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Kent / Re: BALLARD, William
« on: Sunday 02 June 24 16:50 BST (UK) »
All I can see in that time frame is Sarah Dives...Rolvenden : St Mary the Virgin? 
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Wiltshire / Re: old word from early 1700s - a "Yeating Stone"
« on: Friday 31 May 24 18:29 BST (UK) »
List of references in Bristol Inventories to 'Yoting Stones', 1601-1691. Concludes that best definition yet available is 'A stone trough used for wetting the grain or malt for brewing'
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World War Two / Re: Are there really thousands of WW2 mixed-race children out there?
« on: Thursday 30 May 24 15:02 BST (UK) »
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01t7n/
This prompted research into the League of Coloured Peoples and their investigation into homes for illegitimate Black children. Although, their correspondence highlighted that there was no ‘problem’ in Hull and East Yorkshire we understand that Black babies were born during and after the war. However, it is possible that women in the region chose to raise their children.
This prompted research into the League of Coloured Peoples and their investigation into homes for illegitimate Black children. Although, their correspondence highlighted that there was no ‘problem’ in Hull and East Yorkshire we understand that Black babies were born during and after the war. However, it is possible that women in the region chose to raise their children.
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World War Two / Re: Are there really thousands of WW2 mixed-race children out there?
« on: Thursday 30 May 24 12:32 BST (UK) »7
World War Two / Re: Black Troops during WW2 in Britain
« on: Monday 27 May 24 16:24 BST (UK) »
There's a lot of info on black americans over here in the war..Some of the stories are from personal experince with the black soldiers.
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The Lighter Side / Re: Revisiting brickwalls and "backburners".
« on: Monday 27 May 24 14:25 BST (UK) »
Mine's a great grandfather who is in the census as born in Montreal.I can't find over there and I can't find him when he first came over here.
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Cornwall / Re: St Cleer churchyard photo
« on: Sunday 26 May 24 17:10 BST (UK) »
https://historicengland.org.uk/etl/1329222/d48743c1-6530-44f3-942a-c6652664f3c8.jpg?autorotate=true&height=500&mode=max&quality=80
This is the Pomery tomb but,there's no way of reading it the way it is....I did see on a Cornwall site it saying John died 1788..
This is the Pomery tomb but,there's no way of reading it the way it is
....I did see on a Cornwall site it saying John died 1788..