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Banffshire / Where? in Banff is that??
« on: Wednesday 19 April 23 08:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I'm looking for a bit of help from someone who knows Scotland.  I have found 3 baptisms and a marriage all in Grange, Banff, Alexander Shaw and his wife Isobel Merson and their first 3 children but each mentions a place, presumably the village they came from but I cannot find it on a map and need some local knowledge.  It's the name on the second line 'Shaw in ........  I won't put what I think it says until someone asks because I know that will mean you won't see anything but!

Thank you, much appreciated

Kerry

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Buckinghamshire / lacemaking in Wendover
« on: Sunday 27 November 22 14:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows of a good online source of information about the lace making industry in Bucks, in particular Wendover in the 18th century.  Google is bringing up lots of modern 'buy lace dresses' websites and nothing of any use.

I discovered two families the Atkins and the Dixons who seemed to be lacemen and wondered if I could find out anything about the industry they would have been involved. in

Thank you  Kerry

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US Lookup Requests / Marriage lookup please - Otsego, New York
« on: Sunday 29 May 22 13:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I wonder if anyone would be able to find the following marriage for me please?

Samuel Sturt from England to Sabra Eliza Ploss

Samuel was last seen in England in 1854.  They appear on the 1860 census in Otsego and have two children age 2 and 4 months so it would appear they married between 1854 and 1858ish.

I would be really grateful, thank you.

Kerry

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Occupation Interests / Silk Pluss Weaver?
« on: Wednesday 11 December 19 11:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I am adding my THELWELL family to the tree today and found this occupation which I am having trouble reading firstly, but also searches on Google are not bringing up any useful or relevant information.  Has anyone come across it before and can point in the right direction?

It is the third occupation down.



Kerry

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Hi

Does anyone have the following family on their tree:

John Thelwell married Martha Marsh on 31 December 1782 in Deane, Lancashire, (found on familysearch.org)

From probable burials:
John buried at Gorton 1833 aged 77 years so born about 1756
Martha buried at Gorton 1825 aged 64 years so born about 1761

I have their children and records going forward, it is backwards that I am currently struggling with.  I am also struggling with the parishes, I don't know Manchester at all so don't know how these parishes link up so if anyone knows of a quick online parish map I would appreciate a link.

Thank you

Kerry

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Armed Forces / Reasons for disappearing after army desertion
« on: Monday 05 February 18 15:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I have an interesting one here.  A friend asked me to do a bit of research into one of her ancestors who deserted the British Army in 1905.  He resurfaces a year later with a different name and for the rest of his life, he died in 1962, he is known by a different name.  The family have evidence to show it is the same person.

The question she asked me was could I find the reason for his change of name and as far as I can see there is no other reason but for the desertion.  A quick google, brings up other instances of the same thing happening and that is what my instinct is telling me, to avoid court martial and whatever punishment might come, he changed his name.

My question is has anyone seen a book or any other written record about deserters changing their name that I can send her to?

Thank you

Kerryb

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Technical Help / Weird problem with laptop since latest Windows 10 update
« on: Friday 12 January 18 16:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Just wondering if anybody else has come across problems since the latest Windows 10 update.  I have two laptops and both now have different issues since the update which took the best part of a day to update.

My 10 year old Dell studio now has large fuzzy fonts and no way to change the screen resolution back to what it was, googling brought up something about graphics card being obsolete, I've given up on it, I was replacing it with a MacBook Pro that I bought last year anyway.  Time to transfer and put it away.

The issue that I am a little concerned about is my work laptop.  An Acer AspireV.  It doesn't have a great problem except that a minute or two after logging on, most days, I can be sending my first email of the day or looking at a website, and it suddenly closes down and restarts.  For no apparent reason at all.  Googling brought up stuff about overheating, but I have cleaned the fan, and its not overheating anyway, it has only been on for a minute or two. 

I'm not very worried yet, but it's a bit annoying, and just wondering if anyone has come across similar.

Kerryb

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Australia / Did Michael and Sarah Madigan go to Australia?
« on: Thursday 26 October 17 15:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi

It's a while since I have researched any ancestors in Australia, and I have forgotten all the best websites to use but I have the following problem I need some help with.

I have been researching my great x3 great aunt Sarah Baldwin.

In 1843 she married Michael Madigan in St Giles in Middlesex.  The couple had 5 children, that I have found, 4 of whom all died very young, leaving one, Mary born 1846. 

I have found them on the 1851 census in St Giles and then apart from babies being born and then buried, nothing after 1854. 

Despite searching and searching I cannot find deaths or census records for them.

According to a number of trees on Ancestry, Mary emigrated to Australia but not sure when.  She apparently married Francis Robert Fowler in Queensland in 1872. 

If they emigrated before the 1861 census which I cannot find them on in England, Mary would have been very young to have gone unaccompanied and I am just wondering if her parents went too. 

Is anyone able to find them or point me in the right direction to see if I can find them??

Thank you

Kerryb  :)

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Technical Help / Confused by an array of PC adaptors!
« on: Thursday 02 March 17 15:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

The community organisation that I work for has been donated a couple of LG PC monitors and we need an adaptor to link it with our laptops.

I wonder if someone can link me to a website where I can buy one cheaply, I spent hours looking and got completely confused.

I have basically worked out what I need is as follows:

the monitor lead plug (sorry not sure if that is the technical term!) is a DVI-D single link and I need one with a female fitting? (the holes that the plug will go into) and the other end to go into a laptop.  One of the usual flat plugs, I think it is a usb?

Sorry, hopefully someone out there will know instantly what I am on about and be able to lead me to the right place.  I would be really grateful.

Kerry

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