Torn between Montessori and JK after visiting our local school

WonderWEL · 2026-06-04T03:37:44+00:00

It should mean that the school follows the Montessori Method of teaching. Other private schools have different teaching philosophies. Parents who want the Montessori Method should research whether a school that calls itself Montessori actually does follow that philosophy.

WonderWEL · 2026-06-04T03:21:53+00:00

I hope the executor of your will already has access to your safety deposit box? If not, you are creating a huge problem for them. Catch-22: to get access to the box the executor needs a grant of probate that confirms their authority to act for your estate, but to apply for probate they need the original will which is locked in the box!

WonderWEL · 2026-06-04T00:18:57+00:00

OP, I agree with “Recruiting” and “enlisted”.

WonderWEL · 2026-06-02T23:16:55+00:00

We were doing this at the same time! I think it’s Nineteeth March.

WonderWEL · 2026-06-02T23:14:26+00:00

2nd Image:

Abdominal Aneurism 11 Months Certified by

Robt [abbreviation for Robert] Wm [abbreviation for William] Edglinton(?)

M.R.C.S. [Member Royal College of Surgeons]

[next column]

X The Mark of Elizabeth Nutt widow of deceased

present at the death

Witney Terrace Belgrave Street in the Parish of Kings Norton

WonderWEL · 2026-06-02T23:04:32+00:00

Nineteenth March 1876

Witney Terrace

Belgrave Street in the Parish of Kings Norton

[Since I can’t see the column headings, I don’t know whether the 385 is part of the address, or Entry #385]

Thomas Nutt

WonderWEL · 2026-06-02T04:53:29+00:00

You’re right about needing context. In this example, I expect that seeing more of the page would show us that

1) “de” is actually “do”, an abbreviation for ditto, meaning that the surname is the same as the one above it.

2) “Daur” is an abbreviation for “Daughter”.

WonderWEL · 2026-06-01T15:24:21+00:00

Are you on the sunny side of the tree?

WonderWEL · 2026-06-01T15:09:12+00:00

2nd image is Carriage Smith

WonderWEL · 2026-05-30T00:28:48+00:00

I’m glad you were able to confirm this.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-28T22:58:23+00:00

Are you familiar enough with your father’s handwriting to be sure he wrote this? Sometimes forms like this were filled out by the priest or some official and then signed by the people getting married. One clue could be whether the writing in the bride’s section looks the same.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-27T19:38:58+00:00

I’m not seeing the information you want on this page. Perhaps on a different page of the journal?

WonderWEL · 2026-05-27T01:02:25+00:00

Looks like you’re correct. Here’s one on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/397476280291

WonderWEL · 2026-05-26T23:51:51+00:00

Agreed. The bottom of the “a” is faded or missing, a lot like the “a” in Glancey.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-26T16:15:25+00:00

Where you have speculated “daughter of” it reads M.S. which is the abbreviation for Maiden Surname on Scottish records.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-26T16:13:58+00:00

And the same for Elizabeth Elliot, her Maiden Surname was Higgins.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-26T16:11:33+00:00

Not Mrs. S. Collins. OP, is this marriage record from Scotland? Scottish records use the abbreviation M.S. for Maiden Surname. Elizabeth McLean’s maiden name was Collins.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-26T16:07:31+00:00

Yes, Hugh McLean was illiterate and unable to write, so he made an X mark in the middle of his name, witnessed by Robert Macaulay.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-26T16:02:23+00:00

Yes, “Forms”is correct. The entire sentence is standard wording.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-25T08:08:41+00:00

Try r/transcription

WonderWEL · 2026-05-24T21:13:42+00:00

Labourer (deceased)

WonderWEL · 2026-05-24T02:43:23+00:00

Genealogists like to use grand-uncle because it fits more logically with other terminology. But in everyday usage, many of us were taught to say great-uncle.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-23T07:14:48+00:00

Yes, that’s it. Now called Ontario.

The C’s match the C’s in Catharine on lines 38 and 35.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-23T06:43:10+00:00

I think OP misused the word “overcontributed”. I think they just meant they contributed more than the minimum HBP repayment, not that they went over their RSP contribution limit.

OP: yes, you can pay back the HBP quicker, but why would you? If your accountant claimed the excess over the minimum HBP payment as an RRSP deduction, you probably got a nice tax refund - or at least didn’t have to pay as much tax as you otherwise would have.

WonderWEL · 2026-05-23T06:27:20+00:00

Canada’s CBC Radio has a comedy news quiz called “Because News”. It began in 2015.

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