Forum: General Family History Queries

Hi not sure where to go but I think I need to find out how to trace my convicts I would like to know who their familys were. I believe they came from norfolk

Hi, If 2 births of the same surname,quarter,volume and page on the BMD would they be twins eg:Samuel Jackson Jan-March Vol 8A Page 351 Thomas Jackson Jan_March Vol 8A Page 351 Thanks Val,|help|

On the Ancestry, "UK Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1901" there are arrivals at Southampton for a Clare E Reynolds and also for a Rose E Reynolds. Could someone, who has access to these records, please let me have any more details that are available for these two entries ? dvddigby

I've seen a few of these in some graveyards I've been to over the years. I think this tends to be a fairly popular practice within the Chinese and Greek communities? I believe I read somewhere some cemetery authorities actually frown on this practice. This post is not about whether you think...

I am looking for the first name of a Mr Siddle that married Rene Fullalove in Dec 1939. I can see Rene, however, when I click "find spouse" nothing comes up. I have tried anc*****, freebmd. Can anyone help or perhaps explain why this would happen

I'm seeing a few recent interesting posts here about consecrated and unconsecrated grounds/cemeteries. How does this work? Is it possible for unconsecrated gound to become consecrated or is the status certified at the outset? To be consecrated would this entail a special service from a...

My g.grandmother's brother took his own life at the age of 16. I know he is buried at St Paul's in Marton, although I don't know exactly where. My question is, since the inquest declared that he committed suicide 'whilst of unsound mind', would he have had a 'normal' funeral? This would be in 1870.

Can someone provide dates of when these were taken? As I've found a record of 1901 there are transcription errors and I wonder how is it possible to view that actual pages like we can on the England and Wales one?:confused5: Thanks

I know I've asked a similar question some time back, but I'm blowed if I can find it now, and little grey cells seized up! Whilst looking through some burials on the City of London burials website some time ago, I noticed in several cases that some of the entries showed the same plot and date...

I`ve located a grave plot for a friend. There is a stone on the plot (at Basford Cemetery, Nottingham). It reads: Sister Mary Gerard Fleming. Little Company of Mary. 26.8.1963. Have Mercy on her O Lord. As the Gravestone transcribers gave the year of death as 1983 (it is clear at 1963) I don`t...

I have a reference of a relative asking a clergyman to help her get an "out-ticket order" for her husband - this was in 1875 and in Sussex. Does anyone know what an "out-ticket order" is?

Hello forgive me if i post this in the wrong place !! i am looking for my great grandfather ( by default !) he `had a fling with my great granny whilst posted in dublin in 1889. he returned home to his wife ruth tucker ( married in newcastle). he then came to dublin for the birth and...

I have discovered my ancestors James Martin and his wife Ann were living on an estate in Kent called Clare Park at the time of the 1861 Census. James is listed as a gardener and his wife as the "lodge keeper". My attempts at a Google search for the term have been stymied by the Americans purloining...

Since the B-G Crew came to the rescue with my difficult to read certificate (thank you!), I've got a meaty problem to get your teeth into. Civil registration is useless at this timeframe, so it's parish registers all the way baby! :) In 1816 are three baptism entries in St.Oswald's church for...

Not sure which forum is correct for this enquiry, but we'll try this one. My wife has/had an uncle - a brother of her father - born February 20, 1908. His full name is Cyril Trevelyn Stanley Jones She knows that sometime around 1930 he came to Canada. Have found a Cyril Jones arriving in...

Hi, I am trying to establish when and how exactly a Frederick HOOKES (or HOAKES) came to England. I have him on the 1881 Census, living in liverpool: Frederick HOOKES , Head, 33, Hannover, Germany Julia HOOKES, Wife, 37, Cork, Ireland Frederick Hookes, !0 Margaret, 8 Cornelius, 4

Hello, My family seems to be a very broken one, greatly affected by death and moving around the Midlands a lot! I'm having some real difficulties finding Thomas Bourne b.1862 in the 1881 and 1891 census. He was born in Northampton to Thomas Bourne (b.1834 Worcerstershire) and Ann Sophia...

My relative Alexander Fowles was born 24 Dec 1851 in Street, Somerset. He married Charlotte Whitcome On 17th April 1871 in The Parish Church Street. They both disappear at this point and I can not work out what happened to them! I know the name Fowles was sometimes recorded as Fowls or Vowels and...

William McArthy or McCarthy supposedly born London c1818. I do not have any parents names: He actually was tried in Central Criminal Court in London 23rd October 1837 and sentenced to 15 years. He was sent to Australia 21st July 1838 per the 'Bengal Merchant' On the paperwork from the court...

The way I look at it is like a "spine" i.e.: me father grandfather great-grandfather We all know our parents had parents but I have a feeling one lot of grandparents were "felt/treated" as the REAL grandparents over the other lot. Kinda difficult to explain but I think most of you will...