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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Unknown father of Joseph Callender b.1866 Glasgow, Scotland.
« on: Saturday 13 April 24 13:33 BST (UK)  »
Do you have Joseph's Birth Registration.

As there is no father listed on it the chances of finding/identifying his father are slim. DNA may be your only solution.

PS as others here may say don't trust online trees and take their findings with not a pinch of salt but a mountain of it.

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The Lighter Side / Re: 'Put away?'
« on: Sunday 31 March 24 15:44 BST (UK)  »
Mental Deficiency  Act 1913

Reading the wording of this legislation shows it's potential for exploitation

https://education-uk.org/documents/acts/1913-mental-deficiency-act.html


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Nurse in Electrical Department, and abbreviation (1921 census)
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 17:43 GMT (UK)  »
The 844 annotation refers to the job classification and according to the list it falls under these categories.
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844. Sick Nurses.

    Ambulance Nurse.
    Aspirant (a Nursing Sister).
    Charge Nurse.
    Home Sister.
    Hospital Nurse.
    Iniirmary Nurse, Probationer.
    Male Nurse.
    Maternity Nurse.
    Monthly Nurse.
    Night Nurse.
    Nurse (not Domestic).
    Nurse Attendant.
    Nursing Home Manager, Manageress, Proprietor, Proprietress.
    Nursing Sister.
    Obstetric Nurse.
    Probationer (not in Lunatic Asylum).
    Probationer Nurse.
    Sister (Hospital, Infirmary, &c.).
    Staff Nurse.
    Superintendent Nurse.
    Tender Nurse.
    Trained Nurse.
    Ward Sister.
    Matron of Asylum, Epileptic Colony, Fever Hospital, Hospital, Infirmary, Isolation Hospital, Lunatic Asylum, Mental Deficiency Home, Nursing Home, Sanatorium, Workhouse Infirmary or other Institution for the care of the Sick or Mentally Afflicted.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Nurse in Electrical Department, and abbreviation (1921 census)
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 17:40 GMT (UK)  »
For quite some time Electricity was considered a cure all for many afflictions and although many practices had stopped by the early 20th Century others were still in the development stage (electro convulsive therapy)

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Historian
« on: Thursday 28 March 24 18:48 GMT (UK)  »
One of Family Historians greatest strengths is its immense flexibiity.(it’s also what puts a lot of people off, considering the program too complicated)

Use the program to work the way you want to work

PS if you press F1 on any screen it brings up the main help page for that function

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Historian
« on: Thursday 28 March 24 09:15 GMT (UK)  »
With your diagram (chart) on screen right click on the individual you want to make changes to which gives you a drop down menu.

from this menu select "Format" which give you the screen attached which will enable you to override the standard/default colours fonts etc.

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Midlothian / Re: Fletcher family help required
« on: Monday 25 March 24 17:15 GMT (UK)  »
Do you have the Death registration details as he died after Civil registration began.

FLETCHER ROBERT, Age 80, Mothers MS CHRISTIE, DoD 1859, GROS Ref  692 / 1 / 52, Leith North

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Shared 18% DNA
« on: Thursday 21 March 24 22:15 GMT (UK)  »
DNA Painter gives the probable relationships as

18% DNA
69% probability Grandparent Aunt / Uncle Half Sibling Niece / Nephew Grandchild
31% probability
Half Aunt / Uncle † Half Niece / Nephew † Great-Grandparent Great-Aunt / Uncle 1C Great-Niece / Nephew Great-Grandchild

11% DNA
95% probability
Great-Grandparent Great-Aunt / Uncle Half Aunt / Uncle 1C Half Niece / Nephew Great-Niece / Nephew Great-Grandchild
5% probability
Great-Great-Aunt / Uncle † Great-Great-Niece / Nephew † Half Great-Aunt / Uncle † Half Great-Niece / Nephew † Half 1C, 1C1R

depending upon your age and the ages of the matches you should be able to eliminate some of these "probabilities"

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The Common Room / Re: " black protestant " Meaning
« on: Monday 18 March 24 19:53 GMT (UK)  »
Have a read at this Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_North

Given the context it may imply that the man in question was a Protestant from Northern Ireland

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