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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Secas, Leeds?
« on: Tuesday 31 August 10 22:06 BST (UK)  »
A distant relative has given me the birthplace of my g grandfather's brother as Secas, Leeds.  I have googled Secas but to no avail.  Can anyone enlighten me please?  Is it a parish, a district etc or merely a misspelling?  Any help would be appreciated.

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Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests / Seeking baptism record Skelton c1825
« on: Monday 02 August 10 20:13 BST (UK)  »
Would any kind Rootschatter be able to look up a baptism record for my gg grandfather William Foster?  According to the 1851 census he was born c 1825 in Skelton.  A distant relation thinks William's father was John Francis Foster. I believe that the relevant parish church is St Giles in Skelton.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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Family History Beginners Board / how to decipher an illegible marriage registration number?
« on: Tuesday 23 March 10 15:46 GMT (UK)  »
I'm not an absolute beginner at family history research but my brain has let me down!  I am sure some kind Rootschatter can help.

After about 4 years of searching, I still can't find the first marriage of my g grandfather, James Brown.  He was at his grandparents' home on census night 1851 in Porlock, Somerset where he was born.  I cannot trace him on the 1861 census despite hours of searching.  The next sighting I have of him is in 1866 when he married in St James's Parish church, Bristol, claiming to be a widower.  I say "claims" because he fabricated a name for his father on this marriage certificate (he was illegitimate).

Obviously I don't know where he was between 1851 and 1866 but I have found today a marriage record of a James Brown registered in the December quarter of 1857 in Bristol 6a * on Free BMDs.  I have tried looking at the original entry on Ancestry and to me it looks as though it could be 6a 80. 

Can any of you good souls help with deciphering the registration number or suggest ways of finding out the correct number.  I can't get to Bristol Records Office as I live too far away.  As you can imagine, with the surname Brown, it is a process of elimination which is taking forever.  I don't like being defeated!!

Here's hoping someone out there can help.

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Wiltshire Completed Lookup Requests / Wroughton parish geographical coverage
« on: Monday 28 April 08 19:04 BST (UK)  »
Please could someone with local knowledge let me know what villages would have looked to Wroughton parish church.

Thanks in advance.

imt

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Gloucestershire / Snowdon Road Hospital, Bristol
« on: Wednesday 02 April 08 14:26 BST (UK)  »
Dear Rootschatters

Is there anyone out there who has knowledge of Snowdon Road Hospital in Bristol in 1950?  I have just discovered that my g uncle died there in 1950.  I've searched on the net but it is unclear to me whether in 1950 the hospital would have catered for the mentally ill or aged patients. 

I have every confidence that someone will have the answer for me as they have done to my previous queries.

Thanks.

imt

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Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests / Baptism, Skelton, N Yorks look up request
« on: Friday 01 February 08 14:54 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone on the list please help with finding the baptism of my 2 x g grandfather, William Foster?  The only info I have is that he declared he was born in Skelton in approx 1825 in the 1851 census.  It's possible his father was John Francis Foster.  I know that William was a listed as a journeyman tailor/ tailor's cutter in the 1851 and 1861 censuses.  In 1851 the family was living in St John's parish, Leeds and in 1861 they had moved to Eccleshall Bierlow, Leeds.  Sometime between 1861 and 1866 the family moved to Bristol where William died.  He married Eleanor Pullen in 1847 at Bramham Church, Boston, Yorks so clearly the family was mobile, probably seeking work.

I would be grateful for any help that lister can provide.

imt

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / map look up request WoT/Henleaze, Bristol
« on: Wednesday 28 November 07 14:47 GMT (UK)  »
I'm wondering if anyone has access to a map of the Westbury on Trym/Henleaze area of Bristol in the 1880s.  In particular, I am trying to establish where East Meadow Cottages, Henleaze Lane were situated.  I have found searchable maps on the net but none showing the names I am seeking.  My g grandparents lived in the cottages in the 1881 and 1891 censuses.  Henleaze Lane is not shown on modern maps and I suspect that the cottages were either demolished for redevelopment or bombed during WWII.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance.

imt

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Gloucestershire / CLOSED Searching for Packhorse Cottages, Sts Philip & Jacob, Bristol
« on: Wednesday 05 September 07 19:29 BST (UK)  »
Dear Rootschatters

Can anyone help me locate a house given on an ancestor's birth certificate?  The birthplace is given as: 1 Pack Horse Cottages, USD.  The mother gave birth in St Philip and Jacob district of Bristol and was registered in Barton Regis in 1883.  Unfortunately no street name was recorded on the certificate.  I have no idea what the USD stands for.

I have tried looking at a Bristol A-Z but without a street address I'm struggling.  I've looked at old maps on the net but again the ones I have viewed have not helped.

Can anyone give me any clues?  I'd especially like to know what USD stands for.  I'm hoping that Rootschatters collective knowledge of the area may help.

Here's keeping my fingers crossed.

imt

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Monmouthshire / Which registration district please?
« on: Tuesday 10 July 07 16:17 BST (UK)  »
My uncle died at New Tredegar in the late 1950s/early 1960's.  Where would his death have been registered please?

imt

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