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Although I have withdrawn from this forum for personal reasons, I cannot help posting this query!

I am anxious to see an article in the magazine published by the Society of Genealogists, in what may be volume 32, published between 2016 and 2018.  It was written by E.J. Davies and has the title 'Thomas Watts MP and William Watts', and probably covers their interest in the East India Company.
The central library here in Liverpool does not have this magazine for the relevant years and I should be grateful if anyone who knows where a copy might be seen, within short range of here, could let me know.
Many thanks
Ainslie

Sophia Horatia Ainslie was born in August 1826 in Bengal, East Indies, daughter of Montague and another Sophia.
She came back to England in the 1830s but I can't find her in 1841.  In 1851 and 1861 she was with an aunt in Norfolk and later lived in and around Putney where she died unmarried in 1897.  I have also not found her in 1891.

The surname is often hard to find, as the round verson of a capital A can be misread as W or other options, but I have tried all sorts of searches on Ancestry, including a blank surname, without success.

I hope someone is better than I am at this sort of sleuthing!

Ainslie

This photo is fixed in an album; the only clue is on the lap of the seated lady by the front door which is a paper or poster reading 'Pretoria', which I found with a lens.  That, with the flags, makes me think it could be celebrating the capture of Pretoria in the Second Boer War by General Roberts, 5 June 1900.
Are there any other clues which eagle-eyed Rootschatters could pick up, or correct my version?
Thanks
Ainslie

I am reaching into some distant reaches of my tree and am looking for a marriage between John Young (who I believe died in Quebec on 14 August 1819) and Christian(a) Ainslie who died there on 25 May 1830.
Christian was born in that city in 1776, which might place their marriage around 1800-1810, but I have no facts, and do not know about any children.  She was daughter of Thomas Ainslie and Elizabeth nee Martin.  Thomas had some status as Collector of Customs in Quebec, and as he was a Scot by birth he may not have been a member of the Church of England.

Any suggestions about sources, registers etc. would be most welcome.  Many thanks
Ainslie

Yesterday, 8th September, a plaque was dedicated to the memory of the four Liverpool Pals Battalions: 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Battalions of the King’s Liverpool Regiment.  The ceremony was performed by the Right Honourable The Earl of Derby DL, whose grandfather was responsible for raising those Pals units in 1914.  The plaque is in the garden of the Parish Church of Liverpool, St Nicholas, near the Pier Head, on the surrounding wall.  It was designed by Tom Murphy who also carried out the panels in memory of the Pals which are in Lime Street Station.

The date of the ceremony was chosen to mark the centenary of the return from service in Russia of the 17th Battalion, the first to be recruited and the last to be stood down.  The unveiling was preceded by a service in the church, attended by many local dignitaries.

The Liverpool Pals Memorial Fund has launched a website containing a great deal of information about those who served in these battalions:  Liverpoolpals.com

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