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Abiam
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I've have had a little chuckle to myself this morning.
Yesterday I found (browsing the web) a newspaper article about a lady who had become a true genealogy fan. She had collected thousands of names and stories about Abingdon and had got a long way back with her own family. As I've just discovered there are/were lots of Tuckwell's in Abingdon and I might find the Joseph I am looking for I decided to email her. And dilligently typed out all the information I had.
It came back this morning as 'undeliverable'. I went back to the web site to check the address - it was correct! For no particular reason I clicked the home page button (which I hadn't noticed before) and there it was ABINGDON ILLINOIS!!!
Lesson learnt, don't get too excited and rush in feet first!
Abiam
Ps. I don't know why her email is not working just pleased it's not!
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TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!!!
DOBSON,Berks, Wilts.DOPSON, Fyfield, Wilts
SMITH, WEBB, Little Gransden, Gamlingay, Cambs
WEBB, Hatley St George, Hunts
HUNT, Wanborough, Swindon, Wilts
TUBB, Hungerford, Berks, EGERTON, Highworth, Wilts
TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!!!!
WISE, South Australia, WISE, Fawley, Berks
WISE, Bray, Binfield, Berks
WYSE, Wise, Maidenhead, Berks
VINCE, VINCENT, St Mary Bourne, Hants, Bucks, Berks
TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!!!
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geniecolgan
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Behold! Genie/Icarus by Pels
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I've have had a little chuckle to myself this morning.
...........and there it was ABINGDON ILLINOIS!!!
Hi Abiam, 
At least you were looking at a real Town  .... when looking for Abingdon you could wind up in the model town in Australia. Nobody answers their email there, they can't reach the keyboard 
I lived in Abingdon as a child and loved it.... I didn't meet your Tuckwells though.
Genie
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Colgan, Scott, Templeton in Northern Antrim
Colgan in Saskatchewan, Canada
Durrant in Herts & Middlesex
Ford,Smith in Hammersmith, Fulham, Brentford
Whiting in Berkshire
Weller in Sussex and London
Walker in the 24th of Foot, (Canada, Ireland, India and South Africa) and London
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kizmiaz
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Me, aged 4, just starting out on The Dusty Trail
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I won't tell you th number of times I've Googled ancestors names and come across them in Brighton, Sussex and only after getting all excited have I noticed it is Brighton, Sussex County, Massachusetts or any of the other Brightons in Sussex County's over there!!!!
A guy at work who I got addicted to this hobby found a Will online the other day for someone of the right name in the right town, and was avidly reading it and making comments about how much his ancestor was worth. When I had a look to see how much the currency translated to nowadays, I noticed it had the letters "PA" at the end of the address. I hated bursting his bubble by telling him it was in Pennsylvania
Glen
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In Sussex - Robins, Willis, Hills, Winchester, Harwood, Breden, Jupp, Matthews, Dove, Duly, Baker and lots more. In London - Scully, Day, Emery, Alger All Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Abiam
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It's good to know I'm not alone!!!
Abiam
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TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!!!
DOBSON,Berks, Wilts.DOPSON, Fyfield, Wilts
SMITH, WEBB, Little Gransden, Gamlingay, Cambs
WEBB, Hatley St George, Hunts
HUNT, Wanborough, Swindon, Wilts
TUBB, Hungerford, Berks, EGERTON, Highworth, Wilts
TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!!!!
WISE, South Australia, WISE, Fawley, Berks
WISE, Bray, Binfield, Berks
WYSE, Wise, Maidenhead, Berks
VINCE, VINCENT, St Mary Bourne, Hants, Bucks, Berks
TUCKWELL ANYWHERE!!!
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scottcharles
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.natio
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We've all done it at some point - the number of times I've read through reams of information and got really excited about making a breakthrough only to find out it was about a family somewhere in America is shameful....!
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BARTLETT - Plymouth, Devon
BIRD - Wiltshire, Somerset
BISHOP - Somerset
DESBOROUGH - Surrey?
EMERY - Bedfordshire
HALL - Walworth
HARDISTY - Leeds, Yorkshire
HAYWARD - Southwark, Surrey
LEDAMUN - Spitalfields, Middlesex
MONTAGUE - Bethnal Green, Middlesex
MYNN - Goudhurst, Kent
REYNELL - Newington Surrey
REYNOLDS - Soho, Middlesex
WREN - Midlothian, Scotland, Camberwell
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