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    Thanks for this link David. The articles on...

    Thanks for this link David. The articles on Zotero are interesting. I've been using Zotero for years for other research, but never thought of using it for family history research. |doh|
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    That sounds reasonable Grisel. You have the right...

    That sounds reasonable Grisel. You have the right details for Henry Alan or Alan Henry Lawrence. I'm still looking for Adelaide between 1871, when she was in the Ipswich workhouse with her father...
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    Thanks Pam. Good idea. I haven't come across...

    Thanks Pam. Good idea. I haven't come across anyone in William's family. Adelaide is a bit of a mystery all round and I'm still working on her side of the family. I've posted once before about how a...
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    Thanks Megan. Yes, I thought about those...

    Thanks Megan. Yes, I thought about those possibilities. Like you, I've had the experience of misrecorded names in the past, especially with "Whybrew". I've tried searching just for William (no...
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    That's certainly a possibility, thanks Jomot.

    That's certainly a possibility, thanks Jomot.
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    Yes, thanks Sandy, I found that. It looks as...

    Yes, thanks Sandy, I found that. It looks as though it's the same man. I thought about ordering the death certificate, but I'm not sure it would tell me anything about his parents or birth (other...
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    William Whybrew unregistered birth?

    I'm looking for help in finding a birth registration for William Whybrew (b 1912, possibly in Ipswich.)
    I have William Whybrew (b 1884) married Adelaide Williams (b 1867) in 1905 in Colchester. They...
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    One of my great uncles was a 'carman' before the...

    One of my great uncles was a 'carman' before the war, driving a horse-drawn cart. When he enlisted he was sent to the Veterinary corp, which helped look after the horses, dogs and other animals used...
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    Just an update on my previous post. The convict...

    Just an update on my previous post. The convict on the Bengal merchant was serving a 10 year sentence, so it seems unlikely he'd be free to marry in 1845.
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    Hi Katja, your post brought back memories - my...

    Hi Katja, your post brought back memories - my first post on Brit-gen was a query about a relative named John Ward :) Being so common, it's not an easy name to research.

    If John was free to marry...
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    Thanks Kiltpin, that's very informative. Ben...

    Thanks Kiltpin, that's very informative. Ben Bentley may well have been a Custard Fancier, but I doubt if he inherited a coat of arms or was ever granted one. I think Allan is on the mark there. But...
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    I was feeling rather chuffed at finally having...

    I was feeling rather chuffed at finally having found a gentleman in my family. But then I discovered that in his younger days Mr Bentley spent time as a guest of Her Majesty for embezzlement. Ah well.
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    Thanks Allan. He (Ben Bentley) died in Yorkshire...

    Thanks Allan. He (Ben Bentley) died in Yorkshire in 1897 at the age of 78.
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    Meaning of "gentleman"

    If someone is described in the probate calendar as "gentleman" (no other occupation given), does that have any formal meaning, or is it simply how the family described him? The person I'm looking at...
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    Thanks geneius. Mrs A Miller, Alice Miller and...

    Thanks geneius. Mrs A Miller, Alice Miller and Bessie appear on the "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," on Family search, as arriving passengers on board the Tunisian, in 1905. They are said to be...
  16. Thread: Bessie M Miller

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    Yes, I thought that strange too. Her parents...

    Yes, I thought that strange too. Her parents definitely finished up in Illinois - Alice died there in 1909 and Herbert promptly remarried another Alice (McKeon). They all appear in the 1910 US...
  17. Thread: Bessie M Miller

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    Bessie M Miller

    Can anyone help me discover what happened to Bessie M Miller (b 1903), who left England in August 1905 aboard the Tunisian with her mother Alice Miller (b 1875) and her sister Alice Frances Miller (b...
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    There's an "INDEX TO CHRIST CHURCH, DERRIAGHY...

    There's an "INDEX TO CHRIST CHURCH, DERRIAGHY near LISBURN" here that includes the name Alderdice (no details given).
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    irishgenealogy.net/forum/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=757

    The...
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    Thanks for the credit Pam ;) Another portal to...

    Thanks for the credit Pam ;)
    Another portal to US newspapers online is through the Library of Congress site https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
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    Acrobat won't open a .ged file (which is what FMP...

    Acrobat won't open a .ged file (which is what FMP sends you when you export your tree). One site online suggests that you could try importing it into Acrobat instead - I don't have Acrobat but I...
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    The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection...

    The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection provided by the University of Illinois is free and has newspapers dating back to 1831. You might find something useful there. ( The address is long and...
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    Thanks, I'll do that :)

    Thanks, I'll do that :)
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    Yes, Eliza was her sister so that's added...

    Yes, Eliza was her sister so that's added confirmation that this is the Harriet I was looking for. Thanks for your help.
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    I didn't find any difference in the average age...

    I didn't find any difference in the average age at marriage and having the first child between the farm labourers and the mill workers. Since that covers most of my family I can't comment on other...
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    I've just found Harriet married to David Sumner...

    I've just found Harriet married to David Sumner in 1877. Strange thing is that in the 1881and 1891 census she is listed as being born in Wormingford, but she didn't show up previously when I tried...
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