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I think it was the same in England, and that was why when unmarried women registered the birth of a child, the father’s name would be blank and they would often use the fathers name in the child’s...

That's very interesting. I has always assumed that the surname on the registration index would be that of the child, not that of one of the parents.

In this case I had assumed that the child was...

Thank you. I understand that to really know I will have to buy the birth certificates. I was just curious to know whether this was something that might happen under certain circumstances.

That’s...

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I have seen the census but don’t have a have a copy if it to refer to now. Joseph and Samuel are Samuel’s children. I think all Martha’s children are there and I think all Samuels children are...

This is quite complicated and I will try to explain it as simply as possible.

Yes the first two names are that of the Bio father, and the surname is that of the legal father.

Bio-dad and his...

I wonder whether anyone can help me with this.

There are two records in the Civil Registration Index for one child.

I wonder why this might be. I've checked it on the GRO website and there...

It's very helpful that irishgenealogy.ie have put the scans of the Civil Registration registers online. All the births are there from:

Births: 1864 to 1915, Marriages: 1882* to 1940 and Deaths:...

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Thanks for this great recommendation. I have received my copy and it's an incredibly detailed and well-indexed work with maps and illustrations. I'm glad to be able to add it to my library.

Thanks very much for your reply.

I'll contact the Liverpool Maritime Museum to see whether they can direct me to any research on this. I've also found a book called "Shanghaiing Sailors: A...

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I have a family story about an ancestor being Shanghaied from the Landing Stage at Liverpool while waiting for his employer. It's true that in 1870 the census records him with an extremely...

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That's very kind, in this instance I mainly know the families I'm looking for, but I'm trying to add a bit more detail from the census, and also seeing if I can link a few more people...

Thank you, that is most helpful.

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I have been looking at the 1841 and 1851 census on Findmypast researching a particular surname and am finding that many of the links take me to...

Thanks for this. I'm quite prepared for the microfilm experience having been through quite a few Irish films at the LDS. I have several parishes I have been wanting to look at for years, but never...

Would anybody know how the NLA's project to put Irish RC parish registers online is progressing? I think the launch date was summer this year.

Thanks in advance