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Hi, I've just found one of my ancestors Lizzie Piggins (born Whaplode Lincolnshire 1885)  on the 1911 census, she was working as a housemaid at The Grange, Old Windsor. I've looked at the pages before & after the one she's on to try & find out who owned the house or lived there, with no luck so far. The page that gives the name & address says 'The Bothy, The Grange' & it's all other servants listed, it had 42 rooms. All that I found online so far is that The Grange was all that remained of the original castle from King Edward 1's times. Any ideas would be great please.

Hi, I've found the burial record for one of my ancestors, three year old Charles Donner, burial was in West Ashby Lincolnshire, I found the record on the 'Lincs To The Past' website here: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=779622&iid=175714

Entry no. 254, under the name it says something that I can't make out ...death? Any ideas would be very welcome, many thanks.

Hi everyone, I wasn't sure where to put this one, so sorry if this is the wrong board.
Thomas Collins born  c1795 in either Fulbeck or Wellingore Lincolnshire (within 5 miles of each other) appears on the 1851 census married to  Portugese lady by the name of Donna (meaning Mrs. or lady of the house) Ludovina Leocadia, at 6 Lambeth Square in London.
 Thomas is listed as a 'foreign annuitant', I gather this means he was in reciept of an allowance of some sort. I'm wondering if he could have been in Portugal with the military & that's how he met his wife? They had three daughters & three sons that I know of, sometimes their birth places are given as Lisbon Portugal, other times at various locations around London. This is proving to be a wonderful family to research with some very interesting people, such as their daughter Carlotta married John Baptiste Zerbini, professor of music & well known violinist. One of Carlotta & John's daughter's who was named after her mother, became a well known actress in her time.
I would love to find out more about Thomas, was he in the military, where did the annuity come from etc.?
Any help or advice would be great, many thanks.

Hi, I've been trying to find out if George Bass had any siblings, without success so far sadly. I know he was born in 1771 in Aswarby, his parents were George and Sarah, formerly Newman, his father was a tenant farmer. I've been looking at the IGI for any possible siblings, it would be unusual if he was an only child in those days. My reason for asking is that I have a Susannah Bass in my family tree, she was the daughter of Stanton Bass & Susannah White, born in Gedney about 1800, I wondered if they might be connected, any help would be great, many thanks.

Hello, I wondered if anyone has access to  Lincolnshire newspaper archives please? Frederick Triffitt was born in Sutton Bridge in 1874, the son of John Charles Triffitt (1839-1880) and Elizabeth, formerly Wabe. He was one of six children, all boys. A family member thinks that he died by drowning, I found his death in the September quarter of 1883 Holbeach district, meaning that he died at the age of only nine years. The family would really like to find out more, illness prevents a visit to the local library at the moment, so any help would be greatly appreciated, many thanks.