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The Common Room / DNA extraction from stamps (DNA from dead relations)
« on: Friday 06 October 23 00:38 BST (UK)  »
I am excited by the idea that DNA can be extracted from such things as old postage stamps, i own many saved letters from now deceased relations that i would love to test, ie grandparents etc.
This is a subject that others might have some knowledge on and can share with us, perhaps any information about the DNA companys that most of use have used in the past and if they intend to do DNA test from stamps or other artifacts, when and who etc would be interesting.
Lets all find out, i think lots of us would like to give it a try.

David.

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Lancashire / Re: Would there be a Newspaper death notice in 1920 Lancaster.
« on: Tuesday 12 September 23 22:51 BST (UK)  »
Thank you , this answers my question pretty well, i will see if i can get a hold of the newspaper and get a copy of the notice, thank you so much for your help.
David

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Lancashire / Would there be a Newspaper death notice in 1920 Lancaster.
« on: Tuesday 12 September 23 10:50 BST (UK)  »
I have relation who died in early 1920 in Lancaster, his name was Andrew Maguire, i dont have a sub for newspapers etc but would like to know if they even did obit (death) notices back then and if they did would they have any information about the place of burial ?
Also what would the local newspaper have been called.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Dave.

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Cavan / Re: Elizabeth Maguire born about 1853 in Cavan.
« on: Thursday 17 August 23 23:27 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Kiltaglassan, a great find for my Maguire relations, i can add this to my work/search.
once again thank you so much.
David.

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Cavan / Re: Elizabeth Maguire born about 1853 in Cavan.
« on: Wednesday 16 August 23 08:57 BST (UK)  »
WOW, thank you so much, what you great people have been able to find is amazing, more than i could have wished for.
The reason i have been been trying to find the fathers name of Elizabeth Maguire (born abt 1853) is because i have been trying to follow some Maguire DNA matches i have and by building trees around as many matches i can find( i have a lot of small ones and a good number of higher ones) but once i get back into ireland, mostley the Cavan area it becomes very hard to follow, this i very much a work in progres  and hard work but i have a small number of Maguires that i think are sibblings including Elizabeth Maguire that married Philip Keirnan, John Maguire born abt 1847 and married a Mary (last name unknown, Daniel Maguire born abt 1849 married a susan brady and an Anne Maguire born about 1852 married  john Keenan, they may be sibblings or at the very least cousins, the name Michael Maguire has come up as a possible relation ,ie as a sugestion by someone else, if i can link more of my DNA matches back to a common parent or couple then i can build my main test tree down to modern day and find the answer to my brick wall, who was the father ofmy own grandfather, for sure he is related to the Maguires from Cavan.

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Cavan / Elizabeth Maguire born about 1853 in Cavan.
« on: Wednesday 16 August 23 04:32 BST (UK)  »
Elizabeth Maguire married a Philip Keirnan in 1871 also in Cavan, can anyone tell me who her Mother and father may have been please.
A simple enough question me thinking but one i just cant work out and need helpwith.
Thanking you, David in New Zealand.

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Thats a great idea, i am thinking that Mary most probably either died or remarried and in Pennsylvania but just dont know any more.
If we find her we might find John which would be a big success.
I will keep looking also and post an update should i find any new info.
David.   

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Thank you for this, i am thinking that the john mcguire that died in 1880 is not my john ,i base this on his reported age of 21, he would have to have been about 15 when his first daughter was born in 1874.
But this is good news as i can now discount the 1880 john in illinois and look for another.
Thank you so much for the newspaper clips.
David.

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Spot on, thank you both oldohiohome and lisa in california, what you have for both daughters is correct and thanks for the info about there mothers info regards the census record, i am was thinking that john and mary had only the two children, this is confirmed now, so i had a look around for possiable deaths for john about the same time as the birth of the last daughter and the census record, also to note that the marriage of daughter mary to walter partridge shows the mother giving consent for the daughter to marry and the record states she is widow at this time in 1896, i have found a site called genealogybank that seems to have a record/obituary from a newspaer called the "Daily illinois state register" for a john mcguire in 1880 in illinois.
i dont have a sub for that site but am trying to find the paper, no luck yet unless anyone reading this has the ability to see it.
The answer as to who john mcguire/maguire was may be in that site or in another record yet to be found.
My main reason for researching him is because of a DNA brickwall i have going back to my grandfather, trying to find who his father was, i have many DNA matches to the names mcguire/maguire and my best matches lead back to both daughters of john and mary, at a best guess i belive that john is a sibbling of my unknown great grand parent.also to note no one that i have seen can confirm when Mary died, one person had her death in 1907 but i cant confirm this, perhaps she married again and her records are under a different name.

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