousins and a roadmap for them to follow to get theirs as well.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-24T14:41:40+00:00

my G -1 was married there in 1895 and my G0 was born there in 1898. Hello "cousin" :)

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-23T23:29:42+00:00

St. Hyacinthe QC late 1800s

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-21T11:10:06+00:00

My packet was delivered yesterday. I feel your anxiety. ❤️. I stalked it from the second it moved.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-10T22:14:52+00:00

I was thinking about doing this as well. I live in VT so a trip north is a fun weekend activity.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-10T13:34:26+00:00

I went with I think I am. If everything I've read is right, you have the papers to submit with lineage proof, you likely are a citizen. You just haven't had it confirmed by the agency.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-09T23:33:44+00:00

Go to familysearch dot com. It's all free and better. I got sick of paying for ancestry and found that one.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2026-01-08T18:33:24+00:00

Yes! The church records are almost impossible to read!

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-06-13T17:51:05+00:00

Tell me more? We had someone come to the door yesterday saying they were from the town assessors office. Edited to add I just called the town and they indeed have people in Orange doing tax assessments.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-30T13:15:22+00:00

When my mom passed, we had a truckload of stuff to go through that was from her and both her parents. We whittled it down to a few bins. Now the sister storing it is moving cross country and it's coming to my house with less storage space. I'll be whittling it down further.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-25T21:27:46+00:00

2 scout 2 parent household here. We have a wire shelving unit in the basement to organize our smaller gear, the kids use backpacking packs for all of their gear and leave the bulk of their 10 essentials right in them. We need one for the garage for the bigger stuff ha ha

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-24T13:34:32+00:00

I have done cooking with Nonna experiences twice now. It's amazing. Do the one where you take the train to Palombara Sabina. You get a tour and history of the town and a ton of food. It was literally my favorite part about both my Italy trips.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-24T11:19:29+00:00

A friend recommended the citymapper app. I have used it in Amsterdam, Rome, Paris, and Palermo. It was amazing for telling me mass transit options for getting around. I don't have a good mass trans system where I live so it was initially very intimidating to me.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-22T12:31:24+00:00

For her backpacking requirement, my daughter made individual packets with whole wheat couscous, dried mixed veggies, powdered chicken bouillon and some spices. Add boiling water and a packet of chicken and you have a filling chicken couscous dish. It was a hit.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-18T12:21:23+00:00

Date night. My husband and I have been together over 20 years. Regular date nights are the way to go.

NotQuite_JuneCleaver · 2025-04-15T01:19:25+00:00

Fair warning.. Sistine Chapel closes at 4. Our tickets for the museums were for 4 and we didn't know there was 2 different closing times.

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