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You didn't lead me up the garden path - you helped put me on the RIGHT path for which I am most appreciative


David

A big thanks to you ALL for your help. :hurray:

After studying your replies, getting the images from findmypast, I discovered that I had the wrong Charles marrying Florence Webster Barton. I have...

Thanks guys - I'll check them out tomorrow - its time for dinner now!!!

David

I am trying to find Charles' parents. I've tried searching the 1891 and 1901 census on findmypast without success. I've tried all the variations that I can think of for his surname.
I have found...

If the barrow is still not full, pop across to Wellington

:willy_nilly:Quite a few years ago I attended a training course "Meetings, bloody meetings". One of the points mentioned was that "if you cannot add anything to the discussion, say nothing, do not...

Looks like I'm going to be very busy to get that many generations - how silly can some people be!!!

Hi Phil

Yes, a couple of my research friends have subscriptions to Ancestry so I can get the occasional look up. As Nicolina mentioned be very careful of the uploads - I discovered a real 'howler'...

Hello Phil and welcome to the Forum, a great place with wonderful people helping solve our problems.

I'm also researching the Bilston and surrounding areas on my mother's side. Her family name was...

Me too!!

B*%%er - another one bites the dust.
You will be missed
Good luck
David

I am conducting a one-name study on the TUSON family. Over the years I have discovered quite a few marriages between the TUSON and WILDING families. I am wondering if anyone is researching the...

Hope you made a note of the date and time in your diary - you'll not make the same mistake as your dad then when you write up the family history :rolleyes5:

No wonder I'm stuck - never thought of looking in the veggie patch

Someone dealing with the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery claims sent out an email (by mistake) with an attachment that contained personal details of 83,000 claimants. And then two days later someone...

Thanks for all the suggestions - I particularly liked the newspaper clipping in which people WOKE UP DEAD the following morning - brilliant.

I will try and track the original parish registers to...

I was thinking along those lines. I think I'll Google that and see what comes up.

Thanks
David

On the St Mary, Penwortham MIs I found the following:
John Tuson interred 13 February 1776, aged 47
Ellen, daughter, interred 18 February 1776, aged 16
Edward, son interred 24 February 1776, aged...

Thanks Anne, I have to admit that I forgot about checking FreeCEN. I have used it many months ago and as you say, it is worth while revisitining from time to time

David

Many thanks for proving that he was at home in 1861

Hi

Could someone have a look on Ancestry for the 1861 census (I don't have a subscription, and doing a search I can see there is a record for him).

He doesn't appear with his family on FMPs...

It was quite an eye-opener to discover how many people were executed "for treason" as I followed the various people.
As I sadi it was fun and educational but a definite deviation from my own...

One of the names in my TUSON database married a Frances Seymour in 1803. Using the Maximillian Genealogy database I traced her ancestors back to Edward Seymour, the 1st Duke of Somerset - who became...

Did you exclaim "I DON'T BELIEVE IT" after the penny dropped?

Yes, I have worked out the spelling and we now have a few leaves on the twigs!!
David