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Norfolk / Great Yarmouth
« on: Saturday 10 July 21 12:06 BST (UK)  »
I have a 1728 Will of an ancestor which mentions a property in "Corrig" in Great Yarmouth but I have been unable to trace this location.  I'd be grateful for any ideas.

BillC

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Kincardineshire / Farm Horse Tax Rolls 1797/8 Glenbervie
« on: Tuesday 06 April 21 13:58 BST (UK)  »
I have a James Gillespie (5xGG) in these records as having two horses and I assume that he was a ploughman.  It is recorded that he was of Habbars or Chabbars in the parish but I have been unable to locate this. I do know that some of the family were at Tannachie which I have found but the location in the taxation records is a mystery.  Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

BillC

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Louth / Cavan to Drogheda
« on: Friday 25 September 20 22:50 BST (UK)  »
My 2x ggrandparents John Clark b1810 and Catherine Gartland b.1816 in Drogheda and I am unable to trace any further back.  However on my Ancestry DNA links there are lots of connections (distant) to Co.Cavan. Would there have been any significant movement from Co.Cavan to Drogheda in the years prior to c.1800?  John was a factory labourer in Sunderland but his son Matthew noted that his  father was a linen weaver when he married. 
Thanks for any information.

BillC 

   

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The Common Room / Court Records
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 19:27 BST (UK)  »
The Will of an ancestor is appended with the note as follows:
The Right Honourable the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the said Court having on the 13th day of December 1878 by his final Decree in a certain cause or suit entitled "Henderson against Todd" then defending in the said Court pronounced for the force and validity of the said Will.
It looks very much that a distant relation was challenging the will where Robert Todd left his money to his friends rather than this distant relation.  Is there anyway of getting these court records so that I can investigate.  One of the witnesses to the Will was a James Wilson Todd who was probably the challenger.  Thanks for any suggestions. 
BillC 

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Durham / Easington Colliery Cemetery
« on: Thursday 26 November 15 16:42 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone have any idea where the registers for this cemetery are held?
Thanks
Bill

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Armed Forces / 82nd Foot/ 2nd Foot in 1815
« on: Tuesday 22 April 14 17:16 BST (UK)  »
An ancestor Alexander Cowan served in the 82nd Foot and was discharged in Canada on 4 February 1815 having completed 7 years service for which he enlisted. I next find him in online records as having enlisted in the 2nd Foot at Portsmouth on 9 August 1815, he is promoted to Sergeant on the same day and is listed as having deserted from Haslar Barracks on that day also.
Can anyone speculate as to what is happening here? By the way he was back in Sunderland in April 1816 as a labourer. A newspaper report has him being charged for stealing some butter from a warehouse where he worked!

Thanks

Bill C 

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Richardson MI - Troqueer
« on: Wednesday 25 July 12 14:02 BST (UK)  »
Some years ago I bought the book for MI's for Troqueer and neighbouring parishes. However on now wanting to revisit some previous research I find that I have mislaid it.  I am interested in a MI which records the names of Richardson, Pringle and Wait. I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to let me know the information on this particular grave.

Many thanks,

Bill

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / James Cowan burial in Cockermouth 1833
« on: Sunday 10 July 11 20:07 BST (UK)  »
I would be really grateful if anyone could look at this entry. He died 18th March 1833 and I am wondering if any further information is given.

Many thanks

Bill

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Inverness / Highland Clearances - Kingussie
« on: Monday 14 February 11 21:42 GMT (UK)  »
I have a Malcolm Davidson in my tree who was married to Christiana Gillespie in Montrose in 1807. From the OPR's it would seem that he was born on the 16 April 1778 at Nowbeg, Kingussie and was the son of another Malcolm Davidson and Ann McPherson. Malcolm came to Sunderland c.1810 and died there in 1830. I would be grateful if anyone could let me know if his migration was likely to have been brought about by the clearances or was Montrose and other places further afield simply an economic draw for a young man at the time.

Thanks in anticipation.

Bill

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