Many thanks again Peter. What you've guided me towards has helped a lot, particularly his being invalided to England on 26 June - pity the year (if there at all) is hidden in the fold of the book!...
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15-11-2016 7:14 PM
Thread: British army medals in China c.1860
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Many thanks again Peter. What you've guided me...
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15-11-2016 3:59 PM
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The story as related to me is as follows: He was...
The story as related to me is as follows: He was a Methodist eager to serve God and Country who eventually found his service as a soldier at odds with his Christianity. He was awarded the China...
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15-11-2016 3:08 PM
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Many thanks Peter - very helpful advice indeed! ...
Many thanks Peter - very helpful advice indeed!
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15-11-2016 2:24 PM
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Many thanks Wimsey - am hoping to find a copy of...
Many thanks Wimsey - am hoping to find a copy of his service record but no such luck yet.
Eric -
15-11-2016 1:38 PM
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Many thanks Christina - I too had a go at the...
Many thanks Christina - I too had a go at the National Archives and ended up seemingly going around in circles! Thank you for the link to Findmypast - much appreciated.
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14-11-2016 5:33 PM
Thread: British army medals in China c.1860
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British army medals in China c.1860
Hi,
I am looking for some information regarding a Corporal Adam Davidson of the 6th Battery 12th Brigade of the Royal Artillery. He was awarded a service medal in 1860 - would this have been for... -
02-03-2015 2:31 PM
Thread: Misappropriation of information and photos
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My anger only arose when my polite communications...
My anger only arose when my polite communications to the unrelated guy were ignored and he blocked me from sending him other messages through Ancestry. I understand how it happened and have asked my...
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02-03-2015 2:03 PM
Thread: Misappropriation of information and photos
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Misappropriation of information and photos
I have my family tree on Ancestry, and it is set to private. However, I have invited quite a few of my family to be able to view it and some of them have started to research their own tree, using the...
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06-01-2012 8:03 AM
Thread: Lost in Ireland
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Hi Marj, you didn't mention what age your great...
Hi Marj, you didn't mention what age your great grandfather was when he came to Australia in 1854 so the following may be of limited use: The Familysearch.org website has the Ireland Civil...
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06-01-2012 7:45 AM
Thread: Marriage in Ireland?
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Have you tried searching the Ireland Civil...
Have you tried searching the Ireland Civil Registration Indexes on the Familysearch.org website? They can often be of great help in situations like this. You didn't mention the name of the 8 month...
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06-03-2011 7:19 AM
Thread: Dutton Family Tree
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Des Dutton
Do you have a Des (premusably short for Desmond) on your tree? I believe he was born in Bray, Co. Wicklow and died there as well in the last ten years or so.
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06-01-2011 7:37 PM
Thread: Distribution of family tree & history
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Thanks for the feedback guys. The reason why the...
Thanks for the feedback guys. The reason why the website was (and will be again) private is that I will be mentioning people who are still living. I won't be including their full details as even that...
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04-01-2011 9:20 PM
Thread: Distribution of family tree & history
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Thanks Malcolm. I am delighted that there seems...
Thanks Malcolm. I am delighted that there seems to be a degree of interest in looking at my website so I've removed the security features leaving free access for a while to give people another...
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04-01-2011 9:15 PM
Thread: Distribution of family tree & history
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I tried the DROPBOX facility and while it was...
I tried the DROPBOX facility and while it was great at sharing documents I wanted to do more. After some research I decided to set up my own website, buying my own domain name for a very modest sum...
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02-01-2011 7:00 PM
Thread: Distribution of family tree & history
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Thanks for your interest ZR but my post was a few...
Thanks for your interest ZR but my post was a few months ago when I was at the testing stage and I've since gone "live" with the rest of the family, hence the password now to restrict the site &...
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22-12-2010 7:22 PM
Thread: Zover - do you know where it is?
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I've taken a look at the LDS site for the Civil...
I've taken a look at the LDS site for the Civil Registrations for the Municipality which contains Zolver (Sanem). Of course with my luck the document images only go up to the 1890's and don't cover...
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21-12-2010 8:42 PM
Thread: Zover - do you know where it is?
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Hi Nicolina, I've also been wondering about a...
Hi Nicolina,
I've also been wondering about a possible spelling error in the VDK records. There is a Zolver or Zolwer in Luxembourg and I think that I've heard Luxembourg mentioned before in... -
21-12-2010 6:21 PM
Thread: Zover - do you know where it is?
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Sorry, I should have said that he was a Luftwaffe...
Sorry, I should have said that he was a Luftwaffe pilot.
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20-12-2010 6:59 PM
Thread: Zover - do you know where it is?
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Zover - do you know where it is?
A relative was killed in WW2 and on finding his burial details on the German war graves website it gave his birth place as "Zover". I've googled it and cannot find it anywhere! It doesn't seem to be...
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07-11-2010 12:21 PM
Thread: Family history website
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Hi Robin, I use a Mac so I don't have any...
Hi Robin,
I use a Mac so I don't have any experience with PC based web programs. I used a free Apple program called iWeb to set up my own Family History type website (see my post in the Writing Up... -
31-10-2010 11:35 PM
Thread: Distribution of family tree & history
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Distribution of family tree & history
Alongside growing my family tree I have been writing a history, concentrating it around the main characters in the immediate family. I would email the Word document containing the history together...
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02-06-2010 9:56 PM
Thread: 1901 Ireland Census now online
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The 1911 census has been available since January...
The 1911 census has been available since January 2008.
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02-06-2010 8:50 PM
Thread: 1901 Ireland Census now online
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1901 Ireland Census now online
The 1901 Ireland census is now online at www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
Happy hunting!
Regards,
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02-06-2010 8:50 PM
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Sticky: 1901 Ireland Census now online
The 1901 Ireland census is now online at www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Happy hunting!
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23-05-2010 3:23 PM
Thread: 1901 Ireland Census to launch 3rd June 2010
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1901 Ireland Census to launch 3rd June 2010
As the title says, the website of the National Archives of Ireland has announced a date of the 3rd of June 2010 for the launch of the 1901 Census material, with all data transcribed. Unlike the...
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