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I agree with Doug it looks like Pureman. I think it will have something to do with the chemical processing of the skins from the animal to the final leather, as chemical processing in the leather...

Hi Terry,

You are not doing anything wrong. BMD have the wrong scan. It should be 1862B3-A-0005.jpg The missing number is 1 ie 519. If you click on the info to see the scan near the top is where...

The cheaper version I think is the upgrade price from version 3 and the full version is for putting on your computer if FH is not already installed. I had version 3 and the upgrade was about 23...

Hi,

I have just checked the white pages for Auckland and there are 3 Beardsworths listed as follows

1. D & A.E Beardsworth of Howick

2. M & E Beardsworth also Howick

3. N Beardsworth of...

Hi Rove,

I have been using Firefox for some time now and found it excellent. I do not use Internet Explorer at all if I can help it.

I have also recently downloaded Google Chrome after reading...

Hi Christina,

This is a rogue program that morphs and changes and can avoid quite a few antivirus programmes, It attacks computers that are running with administrator rights. If you want more...

Hi Jules,

Wlcome to the addicted. I echo what Geoffers has said have a good look round. I use two programmes, Family Historian v3 and Legacy DeLuxe.

The Legacy outfit Millennia Cooperation do a...

Hi Steve welcome to the forum. I have just had a look between 1883 and 1885 for a Harry Powell birth. Have found the following

1. Harry Powell Sept Qtr 1883 Dewsbury 9b, 641 Dewsbury is not far...

Hi Elaine,

I.P. may be a short form of Inspector for the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, on the other hand it could also be Inwards Porter. I think Inspector is the more likely but cannot be...

Hi Mary ,

Glad that worked for you. To turn off sound for mail notifications go to your Windows system control panel. Open sounds and audio devices. Click the sounds tab at the top of the Sounds...

Hi Mary,

I am running Firefox and Gmail notifier. My version is 1.0.25.0. In the options screen have you ticked the box which says use Gmail for internet mailto links. The other thing to check in...

Arthur,

I have been using both these programmes for the past couple of years and had no problems. Recommend you get the latest versions. There are a number of plugins for Firefox and one of them...

Hello everyone, I am having problems tracing my Great Grandfather Robert Hamilton. The information I first have is from the 1891 census where he is married to Lettice Hamilton (nee Jacob) with a...

Hi Peter,

Do you have the birth certificate for Freda? I assume you do as you have the date of birth. If you don't have it I can get you the details from 1837 online and you can send for it. This...

Hi Frankie,

I think there may well be a connection, I believe my GGG Grandfather Daniel may have been an older brother. I have not actually proved this yet but I thinks their parents were...

The expression could have been used locally for a particular industry. He would have been an overseer or inspector of some sort, possibly in the cloth /linen industry looking for flaws etc.

The GWR was also at Wolverhampton in the 1850's and linked to Birmingham to the south. If your GG Grandfather started with GWR then it is likely that at Wolverhampton he could have stayed with them....

Merry Christmas Jeff,

I get mine from the GRO as I don't really have an alternative. I also have been impressed with their service. Usually 8-10 days and I have them here in Auckland NZ

Regards...

Hi Geoffers

Thanks that is of course another possibility and very likely. In 1881 he was in Middlesex around Marylebone, in 1871 he was with his parents and sister Ann in Wiltshire where Joseph...

Thanks Geoffers and Wirral,

I found him in the 1871 census as born in Maidenhead so I assumed that Cawnly Corns was close by. Cambly Corner 1861 census is an interesting possiblity. It may of...

Thanks Ricky, however I get a message that the site has been withdrawn, but offers alternatives which I am looking into. Again many thanks.

David

Auckland NZ

I am trying to find Cawnly Corns in Berkshire as according to the 1881 census my G Grandfather was born there. I suspect it may be near Maidenhead and is a very small place. I have tried all the...

Very likely to be Henry, I have two in my tree that have been abbreviated to Hy. But one of them was also known as Harry.

Regards

David NZ

I have just discovered that my GGG Grandfather was born in Gloucestshire, probably Shipton Moyne about 1778. His name was Daniel Wilkins and he may have married in the area about 1800. He eventually...

Thank you Hope for that information, I do already have it from the 1841 census but do appreciate your trouble. I am now trying to get Frances's maiden name, I think it might be Exton but have yet to...