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Europe / Re: Glavesky - Poland/Lithuania origins
« on: Sunday 15 October 17 16:58 BST (UK)  »
I don't like MyHeritage but where they score over others is in the East European family trees. Start a tree with the people you listed and see if there are any matches. You may have to sign up for data/tree subscriptions, but be aware that the default is 'renew subscriptions' even if they offer you free months and you don't think you need to renew yet. Good luck!

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Ireland / Re: Royal Irish Constabulary
« on: Tuesday 07 March 17 20:47 GMT (UK)  »
And of course the records from the National Archives at Kew are now searchable online at FindMyPast.co.uk. I found lots of references there including some names that weren't in the Index of names contained in the large book they keep behind the desk.
So much coming online now its hard to keep up!

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The Common Room / Re: Barriers To Genealogy In The Future
« on: Wednesday 03 February 16 10:34 GMT (UK)  »
Amen to that! I've seen old census records in the US where they ask for number of years married, number of children and how many still living and so on. That type of info is crucial when you're trying to prove you have the right 'John Smith'.

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The Common Room / Re: Barriers To Genealogy In The Future
« on: Tuesday 02 February 16 23:39 GMT (UK)  »
Going back to the original question.......
Never mind destroying censuses, how about not taking any more!
Unless the govt has had a change of heart 2011 will be the last UK census. They said that all the information will be held by credit agencies, tax offices etc. How will genealogists be able to access that?

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Ireland / Richard MACELHENNEY, MCELHENNY, MCELHINNEY a stray; went to S.Africa perhaps.
« on: Saturday 30 January 16 20:05 GMT (UK)  »
Struggling to find references to Richard Landers MacElhenney. I have his birth (Omagh 1887), marriage (to Martha O'Neill; Newry 1913) and the birth of their first child (Muriel Aideen; Newry 1913). I have both Census records 1901 and 1911. But then the trail goes cold. There are 2 Freemasons records on Ancestry for a Richard McElhenny, one for Newry and one for Dublin but the Dublin one mentions Lodge #77 which is the Newry lodge - does that mean he was transferred? The Dublin one says resigned 1937. The US is a possibility, but the Richard L McElhenny of California has a different middle name. There is a Family Search mini tree that has his brother Joseph Samuel dying in South Africa in 1976 maybe this is where I should look. Where would I find passenger lists to S Africa and any other records - there doesn't seem to be much online.
Any help appreciated.

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Robinson, Atkins Primmer & Dancey, Rosenallis/Mountmellick, CoI /Quaker
« on: Tuesday 17 November 15 00:13 GMT (UK)  »
According to the list I have, the existing C of I parish records for Maryborough are as follows:
Baptisms 1793-2001
Marriages 1793-2007
Burials 1793-2001
I assume these are all available at the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. Not sure if they are also available on Rootsireland. Some transcriptions are on From-Ireland.net but they start later.
The Quaker records are available locally at the Mountmellick museum and also at the Quaker Library in Dublin, but they request a 'voluntary' donation! Laois doesn't have its own Heritage Centre (Mayo has two) so local enquiries have to be made to the Offaly Heritage Centre at Tullamore. Hope this helps.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Death of Gordon Honeycombe
« on: Wednesday 14 October 15 21:27 BST (UK)  »
The Daily Telegraph obit mentioned the origin of the Honeycombes and the gathering but not the TV programme. I suspect it was probably made at his instigation. With some of the research already done he would have approached a contact in TV and suggested making a documentary series. He was high profile as a newsreader so some people may have watched who had no interest in genealogy.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Death of Gordon Honeycombe
« on: Tuesday 13 October 15 08:09 BST (UK)  »
I can't believe it was 1979! That's over 35 years ago....... half a lifetime in old money. No internet searches just good old legwork. I had already started my genealogy obsession by then so I found it fascinating. A prequel to WDYTYA and more in-depth. I don't think we were quite so obsessed by the cult of 'Celebrity' then. So glad someone has posted a clip on YouTube, so people who haven't seen it can compare with where we are now. RIP Gordon.

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The Common Room / Re: Electoral roll symbols, what do they mean?
« on: Monday 12 October 15 23:56 BST (UK)  »
Useful explanation on this site too:

http://www.electoralregisters.org.uk/codes.htm

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