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Europe / SWEDEN:Surname LAKE
« on: Saturday 12 January 19 10:33 GMT (UK)  »
I am part of a project researching the English surname LAKE. I am aware of quite a lot of LAKEs in Sweden in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. I wondered if a native Swedish person could tell me whether this name sounds foreign to a Swede (i.e. do you immediately think there must be English ancestry somewhere?), or is it also a native Swedish name? If the latter, what does the word mean and how do you pronounce it?

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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Indexing?
« on: Tuesday 23 August 16 15:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
Over several years, I've had an enormous amount of help from Rootschat members and it's one of my favourite genealogy websites.
But how much more useful would it be if there were a surname index! There are so many messages now (both live and completed) that it's simply impractical to browse them all. But I'm sure there are some hidden gems of information that I'm missing.
I don't think an index could be created retrospectively because you would need a separate surname field, but would it be totally impossible to introduce the practice in the future?
Xanthe

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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Baptism lookup request, Souldern, George LAKE
« on: Saturday 20 August 16 09:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello
Would someone be able to look up the baptism of George LAKE (or possibly LEAK/LEAKE) for me? It would be in Souldern, between 1800 and 1805. I've no idea who his parents were. I have his 2 marriage records (1823 and 1835), but neither of them names his father.
Many thanks in advance.

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / COMPLETED WITH THANKS-Sherborne baptism register lookup please
« on: Saturday 07 July 12 08:45 BST (UK)  »
Is anyone able and willing to do a lookup in the Sherborne baptism register, please?

I'm trying to identify an Anthony LAKE who appears only in the 1841 census (he died in 1848). He was living in Sherborne and stated to be born about 1801. So if someone could check between, say, 1795 and 1803 I would be very grateful.

Xanthe

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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / St Mary's Portsea: Marriage lookup
« on: Wednesday 18 April 12 16:59 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
Is there anyone able and willing to look up a marriage for me in the St Mary's Portsea parish register? I have the IGI data, but I need to know whether there is any other information on the record, particularly regarding marital status of the bride and groom. The date is 4 Sep 1814 and the couple are Nicholas LAKE and Frances HITCHENS.
Help would be much appreciated.

Xanthe

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / St Helier parish records: George LAKE, ca. 1807
« on: Saturday 17 March 12 13:15 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to identify a George LAKE, who, according to the 1851 census, was born abt 1807 at St Helier. The 1861 census gives birth data as c1808 in Jersey. Have not found him in any other census. Would anyone be able and kind enough to check the St Helier baptism register from, say, 1805 to 1809?

Thank you

Xanthe

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Essex Completed Lookup Requests / (Completed - thanks) John LAKE in Harwich
« on: Monday 05 March 12 14:03 GMT (UK)  »
Is there anyone who could look up a Harwich baptism for me, please?

I'm trying to identify a John LAKE who, according to the census returns, was born about 1822 at Harwich. He married and raised his family in Northumberland, but all the census returns that I can find give Harwich, Essex as his PoB. If I could find him in the 1841 census, prior to his marriage, it might give me his parents' names, but, as it is, I have no idea who he is.

The Harwich parish registers are not covered by FreeREG or by IGI unfortunately.

Xanthe

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Somerset Lookup Requests / SANDFORD in Bridgewater parish baptism registers
« on: Friday 11 January 08 09:51 GMT (UK)  »
I would be very grateful if someone could check for the baptism of Ann Sandford (or Sanford) in Bridgewater 1770 or 1771.
Bridgewater doesn't seem to be covered by IGI at all. Does anyone know why?

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Completed Census Requests / TRAVERS in Loders - COMPLETED
« on: Wednesday 11 July 07 05:55 BST (UK)  »
Please could someone check for the baptism/birth records of Thomas Travers, born, according to the censuses, between 1812 and 1817 in Loders, and James Travers, born in 1813 or 1814 in Loders.
Thanks

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