Are you sitting comfortably ? then I'll begin !!

[clematised]

sorry about the multiple posts but each time I tried to post I got an error message up so did not know it had posted

Edna


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[Polldoll]

I had earache last week but I'm not deaf now !!!!lol 

[liverpool annie]

Hi Everybody !

OK ! lets all just stop for a minute and take a breath !! 

The people who have been with this thread from the beginning ... pretty much know ( in general  ) where to look for information

The new people to the thread - have too much to read - therefore are asking questions about things that have already been addressed and we're using up valuable space by going over the same things !

The "powers that be " ( whoever they are  ) will be complaining in the very near future !

So ... if you wouldn't mind just holding on .... till we can get this summary thing up to date .... so then we're all on the same page ..... I'd really appreciate it !

I don't want you guys going off " the boil " ... because this is a pretty REMARKABLE thread but if you can hang onto your hat just a little bit longer .... we'll get this thing up and running again !!

Thanks you guys !

Annie 

PS Shaun ..... his service papers !! 

Well for something completely different ..... I found out that before WW1 our Robert worked at Parrs Bank Ltd Market branch Liverpool and was bonded ......... it that too far back to pursue ??

In 1913, the bank formed a subsidiary, London County and Westminster Bank (Paris), which opened branches during and after World War I in Bordeaux, Lyons, Marseilles, Nantes, Brussels, and Antwerp. The bank itself also established offices in Barcelona and Madrid during the same time. In 1917, bank officials decided to acquire the Ulster Bank (which continued to operate separately), with 170 branches throughout Ireland, and in 1918 bought Parr's Bank, with over 320 offices throughout England. These purchases made London, County, Westminster & Parrs (which became simply Westminster Bank Ltd. in 1923)the fifth-largest bank in England.

http://www.answers.com/topic/national-westminster-bank-plc

[ShaunJ]

Wise words from Annie.

As an interim solution I can offer (with Annie's approval) access to the Stead family data that was brought together from this thread by MaryA, who did some wonderful work on the project in the early days.  I can make this data available to interested researchers but you'll need the URL and the password. PM me if you are interested.

At present the data is as it was around 6 months ago but I will be updating for newer information over the next few days.

[liverpool annie]

Hi everybody  - you have been ( and are ) all terrific !
 
As has been said - this topic is getting so large it has become unmanageable ! and I've been wracking my brain ( and other peoples ! ) to think of ways to make it easier ... and I'm hoping this will work ..... ( if not ... we'll try something else !! )

We also have  to continue to be aware that although the people being researched  on this topic are all deceased and were born over 100 years ago  we must be careful about getting to close to identifying living persons who may not wish to be identified and of identifying private residences of people who have no connection to the people in this topic.   In our eagerness to solve the mystery, we just may have on accasion come too close to the boundaries here.  We  have no wish to upset anyone in this, our Quest - which is when all is said and done, is intended to Honour a WW1 veteran who was born in 1896
 
Please see the continuation topic here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,261805.0.html
 
I hope you will all continue to help solve the mystery of " The Tag " and my Friend's deep desire to reunite it with the family
Anyone who has new informnation - ( completely new ) - or as the result of enquiries you have made and  told us about ..... please don't be put off -  please PM me as we will also try and co-ordinate a summary of  lines of enquiry made and to be made ............ !!