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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Bastardy Court
« on: Friday 03 March 23 22:08 GMT (UK)  »
There was a recent thread on illegitimate children here:
RootsChat.Com »General »The Common Room General tips re: illegitimate children
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=870336.0

This highlights Newspapers often reported on "Affiliation" cases ordering the father to pay monies to the mother, or on subsequent cases when the father didn't pay. I have found cases under "Police News" or some similar heading in the newspaper.

I think the cases were typically heard in either Quarter Sessions or Petty Sessions.  The local record office often holds these records (where they still exist). Someone with Yorkshire expertise may be able to give you more specific advice where to look.

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Technical Help / Re: Moving GMail from Desktop to Laptop
« on: Monday 04 July 22 10:10 BST (UK)  »
You may be able to change the password or add a verification mobile/email address via your google account settings.

  • Start Gmail or Google Search on your desktop, or using Chrome...
  • Click on the circle in the top right (typically showing your initial, if you haven't add a picture)
  • Select "Manage your google account"
  • Select "Security" from the left hand menu
  • And there are sections on "Signing in to Google" where you may be able to change your password, or "Ways that we can verify that it's you" for adding verification accounts.

Or there was for me just now...

I'm not sure if you can add a landline as a verification number, and if it won't let you change your password without knowing it first, you may have to temporarily borrow a friends phone or email address to verify access.  ::)

Once you open Gmail on your laptop it should appear as you see it on your desktop.

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Kent / Re: What's Margate Yacht Club been hiding?
« on: Tuesday 31 May 22 18:18 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for looking. 

I hadn't thought about sign writers signing their work, and had assumed the names referred to proprietors.

In either case it would be helpful to date the business. 

The Hoy Inn next door has a variety of addresses over time; Bankside, Parade and I wouldn't be surprised if the property next door was deemed the start of Paradise Street.

The photos and sign make the business feel tantalising close, but it is still elusive.

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Kent / What's Margate Yacht Club been hiding?
« on: Tuesday 31 May 22 12:14 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone provide any information on the property or business hiding behind the sign of the Margate Yacht Club (est 1932) at 12-14 Fort Hill, Margate?

A local family historian got in touch with me after noticing an older sign becoming visible beneath the old Yacht Club sign.  The lettering appears to be on glass, with the letters R??AL being uncovered, along with the name Wales & Sons (which is where a potential family connection lies).

We initially thought this may be a public house named the Prince Royal, after the famous ship that set sail from a point just opposite in 1613.  However, we can find no record for such a public house within directories, lists of public-houses, nor on maps.  So perhaps it is something like Café Royal.

Unfortunately I don't have findmypast access to do an address search.  The building is located next to the Hoy Inn/Tavern/Hotel (at one point, more recently, the Benjamin Beale).  Before the Fort Hill road--name was extended, the Hoy was located on: Bankside or Bank Side (up to 1851), Marine Parade (1867), 4 Parade (1881), The Parade (1890) - and from maps, I could believe it's neighbour had an address on Paradise street (see  https://www.margatelocalhistory.co.uk/HotSpotViewer/z1852Hotspots.htm or https://www.margatelocalhistory.co.uk/HotSpotViewer/z1873Hotspots.htm ).  I found pictures at https://www.margatelocalhistory.co.uk/HotSpotViewer/OS_1907_Pics/Parade.html, but can't make out any business names.

My ancestor George Wales (1816-1854) and his son William R Wales (1836-1887) are associated with The Good Intent on Bath Road. There's no mention of other properties in William's will.  

Any information would be gratefully received.

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When writing up my findings I have tried to make clear at the start of each Section which part of the family are going to be discussed.  That may mean a sub-tree, and/or where I'm discussing a family, I put a a brief line at the top listing grandparents and children with birth dates. Where there are common names, I then add the birth date in the text to distinguish.

On refreshing my knowledge of Ahnentafel on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems) I came across Binary Ahnentafel, which appears easier to interpret (to me) than Ahnentafel numbers, if not as compact. Under Binary Ahnentafel ancestors are simply listed as male of female, so XMFF would be X's father's mother's mother (perhaps XFMM for X's Father's Mother's Mother would be even more intuitive  :) ). I think only direct ancestors are categorised though, and I guess most people would like to have X as themselves!

So I agree with Martin, I don't think there's any simple answer to it.

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Technical Help / Re: Looking for new laptop
« on: Saturday 30 April 22 00:12 BST (UK)  »
I agree with Andrew that, if you can, upgrading to a SSD hard drive would improve the speed of your machine at the fraction of the cost of a new laptop.

However, if you are looking for a new machine that you may upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 in the future, do check that the laptop is Windows 11 compatible.  Windows 11 has stricter hardware requirements than Windows 10.

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Technical Help / Re: WORD Doc saved as HTML
« on: Sunday 17 April 22 21:52 BST (UK)  »
Saving from Word as "Web Page, Filtered" may be one step closer to what you need, but perhaps not close enough.

This article appears to be updated recently and lists some free options. https://www.timeatlas.com/convert-word-to-html/

It doesn't specifically list free html editors or CMS though and 'fraid I don't have direct experience of converting from word.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Workhouse Location
« on: Saturday 16 April 22 20:13 BST (UK)  »
While it doesn't describe the purpose of a "cleansing Ward", this article refers to one in the Chester Workhouse.

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"The inspector, it was stated, handed in a report describing their neg- lected condition, and Mrs. Dugdale (the por-teress) admitted them to the cleansing ward of the hospital."

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4249405/4249417/144/


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Welsh place names in a will
« on: Thursday 17 March 22 08:33 GMT (UK)  »
I was just about to say the same thing.  I also can't find a city ending in 'ford' in Wales, so if it is 'ford' then it may not be in Wales, also leading me to hereford.

It is possible to find an Excise Officer in the City of Hereford in 1856 - see Robert Coats here: http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/306679/rec/6

However, I don't know if there would be Excise Officers there before the building of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal.

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