May I add this area of research.
Google: "william stevens" british consul
enter as above complete with the "
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Peter
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07-03-2018 1:27 PM
Thread: Confused by sudden change of occupation
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May I add this area of research. Google: ...
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01-03-2018 4:43 AM
Thread: German POW
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Perhaps Admin at brit-gen have an e-mail address ...
Perhaps Admin at brit-gen have an e-mail address ?
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17-02-2018 2:16 PM
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https://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/proj...
https://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/projects/brickmakers-talk/brickmakers/brickworks-st-stephens.htm
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14-02-2018 3:12 PM
Thread: WW1 RAF CRASH SITE
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Hello PeterM Some time back I decide to look...
Hello PeterM
Some time back I decide to look more closely at the history of a great uncle, his widow was an important part of our family.
He was KIA a few months before the end of WWI and in... -
13-02-2018 4:26 PM
Thread: WW1 RAF CRASH SITE
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Hello Peter. I don't know if records are all...
Hello Peter. I don't know if records are all under one umbrella and years of genealogy taught me several things one of them being "assume nothing" and another is that the discovery and deciphering...
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13-02-2018 4:04 PM
Thread: WW1 RAF CRASH SITE
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Hello Peter. Just a point of detail that I...
Hello Peter. Just a point of detail that I am sure you will find, if you haven't already. During WW1 it was the Royal Air Corps, the Royal Air Force name came later
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12-02-2018 7:42 PM
Thread: Help to identify this drummer's regiment
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Lancashire . perhaps a Red Rose over a Lion. ...
Lancashire . perhaps a Red Rose over a Lion.
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11-02-2018 11:42 PM
Thread: If you have a minute. multiple marriages
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That's a lot of husbandry training :-)
That's a lot of husbandry training :-)
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11-02-2018 8:56 PM
Thread: If you have a minute. multiple marriages
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Thank you for your interest. Born about same...
Thank you for your interest. Born about same year 1907, with same mother and handwriting ? maybe ??
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11-02-2018 7:58 PM
Thread: If you have a minute. multiple marriages
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Hi Lesley. Me being the world #1 skeptic I just...
Hi Lesley. Me being the world #1 skeptic I just had to print out the marriage certificates. Unless there were 4 Reuben J Patton's with the same mother, declaring the approx same occupation and...
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11-02-2018 5:52 PM
Thread: If you have a minute. multiple marriages
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If you have a minute. multiple marriages
Hello. What was, for me, just a marriage, I recently had reason to revisit a name to see if I could find more information. I am not seeking info on this unless someone cares to comment, just...
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08-02-2018 11:44 AM
Thread: Troop locations in the UK 1940-42
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Duh !! I just realised that I forgot to ask...
Duh !! I just realised that I forgot to ask the simple question that Peter G asks. "Do you have name, DOB or anything to help identify an individual"
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07-02-2018 10:16 PM
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Reference to 1916 "Battles of the Somme 1916 (1...
Reference to 1916 "Battles of the Somme 1916 (1 July - 18 November 1916)"
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07-02-2018 8:29 PM
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They did come back to France and saw action...
They did come back to France and saw action there.
https://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/battalion.php?pid=6477
Battles (plural) of the Somme mentioned here includes 1918
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07-02-2018 8:10 PM
Thread: Troop locations in the UK 1940-42
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East Sutton Park house was, in common with many...
East Sutton Park house was, in common with many other large houses, requisitioned by the Army during WWII. Verbal information given to me years ago by a senior Army Officer, suggested that very few...
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29-01-2018 2:03 PM
Thread: Are these guys any good
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To anyone starting out in Genealogy, please note...
To anyone starting out in Genealogy, please note that just because it is not available online does not mean it does not exist. The record you seek may be in an archive somewhere or may have been...
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28-01-2018 10:39 PM
Thread: Are these guys any good
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I hate to be "Johnny Raincloud" and as someone...
I hate to be "Johnny Raincloud" and as someone who also made a living from running my own business, I kinda sucked air through my teeth when I visited their website. Just struck me as a bit like...
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26-01-2018 6:47 PM
Thread: basic census question
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I have changes in location throughout my family...
I have changes in location throughout my family tree. Old maps can be really good for understanding how names of an area can change. When there were just a few houses together, the name could be...
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24-01-2018 12:47 AM
Thread: Straight talking .....
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2018 and we live in a different world. However,...
2018 and we live in a different world. However, some 50+ years ago I did spend an amount of time with people of closely defined beliefs. There were meetings where, separately men and women would...
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21-01-2018 11:35 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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Searching the 1851 Census in the described area...
Searching the 1851 Census in the described area (Burton Abbey) I am reminded, yet again, that the visual quality of the record is inversely proportional to one's needs.
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21-01-2018 3:08 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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From Genuki. "WOOD NOOK, 3 or 4 cotts. in the...
From Genuki.
"WOOD NOOK, 3 or 4 cotts. in the township of Honley, and parish of Almondbury, 4¼ miles from Huddersfield."
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21-01-2018 2:30 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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I also saw "Wooden Nook". Certainly the...
I also saw "Wooden Nook". Certainly the upper case "W's" are visible elsewhere on the page.
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21-01-2018 4:14 AM
Thread: Ask the experts
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Hello. I should have included this bit.
Hello. I should have included this bit.
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20-01-2018 11:42 PM
Thread: Ask the experts
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From the 1841 Census. Someone lived here, once...
From the 1841 Census. Someone lived here, once upon a time. I haven't included my "gut reaction" translation so as not to influence. Please bear in mind that it would not have been far from...
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20-01-2018 10:07 PM
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The photo comes up on Ancestry and a couple of...
The photo comes up on Ancestry and a couple of family trees. Interesting name.
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