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Love it, even if I am starting to itch at the thought of it.
Christina

Welcome to the Brit-Gen forums hollieferrall

At the moment we seem to be having a problem where the contributors to a post are not receiving notification of any new posts to the thread so it is...

I did do some searching yesterday but couldn't find anything that didn't seem to be European based research. Even this page on family search with lots of links seems more European based but one of...

And Squaredancer !!

Christina

This did take some finding but does look promising - as transcribed on ancestry!
1871 RG10 Piece 1008 folio 56 page 12
St Margaret Kent.
Gedeon Hemley 12
Boarder
born Surbiton

Snap Pam.

Thanks for this Chris. I am going to take a look.
Christina

Hi
The 1901 census also has him as William S Gilbertson.
People did adopt middle names, even entirely different first and surnames, in adulthood and that was ok to do without any need to record it...

All the children's baptisms are on ScotlandsPeople but I can't find a marriage for Thomas and Jean.
Christina

I found a tree on ancestry which has the marriage as 'about 1812' and the birth of a daughter Jemima in 1813 Gretna, Dumfriesshire. other children Agnes (Nancy) 1815 Elizabeth 1819, Richard 1820...

2020 has forced us all to build our lives around a new 'normal' and New Year's resolutions may be very different to those of previous years but for 2021 and the start of a new decade I am wishing you...

Hi Dave
lovely to hear from you again.
Did you get back any further with this family?
Christina

We had a lovely Christmas day with our son and of course we can mix, mingle and travel within NZ so far easier for us than for millions of others around the world. Son went back to Wellington with...

Hi Maurice
I have also given this post a thread of its own as it was ignored when you first posted it as an addition to another post about the Sullivan family. Now, hopefully, it may attract some...

Hi
This is The National Archives guide to finding personal records of members of the police force in the UK.
Christina

ps. I have moved this request to a post of its own in the Occupations -...

Marriages Dec 1/4 1886 George Henry Machent and Anne Eliza Boyd Sheffield 9c/648

Birth
GRO Reference: 1887 June Quarter SHEFFIELD Vol9C Page 458
George Henry MACHIN, mmn BOYD
GRO...

A possible?
George Henry Machin
Sept 1/4 1887
Registration District: Sheffield
Vol 9c Page 415

In 1930 there is a George Henry Machin on the electoral register but in 1939 he is George Henry...

Death
Jenny Rossall
Birth Year about 1881
Death Age 9 months
Burial Date - 25 Sep 1882
Burial Parish: Marton, Lancashire, England

Christina

The other Jenny Rossal was illegitimate as per her birth reg, Fylde district, on the GRO index (no mother's maiden name given but on her baptism her father's name is given.
Baptism: 5 Feb 1882 St...

You already have his UK, World War II Royal Artillery Tracer Card? There is more information on it than is shown in the transcription but a lot of it is army acronyms. This link has a list of...

Hi
I have moved your post to a thread of its own in the WW11 forum.
Unfortunately the service records for those who served in WW11 are still held by the MoD. You can apply for them, this is the...

Hi Nikki
Just in case you need it in future here are the instructions for uploading an image to BG.

The first step is to make sure that you are in Go Advanced mode on the Brit-Gen thread where...

The G and S before the regiment number is explained here
Christina

Thank you for this.
Christina

Catherine's arrival? I can only see the transcription
Catherine Webb age 43, departed Liverpool and arrived New York 18 Aug 1843 on the ship 'Stephen Whitney' She died in 1865 in New York and had...

Just some basics. Your Titus Webb was born 1796, baptised 5 May 1796 Brierley Hill Staffordshire son of Benjamine and Phoebe nee Perry.
Titus 52 occupation crockery? and Catherine 46 are on the 1850...