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Arthur

A few days ago I became concerned about the "Search Now" banners that appear on some pages. I sent a message via the Contact Us link, but as I haven't had a reply, nearly 4 days later, I thought I'd...

Just thought I'd mention that I don't seem to be getting emails for my Forum subscriptions. I'm not too sure about individual threads, as the ones I'm subscribed to haven't been very active recently...

Hmm... To quote from the ICO page I mentioned:

When I visited the site after deleting cookies, I was not informed or asked about cookies. I'm reasonably savvy about these things and had read the...

That's not how I read the guidelines from the Information Commissioner's Office at
www.
ico.org.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies
(and the pdf guidance...

Hi Tony

I think the Oxford University Archives site will tell you what you want to know - see
www.
oua.ox.ac.uk/index.html

Arthur

Based on my memory of going through a similar process a couple of years ago, I'm not sure the photos would have been accepted. I've a feeling they were supposed to be 6 months old or less - though...

Phew - the good news is that I saved you £6, the bad news is that it will now cost you a minimum of £15. However, the estimate can cover up to 5 items, I seem to remember, so if you have a few other...

What Peter says is correct if the will was proved in London. However, I was recently looking into a number of people who died in Scotland where the wills appeared in the English indexes, but with the...

That's OK - I got confused myself in exactly the same way while writing my last reply and had to delete it and start again. And the lady in the photo might have gone in for extended mourning anyway....

Thanks for these thoughts - knowing that Queen Victoria spent so long in mourning, I'd wondered about the extent to which other women might have followed her example.

I've had another look at the...

Thanks for your further thoughts. Sorry not to reply sooner, but I had to attend to living family matters.

Suspect 1 died in December 1861, and her husband in May 1862, so she can't have been...

I've had a stroke of luck - I've come across a complete copy of the photo from which this was evidently taken, and I've added it to the webpage at www.
paxnet.co.uk/photos/mystery/lckt01.html
(All...

While going through some photos from a recently-deceased relative I found a few copies of one showing what I have now discovered is Luxulyan Church. Clearly visible in the foreground is the...

More excellent research! Thank you very much. I must confess to having studied Greek once upon a time, but it never occurred to me that this was Greek. It had actually occurred to me later that...

Thanks for the further replies. Jan - we already have a few books on dating photos, but not that one. I hadn't heard of it before, so thanks for mentioning it.



It doesn't really feel heavy...

Thanks - Mrs K and I are trying to get into photo dating a bit at present as we've had a number to deal with recently, but second opinions are always welcome. However, if the picture in the locket is...

Thanks for the quick and helpful replies:


I don't think it is silver - there's no hallmark and it does look rather like a base metal with plate that's worn thin in places.


Brilliant find -...

I'm wondering if anyone can help me understand the significance of a locket, please. There are photos of it on my own website at (www.)
paxnet.co.uk/photos/mystery/lckt01.html

The locket has a...

Thanks - I'd been to the page at Genuki, but having something at the back of my mind I thought it perhaps better to leave my earlier reply a bit vague.

There's more on the history of the area in...

I believe the parish of Colne was at one time quite extensive, and included what's now known as Nelson, and maybe other places too. I'm afraid I don't have references for this, and I'm not able to...

Er - not really. Bradford is probably one of the least posh of all English cathedrals, and it only says Cathedral in the index because that's what it is now. It's the original Bradford Parish Church,...

Don't give up yet - have you tried the Yorkshire Archaeological Society's Parish Register Section - see www.
yorkshireparishregisters.com/
Here you can order a transcript of Coxwold registers on...

I've just done the same searches as Megan, with the same results. You might like also to check the marriage at Lancashire BMD - www.
lancashirebmd.org.uk
where you'll see it took place at St...

Christian is a fairly common surname in the Isle of Man, which might point to a birth in Liverpool or somewhere near the Irish Sea. There's a William R Christian in Barrow-in-Furness in Dec qtr 1917...