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Like you, I always try to use primary sources, and not just rely on hearsay or info passed down
in the family. As one such primary doc, I ordered the Will of Richard Ashby, Jr. from The National...

Great suggestions - yes, one thought I had was about the time period, and as you said regarding the Civil War. The marriage date of "1637" for Richard Ashby and Alice was on a family genealogy sheet...

Just a bit of more info. After Richard Ashby died, his widow Alice remarried to Joseph Walton - I believe in Yelvertoft, but perhaps in a nearby village. Alice and 2nd husband Joseph Walton had...

Thanks again, Sue - the Richard Ashby whose death you found in 1719 is Jane's brother (born in Yelvertoft,
moved to London). He's the one I mentioned above who left money for the building of a...

Many thanks - I was going to say "please don't wear your eyes out searching anymore", and then I saw your post that you found her. I wonder where FreeReg got the date of baptism as 14th May 1641,...

Here is the entry on the FREEREG site for "Jane, dau of Richard Ashby and wife Alice" - baptised
May 14th 1641 in Yelvertoft at All Saints church. I also had a friend who used to live in...

Going with Pam's suggestion - just found this entry for a baptism of possibly Alice in
1618. I believe "this" Alice though married someone other than Richard Ashby. I vaguely
remember this Alice...

Thank you for the great suggestion regarding nearby parishes where the marriage
might have taken place. When I had subscriptions to both Ancestry and Findmypast,
I tried every which...

My ancestor "Jane Ashby" was baptised in Yelvertoft, Northants/Northamptonshire in 1641. She was the daughter of Richard Ashby and wife Alice (nee Ball - family records show "Ball", but the ink was...

Wow - thank you, I think you have just solved the mystery. My ancestors married on 30 Nov 1815 at St. James Westminster (the marr that Susan Meehan was a witness at). In your post you mention that...

Thank you - so far, not seeing anything that connects the Meehan family and mine (army units or locations), other than their names on my family's marr and christening documents. Guess the two...

Thank you - every bit of info helps! So far, no connection that I can see to the Army units my ancestors
were in, and no blood relation either between the two families. Guess they just knew each...

Hi Cristina....thank you so much for this information. The regiments you list him in do not
ring a bell with any that my family were in, but perhaps they met when both posted to a similar
area of...

Looking for info on a "Charles Matthew Meehan", who served with one of the West Indies Regiments - would like to know more about his Army career and any other regiments he may have served with. He...

Sorry for my late reply to say - thank you for all of your suggestions and links to websites that might be helpful. I didn't find much when I "googled", so really appreciate the help and, hopefully,...

Are there any good online resources for finding people who were on St. Helena between the years 1816-1824. Ancestor was stationed at Cape of Good Hope and Port Elizabeth in South Africa, but at...

I have a baptismal record for a relative born in 1816. His surname listed is "BROWN". His first names listed are "John Henry Temple". No other first or last names are mentioned.

In records I...

Peter...thank you again. Yes, the Burial Board record I have is from 1878, so apparently before the change you mentioned over to the district and parish counsils.

I did scroll to the bottom of...

Thank you Megan....I knew one of my cousins from the UK once sent me a document (which I thought was a burial permit), so that's why I thought there must be such records for the whole UK.

I took...

Hi Lesley...thank you for replying. I have ordered the MI books in the past for some of the church yards where family members are buried in England. That would certainly be a good avenue for me to...

Peter....thank you for your help and suggestions. Yes, you did find the right Hugh Wilson (he was a British Consul for many years in South America).

I took yr suggestion and went to the website...

Looking for the churchyard or cemetery where my 3xgreat-grandparents are buried.

Hugh Wilson - death registered in the March qtr. 1875 - age listed as 71 (would have turned 72 later in the year)...

History_Hunter.......in addition, here are the full details for the marriage of Rosina's sister (Florence Louise) from the same group of Records called: New York, New York City, Marriage RECORDS...

Thanks, Alma and Jomot1.......I was going to make the same points to History_Hunter.

There is a difference between a Marriage Licence Index (which he looked at and quoted) and the full Marriage...

One poss thought I had about their trip to Puerto Rico in 1931 - Rosina's husband John Glegg was a British subject, born in the "British West Indies" or BWI as listed on his and Rosina's marriage...