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Family History Beginners Board / MOVED: Q? Family Tree software
« on: Sunday 17 March 24 22:46 GMT (UK)  »
This topic has been moved to Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=881242.0

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Europe / Re: Missing Birth Certificate
« on: Friday 08 December 23 22:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Bronnie,

I'm going to move this post to the Europe board in the hope that it might catch the eye of someone familiar with Prussian/Polish/German records from this era.

Rambler

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: familysearch.org
« on: Friday 02 June 23 23:16 BST (UK)  »
Not quite the same, but Thru-Lines on Ancestry does much the same thing. I have "potential ancestors" which I either know are wrong or cannot be proved, and there's no way to dismiss them. I keep my principal tree offline and just have an outline tree with Ancestry/My Heritage/etc for DNA matching.

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Lancashire / Re: help with family DITCHFIELD
« on: Tuesday 07 June 22 20:58 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: osprey on Tuesday 07 June 22 20:27 BST (UK)
There are Ditchfields across the county boundary in Lymm. Possible baptism?
19 Nov 1797 Thomas son of Thomas & Susannah Ditchfield, date of birth 14 Oct.

I have links to the Ditchfields in Lymm and think this Thomas was buried in Lymm in 1843 aged 46, but it's a distant branch so I haven't checked it out 100%.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Nicknames
« on: Tuesday 21 December 21 22:12 GMT (UK)  »
My father had a cousin known as Dolly, which is usually a pet form of Dorothy, but in this case he knew that her "real" name was Edith. I finally discovered from her grandson that she was small and "doll-like" - hence the nickname.  ;)

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry's Ethnicity Update Is Finally Here - Share Yours!
« on: Friday 17 September 21 23:06 BST (UK)  »
It's puzzling. My Scottish percentage has gone up to 49%, Irish 27% (similar) and English 14% (down). I have 4 English g-grandparents (with paper trail and DNA matches all firmly in England for earlier generations), one g-granddfather from Mayo and 2 g-grandparents from Antrim (probably included in the "Scottish" element) plus one "unknown", so it doesn't really add up for me.  ??? ???
(My English families are from Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Somerset, so hardly the Scottish borders!) Apart from that, I have 6% Norwegian, 2% Swedish/Danish and 2% Welsh....

MyFamilyTreeDNA gives 53% England/Scotland/Wales, 44% Ireland and 4% Scandinavia.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Travel to Switzerland
« on: Wednesday 01 September 21 00:36 BST (UK)  »
Travelling from Switzerland to France you need to be able to show your vaccination certificate (European format) or (I think!) negative PCR test. I live in France and can cross the Swiss border both ways with the scannable vaccination cert on my phone or its paper equivalent.

Rambler

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The Common Room / Re: Is Louis Roger really Eugene Gonat
« on: Monday 02 August 21 23:16 BST (UK)  »
The French marriage record gives Eugène's occupation as "tanneur" (leather dresser) and Eugénie's as "institutrice" (primary school teacher). However, the entry is crossed through, so maybe it never took place - ???

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Vaccination priority groups
« on: Wednesday 28 April 21 00:02 BST (UK)  »
I live in France, so the procedure's a little different - we have to book our own jabs. OH and I became eligible about 10 days ago, but there aren't many centres locally (very rural area). We found slots in a small town 45 minutes away for yesterday, and they gave us an automatic 2nd appointment for 4 June, so a little under 6 weeks.  :)

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