Forum: General Family History Queries

Unless I'm dense I seem unable to fully navigate TNA. F'instance I'm trying to access one of my ancester's police pension records. TNA directs me to MEPO 21 which I merrily go to but then I can't see where I click on to access these pages. I'm currently trying MEPO 21/86 :mad2: Any...

Hi, Is there anyone out there who has a current subscription to the site of 192. I believe that I am not allowed to publicly advertise the names of the people I am looking for, but if someone can send me a private message then I am allowed to respond. Hope I am not contravening any rules! ...

I always thought that Bessie was used as a diminutive for Elizabeth. I have a Bessie on the 1881 and 1891 census married to William J Carder. The most likely marriage for William is in SEPT Qtr 1872, possible brides Ellen Susannah Hern or Jane Jeffery. Has anyone come across bessie being used as a...

Hi - I am new to this forum but it looks so good I could not resist asking for some help! I have been trying to start a family tree for some time for my children but I cannot find any info from my fathers side of the family and I cannot remember my grandparents very well. I am looking for some...

I am trying to find a marriage between Richard Avery possibly Richard John Avery and Mary. They had two children Sarah Harriet bap april 1820 St Dunstans Stepney - father a baker from Poplar. Richard John Avery bap St Mary Islington 8/6/1823 father a baker. I can't find a marriage that fits in. ...

I would really appreciate some help trying to find the death reg of my ancestor Peter Nichols, He was born 1842 in West Ham. He married Emma Mary in 1862 and had 2 sons the last being born abt 1866. His wife Emma's death cert in 1880 states she is a widow. I have been unable to find Peter on...

Searching for parents of David Moore---born 23 April 1820 in Birkenhead, according to family records---and died 1 Nov. 1888 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Help, anyone?!? Rebecca

Hi I have been researching my family tree now for quite a while, but there is one line of the family I know nothing about. I have asked my cousin about her husbands family a few times, but she has never got back to me with this info so I believe her to be either to busy or doesn't want to give me...

Does Ancestry have much in the way of Scottish records. I just joined and they sure like to give info for the US, England, Wales and Canada but very hard to find Scottish Records. In specific I am looking for any record of Marriage of James Griffith Birrell and Jesse Moreland. even a death record...

Hi I started becoming immensely and I mean immensely addicted to genealogy in February 2004 when my mum told me my great grandmother was a Londoner. It was about 1998 that I always wondered the names of my great, great grandparents and in about 1999 my aunty in Essex said that a headstone in the...

Hi there....I having been trying to trace my Great Gt. Gt grandfather back to England where I believe he was born in the early 1800's maybe around the 1820's 1) Details from Death Cert: George William Fulford Aged: 74 yrs Born: Birmingham England Died: 15/05/1891 Wodonga Vic...

Afternoon all, Not sure if this is the right place for my query so apologies if not but I would be grateful for any assistance with the following: - I have received a message via tribalpages from another member pointing out that we both have a number of entries for a particular surname. He...

I have a decendant who has place of death pancras middlesex, I see it is also on other places, can anyone tell me what it means please.

I feel sure this topic has been covered in full at some previous time but the subject matter came home to me loud and clear today and I would just like to remind beginners in the game to .... always check the source and actually see the proof Case in point I remember my grandparents well although...

2 children born to parents Joseph and Grace Ackerman nee Prowse, had the same given names - Charlotte. Charlotte #1 was baptised in Bridport, Dorset on March 28, 1802 Charlotte #2 was baptised in Bridport, Dorset on July 31, 1814 I suspect that Charlotte #1 died and that the 2nd was named...

Are lists of inmates in this Prison - c. 1825-30 - availble? I am trying to trace the whereabouts of my g-g-grandfather who was reported in the London Gazette to have been an inmate and I would like to know how long he was imprisoned and if possible the Court from which he was convicted.

Sorry if this has been brought up before - just can't see it..... Just wondering if any of you, during your family hunting, have uncovered facts you wish you had not discovered and rather would have preferred to have left the stone unturned? I think I might be in such a situation right now....

I have traced my mother's family , through cenus and BDM to my maternal great grandfather JOSEPH MEE, born in St. Pancras, London in 1829. Beyond this thinks get confusing. He married a MARY ANN CRAMP (previously DANIEL) who was from Hastings where they were living in 1861(census). Question 1...

During a lull yesterday, I took a Google street trip to Bermondsey, be it in Surrey or London these days. I went down Spa Rd, which seemed to confuse Google a bit (or maybe my handling of the little man), then Alscott Rd which now seems to be in Camberwell. A boundary thing I guess. My...

Hi, I'm aware that an annuitant is a person receiving an annuity, but I am a little confused as to why my ancestor was receiving one. Her name was Elizabeth Bawden Whitehead, and her husband was a ship's captain and owner who was lost at sea. He belonged, I believe but have yet to confirm, to...