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    Yes, thank you for trying to help. I do have that...

    Yes, thank you for trying to help. I do have that one included in the WikiTree summary link I posted above. (It's Union Street, I think!)
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    Henry BOND, brickwall great-grandfather

    I've been trying to find the birth and parentage of my great-grandfather, Henry BOND, for years and years. He was supposedly born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, about 1847 but no birth or baptism, and he...
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    Thank you, jomot1. You're absolutely right about...

    Thank you, jomot1. You're absolutely right about the assistant engineer's servant ... I don't know why I couldn't see that before! And I hadn't checked out the National Maritime Museum records either...
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    Thank you, shippo. If he does turn out to be my...

    Thank you, shippo. If he does turn out to be my fella, that will be very useful information.
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    Thank you, Megan. Sadly, I keep getting an error...

    Thank you, Megan. Sadly, I keep getting an error message from that link but I hadn't used that website before so I've added it to my resource list! Although it's possible that Theodore changed his...
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    Many thanks for replying, Sue. I had seen that...

    Many thanks for replying, Sue. I had seen that Thurrock History link before and found it fascinating as well! The author (Peter Benson) also wrote a book about the Shaftesbury called Where The Bad...
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    Theodore Percival Fothergill born 1865

    I've been stuck on this for years so I'm hoping a fresh pair of eyes might help.

    Theodore Percival Fothergill was born in 1865 in Islington, London. My grandmother called him Uncle Theo and said...
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    Lesley, that was such great advice! I've just...

    Lesley, that was such great advice! I've just found his apprenticeship in the Stationers Company: Henry John Fothergill, new apprenticeship starting on the 1st June 1824. No location was given but...
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    That's fantastic, Lesley. Many thanks for such...

    That's fantastic, Lesley. Many thanks for such useful information!
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    I'm afraid I'm a real novice when it comes to...

    I'm afraid I'm a real novice when it comes to Guilds so I haven't got a clue. Obviously, I've tried googling but nothing is very clear to my one remaining brain cell!
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    Thank you, Megan. I can see that I will be...

    Thank you, Megan. I can see that I will be searching those lists at the weekend. With all my Welsh Thomas, Jones, James and Williams ancestors, I need all the help I can get to find the right ones!
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    Bookbinders apprenticeship

    Does anybody know where I could find any records of bookbinder apprenticeships? My great x3 grandfather, Henry Fothergill, was born in about 1804 (probably in Bristol but no baptism found) and he...
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    Thank you. I try to ignore the transcriptions and...

    Thank you. I try to ignore the transcriptions and look at the original. I thought it said 45 which would give him a birth of about 1806?
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    Yay! If I wasn’t so old, I’d be doing cartwheels!

    Yay! If I wasn’t so old, I’d be doing cartwheels!
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    Personally, I use Family Historian which also has...

    Personally, I use Family Historian which also has a very helpful user group! I tend to work with it on my home computer then transfer an updated gedcom to Ancestry every now and then.
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    How exciting! I don’t suppose you (or anybody...

    How exciting! I don’t suppose you (or anybody from that line) has taken a DNA test? No worries if you haven’t because the Genealogy side is more important to me. If I knew your great-grandmother’s...
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    Thanks for the recommendation, Megan. I’ll...

    Thanks for the recommendation, Megan. I’ll definitely add that one to my winter reading list!

    (And thanks to Guy for the information about bigamy ... all new to me and very interesting.)
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    Many thanks for your time and trouble, almach. I...

    Many thanks for your time and trouble, almach. I do appreciate it!

    I had noticed that baptism before and took it as a good sign that our Henry was actually connected to Bristol, especially as it...
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    Well, it's been three weeks now so I'm guessing...

    Well, it's been three weeks now so I'm guessing nobody has any other ideas. Never mind ... back to the drawing board!
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    wilson8, many thanks for replying. I had looked...

    wilson8, many thanks for replying. I had looked at that baptism (just in case!) but that chap followed a different path in later censuses. One day, I hope they'll be an answer to the puzzle!
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    Fothergill in Bristol brickwall

    I'm trying to find the baptism and parents of my 3x great-grandfather, Henry John Fothergill (?-1873), a bookbinder who spent most of his life in London. In the 1861 Census, it says birthplace...
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    Yes, he was a Gregor! Thank you so much, emeltee...

    Yes, he was a Gregor! Thank you so much, emeltee ... that's brilliant detective work ... I would never have got that!
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    Can't read death certificate initials

    Please could some kind soul help me to read the initials in the Rank or Profession column and tell me what they mean? (B. D. R. something?) I also don't understand the meaning of the number in the...
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    "Quote from Diana: I have never known the...

    "Quote from Diana: I have never known the identity of my mother's father so when I saw 25% Irish I was thrilled, as this seems to isolate his genetic line (dunno how he ended up in rural Sussex in...
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    Thank you very much, Peter. That's just the sort...

    Thank you very much, Peter. That's just the sort of crystal-clear thinking I needed! Back to the drawing board.
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