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The Common Room / 1885 map field names
« on: Thursday 14 December 23 14:12 GMT (UK)  »
I'm looking at an 1885 25" OS map on the NLS site, and each field on the map is numbered. On an 1875 will I have a reference to a "patch of land at Homer in the parish of Much Wenlock which I call Derricutts patch." Any ideas as to how I can match Derricutts Patch with a specific field or fields?

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The Common Room / Re: FindMyPast civil birth searches
« on: Tuesday 21 November 23 23:37 GMT (UK)  »
I've tried several searches and just come up with the result shown in the attached image ...

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The Common Room / Re: FindMyPast civil birth searches
« on: Tuesday 21 November 23 23:06 GMT (UK)  »
The births I'm looking at are pre-1916. A big problem is the family I'm looking at are mobile, appearing in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, London (various boroughs) and Leeds. They are also Jewish, so their surnames sometimes change or are mis-transcribed. Using Scotland's People is another ... nightmare. So anything that slows down the reseach process is really frustrating. I'm rapidly losing what is left of my hair ....

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The Common Room / Re: FindMyPast civil birth searches
« on: Tuesday 21 November 23 22:33 GMT (UK)  »
But that's my point. The GRO search has to be made in a specific year plus or minus two years, that is a five year span. If I want to look at all births for a specific name for any greater period, I use (or used to use) FindMyPast. The search quickly allowed me to exclude obvious people who didn't fit my research and focus quickly on those I needed. Using the GRO index also did not always give a maiden name (after about 1927?) whereas FindMyPast did. These changes make life so much more difficult.

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The Common Room / FindMyPast civil birth searches
« on: Tuesday 21 November 23 22:11 GMT (UK)  »
I have just tried doing a civil bvirth search on FindMyPast, onlyt to find that the monter's maiden name is no longer shown, instead there is a link to find the mother's marriage which returns page after page of hits. This is a completely useless and wholly counter-productive change. Whoever thought this was a good idea, without trying to be unduly rude, has fewer brain cells than a blade of grass and clearly not someone who is a dedicated researcher.  >:( >:(   Has anyone else hit this issue?

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Graveyards and Gravestones / Translation for Jewish Memorial
« on: Saturday 18 November 23 11:19 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help translating the Hebrew text on this headstone, please?

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Warwickshire / Re: 1695 Burial
« on: Monday 13 November 23 17:39 GMT (UK)  »
My knowledge of places in the Sutton Coldfield parish is very small indeed, so Manor Hill seems ok to me.

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Warwickshire / 1695 Burial
« on: Sunday 12 November 23 23:24 GMT (UK)  »
Richard Stanyard, aka Richard Stonyer, aka Richard Stanyer, was buried at Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield on the 9 April 1695. I've attached the PR entry, but according to the entry, where did he live?

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Warwickshire / Re: Place in Kingsbury Parish
« on: Wednesday 08 November 23 09:25 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, Cas, I missed that.

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