I had only a minimal info to enter, but I had already seen at Ancestry one that I thought would be a test, using that link given above.
It was Albert THOMAS who died May 1946 in Wales, probate...
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30-06-2022 6:17 AM
Thread: Finding a Will
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I had only a minimal info to enter, but I had...
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13-04-2022 2:32 AM
Thread: RAF and Royal Navy records
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Sticky: Thanks for the link, where I've had a good look...
Thanks for the link, where I've had a good look but it isn't relevant for me.
This project (ended, I think - a few years back) covers vessels and voyages mainly* in the 19th century, and - oddly -... -
12-04-2022 3:57 AM
Thread: RAF and Royal Navy records
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Sticky: Thanks for the link, timbo58. It allows me to...
Thanks for the link, timbo58. It allows me to print a list of the logs held for HMS Glory, so I have done that.
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11-04-2022 1:49 AM
Thread: RAF and Royal Navy records
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Sticky: Is there an online location where I could find...
Is there an online location where I could find the ports of call of naval vessels in late 1940s?
It may help to unravel a puzzling story.
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27-03-2022 5:54 AM
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Thx again - clarified and added to my...
Thx again - clarified and added to my understanding ( did not know about slash / )
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26-03-2022 2:15 PM
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Perhaps some help? I'm finding it very hard to...
Perhaps some help? I'm finding it very hard to decipher a faint image, and also to work out.
The 1841 Census is hard to read - but Thomas Douglas may have been "surgeon's assistant", and - though... -
26-03-2022 3:43 AM
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That's great! It is interesting to trace the...
That's great! It is interesting to trace the lives of people a century or more ago - even with the scant information from the UK Census.
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26-03-2022 12:58 AM
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Thanks for that - I'm reasonably adept at...
Thanks for that - I'm reasonably adept at searching Australian repositories but very new to the myriad UK sources.
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26-03-2022 12:56 AM
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Thomas, born 1816: Another death possibility is...
Thomas, born 1816: Another death possibility is 1901, an inmate at St Joseph House, Netherwitton (not far from Widdrington and North Shields) - aged 85. UK Census 1901
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26-03-2022 12:34 AM
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Currently, researching (via Ancestry) Thomas...
Currently, researching (via Ancestry) Thomas DOUGLAS, 5th child (2nd son) of Edward DOUGLAS and Isabella Richardson - starting from the 1861 UK Census information - when his family was living at 134...
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25-03-2022 6:19 AM
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correction - wife was Isabella (mother of Ann) -...
correction - wife was Isabella (mother of Ann) - marriage of Ralph Shepherd, widower to Isabella Douglas, widow.
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25-03-2022 5:54 AM
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You have uncovered a lot of detail that is at...
You have uncovered a lot of detail that is at Alnwick or close by, and that alone is encouraging given my Landells families that I have been researching lived there. Although living in Australia, I...
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25-03-2022 4:32 AM
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jomot1, thank you for those data - I'm still...
jomot1, thank you for those data - I'm still digesting and reconciling.
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21-03-2022 2:16 PM
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Sorry, I tried to DELETE all of a post that was...
Sorry, I tried to DELETE all of a post that was at cross-purposes to this entire thread, but the British Genealogy website did not allow it.
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21-03-2022 2:09 PM
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The LANDELLS, gardener at the Alnwick Castle, is...
The LANDELLS, gardener at the Alnwick Castle, is the same family. The given names Adam, James over several generations are a bit awkward, but I have them sorted out OK.
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21-03-2022 2:00 PM
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Yes, I'm very sorry - I was looking at my...
Yes, I'm very sorry - I was looking at my database for a sibling's family while trying to enter the information.
Adam LANDELLS, b. 14 Jan 1813, d. 31 Aug 1883, Tauranga, New Zealand.
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21-03-2022 12:36 PM
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Margaret Douglass, 1813 Heddon-On-The-Wall
Most information in Australia has her birth surname as Douglass (SS)
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Pauper Immigration Scheme to Australia
This scheme was attributed to Earl Grey, in my readings.
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Earl Grey, the British Secretary of State for the colonies (a member of Lord John Russell's
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24-01-2022 12:26 AM
Thread: Tyack and Teague
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Fascinating - perhaps that is what I am seeing. I...
Fascinating - perhaps that is what I am seeing. I came across it via a trace-back of marriages only remotely connected to my family. Many interesting customs discovered.
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20-01-2022 10:01 PM
Thread: Tyack and Teague
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Thanks. I can see the derivation of teg - Teague,...
Thanks. I can see the derivation of teg - Teague, but the pronunciation of Tyack as an equivalent seemed a long stretch.
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20-01-2022 6:08 AM
Thread: Tyack and Teague
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Tyack and Teague
A general question:
I have encountered families where an older generation was Tyack, and it "changed" to TEAGUE in later families (occasionally reverting).
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13-01-2022 8:14 AM
Thread: Adam Landell(s)
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This is a small part of an image of a page of...
This is a small part of an image of a page of births from years 1787 to 1789 - Alnwick
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13-01-2022 1:44 AM
Thread: Adam Landell(s)
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That is interesting, and matches some of the...
That is interesting, and matches some of the indefinite information that I have.
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08-11-2021 1:35 PM
Thread: sion meeting house Alnwick.
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Peter, you meant Http:// without the s - ie,...
Peter, you meant Http:// without the s -
ie, https://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/fs-nbl.htm
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It looks very detailed.
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07-11-2021 11:47 PM
Thread: sion meeting house Alnwick.
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Peter, I have had several attempts to locate via...
Peter, I have had several attempts to locate via "Sion" in FamilySearch - Collection Title, Catalog, Place, etc - I'm not getting anything close.
Can you give me more help, please?
I will also...
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