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22-04-2024 5:15 PM
Thread: A Conundrum...
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22-04-2024 12:51 PM
Thread: A Conundrum...
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So we have two John and Alice Hill living in...
So we have two John and Alice Hill living in Lowton at the same time.
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22-04-2024 11:23 AM
Thread: A Conundrum...
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A Conundrum...
I have been asked if I can help identify the parents of Edmund Hill who was apparently born on March 25,1850 in Lowton Lancashire.
Lowton is part of the Wigan and Leigh registration districts.
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17-04-2024 6:01 PM
Thread: GRO index….lost link
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https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/lo...
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp
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14-04-2024 5:17 PM
Thread: Serg Barrow
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1st World War Campaign Medals: G A Barrow...
1st World War Campaign Medals:
G A Barrow
Theatre of war description Western Europe
Disembarkation year 1915
Remarks Comm. 1/Res. 17.6.17. Gar. Batt. Suffolks
Disembarkation date 26 Jul 1915
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06-04-2024 2:35 PM
Thread: Banns
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Banns would be read in the parishes of both the...
Banns would be read in the parishes of both the bride and groom, so that the widest possible audience would have the possibility to object, either on a civil law basis or a church law basis.
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04-04-2024 10:45 PM
Thread: Canary Girls
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Canary Girls
These were the women who worked in the munitions factories in WW1 and WW2, and who got their name from the colour of their hair and skin after being exposed to chemicals used in the production of...
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03-04-2024 1:36 PM
Thread: The Wind Family
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I do not know if you have access to Findmypast,...
I do not know if you have access to Findmypast, but they have a large collection of Durham parish registers. If you go to search, and select “All record sets” then type into the box Durham, you...
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02-04-2024 6:40 PM
Thread: The Wind Family
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William Wind and Ann Stanwick had the following...
William Wind and Ann Stanwick had the following other children:
Harriot, born 11 Dec 1797 baptised 21 Jan 1798 Chester Le Street, Durham
Robert, born 7 Jun 1800 baptised 17 March 1801 Sunderland
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02-04-2024 3:57 PM
Thread: The Wind Family
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I "googled" coal mine accidents 1815 and found...
I "googled" coal mine accidents 1815 and found this:
https://www.
nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/durham/heaton-colliery-inrush-newcastle-on-tyne-1815/
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27-03-2024 10:18 AM
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Army records - guide from National Archives:...
Army records - guide from National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-up-to-1913/
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26-03-2024 11:26 PM
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Most Scottish records are held by...
Most Scottish records are held by ScotlandsPeople, a pay to view site.
Before civil registration of births (1855) you have to rely on parish records - baptisms etc - these are also available on... -
23-03-2024 1:39 PM
Thread: Stumped by adoption
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William and Daisy Keen were living at Old Court...
William and Daisy Keen were living at Old Court Office, Hoath, Canterbury, Chislet, Kent, England, in the 1921 Census and there were no children with them.
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19-03-2024 3:40 PM
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ATHERSTONE, NUNEATON, AND WARWICKSHIRE TIMES, 31...
ATHERSTONE, NUNEATON, AND WARWICKSHIRE TIMES, 31 OCT 1891
A "Morality Agent" Imprisoned
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16-03-2024 5:15 PM
Thread: Uncle's War Record
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You need to apply to the National Archives for...
You need to apply to the National Archives for his service record, which won't be simple. Here is their guide:
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15-03-2024 12:49 PM
Thread: Confusion about death record
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The only way to be certain that it was she, is to...
The only way to be certain that it was she, is to buy her marriage certificate.
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14-03-2024 1:46 PM
Thread: Census access query
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Findmypast - on the home page click the drop down...
Findmypast - on the home page click the drop down for "SEARCH".
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14-03-2024 1:40 PM
Thread: Penge baptisms
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From GENUKI: Church Records Location Records...
From GENUKI:
Church Records
Location
Records of parishes in the Diocese of Guildford are held by the Surrey History Centre
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14-03-2024 1:36 PM
Thread: Confusion about death record
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I think that to solve this mystery you may to...
I think that to solve this mystery you may to invest in one or two certificates.
I searched death records in Halifax for a Kathleen (no surname) between 1936-1939, looking for one that was about... -
09-03-2024 1:24 PM
Thread: Radford family nottingham
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The 1939 Register could well have errors in it,...
The 1939 Register could well have errors in it, because it relies on one person writing everything down correctly, and in the case of Herbert Radford, the glaring error is that his surname was...
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01-03-2024 9:55 AM
Thread: Catherine Spruhen
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Do you have the children's birth certificates, if...
Do you have the children's birth certificates, if so what does that say about their parents?
Have you found baptisms for them, and if so what does that say?
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03-02-2024 11:08 PM
Thread: Scottish Wills
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Thank you to everyone for your useful input.
Thank you to everyone for your useful input.
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03-02-2024 5:50 PM
Thread: Henry Bailey - Birth
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There is a possible 1881 Census hit Kings Head...
There is a possible 1881 Census hit
Kings Head Hill, Chingford, Epping, Essex. Henry is Henry John, a shoeing smith living in a lodging house, born 1857 in Somerset. Piece 1736 / Folio 94 / Page... -
03-02-2024 3:44 PM
Thread: Scottish Wills
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Scottish Wills
I've been doing some research for my sister in law. Her great grandfather died in 1914, and in Ancestry's "Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936" I...
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22-01-2024 8:55 AM
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Another source you could try would be: ...
Another source you could try would be:
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
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