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19-04-2024 10:06 AM
Thread: Dead appointee?
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While researching a clergyman in Yorkshire who...
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13-04-2024 4:20 PM
Thread: GRO Site Maintenance April 2024
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GRO Site Maintenance April 2024
Just seen this on the GRO site - the times given are presumably UK (BST):
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21-02-2024 4:04 PM
Thread: Rev. Nicholas Pennington 1679-1735
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Have you seen him in the Clergy Database? ...
Have you seen him in the Clergy Database?
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06-02-2024 11:37 AM
Thread: Trying to decipher LBG entry
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Not to worry - it can be tricky when different...
Not to worry - it can be tricky when different aspects of the same question belong in different places, but a bit of cross-referencing usually sorts it out. (Moderators can also merge threads if they...
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05-02-2024 10:45 AM
Thread: Trying to decipher LBG entry
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I didn't read the other post until after I'd...
I didn't read the other post until after I'd replied here, and my first thought was that yes, he seems to have been either lying or a bigamist. However, given what you said there about his separation...
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05-02-2024 10:37 AM
Thread: Ruth Pennington B? - D1836/37 London
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If Heneage hadn't heard from Sarah for 7 years he...
If Heneage hadn't heard from Sarah for 7 years he could have presumed she was dead and legally married Ruth, but in view of the Chancery case in 1823, this might mean the marriage to Ruth was a bit...
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04-02-2024 11:22 AM
Thread: Trying to decipher LBG entry
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Yes, he might have wanted to emphasise that they...
Yes, he might have wanted to emphasise that they were legitimate, possibly to show that they were entitled to settlement in the same place as he was. I don't know whether anyone would have checked if...
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03-02-2024 11:05 AM
Thread: Trying to decipher LBG entry
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I think the main entry reads: his 2 Chn are by...
I think the main entry reads:
his 2 Chn are by his late Wife Ruth to whom
he was Marrd
(Abbreviated words are Children and Married)
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10-01-2024 11:17 AM
Thread: Parish Church Rotherham Yorkshire
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Based on a quick look in the National Index of...
Based on a quick look in the National Index of Parish Registers, the short answer is No.
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19-12-2023 10:52 AM
Thread: Archive under threat
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Not if it's all properly backed up with multiple...
Not if it's all properly backed up with multiple copies, which is of course a possibility with digital. I would prefer the paper copies to be kept, but without the digital ones, it would be an even...
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14-12-2023 7:43 PM
Thread: Elusive great great grandmother
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That's not looking too good for the mmn's of the...
That's not looking too good for the mmn's of the children in the 1861 census, unless she'd been married before. More research needed there, but I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to do any more...
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14-12-2023 4:32 PM
Thread: Elusive great great grandmother
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Mother's maiden name for that one given as BACH...
Mother's maiden name for that one given as BACH by the GRO. Most of the others in the census entry we found have mmn BUTCHER - but as it's slightly similar I wouldn't rule it out as being the same....
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14-12-2023 10:50 AM
Thread: Elusive great great grandmother
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More information, please: What is Mary's age...
More information, please:
What is Mary's age in the later censuses and at her marriage?
What is her father's occupation given as in the marriage register?
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07-12-2023 1:46 PM
Thread: Wording on marriage certificate
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At the age of 20, someone would normally need the...
At the age of 20, someone would normally need the consent of their parents in order to marry. The fact that it's an executor who gives consent suggests that William's parents, or at least his father,...
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30-09-2023 10:12 AM
Thread: Thomas Rogers and Martha
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What struck me about this was Thomas's age at...
What struck me about this was Thomas's age at death. Did he die in England or Wales? Because if so, I suspect something is amiss.
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26-08-2023 9:47 AM
Thread: Reverend Francis Orton
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Foster's Alumni Oxonienses (which the Clergy...
Foster's Alumni Oxonienses (which the Clergy Database uses as one of its sources) gives his father as Francis of Leicester:
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16-08-2023 10:07 AM
Thread: Descendents of Sir Thomas Bouch
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His will can be downloaded from Scotland's People...
His will can be downloaded from Scotland's People (for 10 credits), and would very likely name members of his immediate family. (Inventory also available for another 10 credits)
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The first character (ie the initial) looks the...
The first character (ie the initial) looks the same as the letter before 'Wing', but I wonder if it might be 'R' rather than 'B'. Although it's not identical to the one in C.M.R., it does have a...
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23-01-2023 1:39 PM
Thread: Latin Marriage Entry 1609/10
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Yes, 'were married'.
Yes, 'were married'.
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23-01-2023 11:10 AM
Thread: Latin Marriage Entry 1609/10
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You've done pretty well so far - this is how I...
You've done pretty well so far - this is how I read it, with contractions expanded:
Johanes Gell de Hopton in Com[itate] D[er]bie Armig[er] et Elizabetha
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18-01-2023 4:28 PM
Thread: Racehael LEAMAN
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How odd - I'd been looking at images of the...
How odd - I'd been looking at images of the originals at The Genealogist, so I've just gone back for another look. The Hempstead ones are there as you say, but so are the Little Barningham ones, with...
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18-01-2023 1:42 PM
Thread: Racehael LEAMAN
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According to the National Index of Parish...
According to the National Index of Parish Registers the BT for 1741 hasn't survived. As for the AT, since the entry in the PR is out of order, it might be worth checking every line of the one for...
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31-12-2022 10:38 AM
Thread: Private employer in 1921 census
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When the 1921 census was first released I seem to...
When the 1921 census was first released I seem to remember that some people found that, unlike 1911, schedule numbers could be repeated within a piece. It seems that each enumeration district had its...
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18-12-2022 9:44 AM
Thread: John Shannon Born about 1765 in Ireland ?
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I think from your first post you realise that...
I think from your first post you realise that John is sometimes Jack. Just to clarify, in English Jack has traditionally been the short or pet form of John.
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23-11-2022 2:17 PM
Thread: Help with an address please
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