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    Hi Lesley and Sandra - Thanks very much for your...

    Hi Lesley and Sandra - Thanks very much for your replies. Good to hear that you found the death and burial records, Sandra, because that death date was merely handwritten on the cover of his CEF...
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    Thanks for providing that link to the Archived...

    Thanks for providing that link to the Archived version on the Wayback Machine. I had temporarily forgotten it was there. Unfortunately it doesn't always display the images, but in the interim, it's...
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    Hi sidelong and arthurk, Sorry about the absence...

    Hi sidelong and arthurk,
    Sorry about the absence of the Derbyshire Photographers web pages, but there's not a lot I can do until the Rootsweb Freepages hosting is restored. Rebuilding the site from...
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    https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~...

    https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/photos/dbyphotos.html
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    Good to hear that it was of some use to you. ...

    Good to hear that it was of some use to you. It's not a secret. I ordered the microfilm of the parish registers in at my local LDS church Family History Centre, and spent many, many hours...
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    Hi Lizzie, I have the following marriage...

    Hi Lizzie,

    I have the following marriage transcribed from the St Mary & St George Church Gresley marriage register:

    Ref 106
    Date 12-May 1890
    Groom: John RAMSELL, 24, bach, Railway Shunter,...
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    Dear Dodger, I have plenty of information...

    Dear Dodger,

    I have plenty of information about this FOSTER family which I'm happy to share with you. For example:

    Alvin/Albin FOSTER (son of Joseph FOSTER [1788-1837] & Sarah WEAVER) b. 1819...
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    John, The 1851 Census shows your Charles &...

    John,

    The 1851 Census shows your Charles & Selina living at Blackfordby, as follows:

    1851 Census: Blackfordby LEI PRO Ref. HO107/2084/193/14/56:
    Charles GREGSON Head M M 26 Tailor LEI...
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    Hi Neil, I remember receiving some images of...

    Hi Neil,

    I remember receiving some images of post cards from you, but I can't seem to find any by Albert Heath, I'm afraid, so it appears they may be hiding somewhere. Are they portraits, or of...
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    Oh thank you. That certainly does look as if it...

    Oh thank you. That certainly does look as if it is him, as he was a jeweller in later census reords. I'm off to have a look. Regards and best wishes, Brett
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    Dear Michael, I'd be happy to have a look at...

    Dear Michael,

    I'd be happy to have a look at the photo, and will contact you by email.

    Regards and best wishes, Brett
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    Thanks, Gail and Eileen, for your postings. I've...

    Thanks, Gail and Eileen, for your postings. I've since done some further investigation into what became of your James CLAYTON, and came up with the following timeline, ascertained from Census...
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    Hi Jack, and thanks for your kind words about the...

    Hi Jack, and thanks for your kind words about the site. Although I'm no expert at dating photographs, I'm pretty confident - for various reasons - that these two are from the early to mid-1860s.
    ...
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    Here are images of the cartes de visite for your...

    Here are images of the cartes de visite for your interest:
    ...
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    J. CLAYTON of Staveley

    It's good to see that there are some folk out there. I'll help to keep the momentum up with my own posting. Although not of my own family, it's connected with research into profiles for my web site...
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    Thank you for your comments, Jeremy. It was...

    Thank you for your comments, Jeremy. It was quite common for people to return to the same photographer over periods of time. The photographers may have had models, possibly members of his own...
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    What I have outlined above is all very well, but...

    What I have outlined above is all very well, but it's not possible to tie these people in with your mother with any certainty, without first obtaining some important documentation. I would strongly...
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    Next, I went further back in the trade...

    Next, I went further back in the trade directories, using the searchable images available on the University of Leicester Historical Directories web site:

    Both Kelly's 1895 and 1899 give the...
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    Charles White, Queen's Head P.H.

    Dear Andy,

    I will do my best to help. First, I tried to verify the existence of a Charles White living in Coton-in-the-Elms at around the time your mother was born, i.e. c.1926, and to establish...
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    Dear John, Thanks for your kind comments. I'm...

    Dear John,

    Thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad to hear that you have found the material on my site useful in your research. Actually, I have your William & Charlotte SMITH in my "extended...
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    Hi Doug, Nice to hear from you. I believe...

    Hi Doug,

    Nice to hear from you. I believe that your grandfather may have served together with my grandfather Charles Leslie Lionel Payne (1892-1975) in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during...
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    Dear Pam, Thanks very much for your kind...

    Dear Pam,

    Thanks very much for your kind lookup. I have just checked all of these references for the 1861 Census of Burslem against the images on Rod's CD-ROMs, and none of them have a Benjamin...
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    I forgot to mention that I have the 1861 Census...

    I forgot to mention that I have the 1861 Census for Burslem on CD-ROM, but no index, so would be very grateful for a lookup of Benjamin BROUGH on an index please.

    Regards and best wishes,
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    Benjamin BROUGH b. c1853 Hanley/Burslem

    I am looking for a record of the birth, baptism of or 1861 Census entry for Benjamin BROUGH who, according to entries in the 1871, 1881 and 1891 Censuses, was born c. 1852-1853 at either Hanley or...
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    Hi Sally, Yes I'm aware of the site and have...

    Hi Sally,

    Yes I'm aware of the site and have used it in the past for my own family, although the prices are a bit steep for me to consider using it for this chap, as he's unrelated, and I'm more...
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