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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Marrying Cousins
« on: Wednesday 05 June 24 08:13 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Wexflyer on Tuesday 04 June 24 23:37 BST (UK)
Such marriages are contrary to canon law.
True of the Catholic Church but a Dispensation can be granted. Other denominations tend to be more permissive.

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Cambridgeshire / Re: Refusal to allow burial 1890
« on: Friday 31 May 24 17:01 BST (UK)  »
How do you know it was the Home Office? That would perhaps give an insight.

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World War Two / Re: Info on records of surrendered German troops at ed of WW2.
« on: Friday 31 May 24 08:44 BST (UK)  »
See section 7 in this link:
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/prisoners-of-war-british-hands/

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Marrying Cousins
« on: Thursday 30 May 24 22:36 BST (UK)  »
There have been attempts, with mixed results, to discourage it particularly in communities which are small or where there is such a tradition.

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Cambridgeshire / Re: Refusal to allow burial 1890
« on: Thursday 30 May 24 22:34 BST (UK)  »
This is fascinating. The authority for who should be buried in a churchyard is the incumbent, with just possibly the Diocese intervening. So how on earth did the Home Office get involved? If it were to do with infectious disease, it wouldn't be the Home Office either, but the local authority's Medical Officer of Health.
This might well have led to a local scandal - heve you tried the local papers - perhaps for a funeral report or for a report of the decision?

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Westmorland / Re: 1804 Does anyone know this curate?
« on: Monday 20 May 24 22:27 BST (UK)  »
He appears in CCED: https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp if you just search for the name there are only two possibilities, try the second one

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Glamorganshire / Re: Griffith JAMES, Born 1842, Merthyr Tydfil
« on: Sunday 19 May 24 17:33 BST (UK)  »
Have you had a look at the newspapers - Welsh ones are free at https://newspapers.library.wales/ (I note that @osprey got there before me)

This Old Merthyr forum isn't heavily used, but might be worth a shot (and there's loads of history on there as well) https://oldmerthyr1.proboards.com/board/4/merthyr-tydfil-family-history


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Armed Forces / Re: Merchant Navy WW1
« on: Saturday 18 May 24 15:21 BST (UK)  »
Lots of advice here:
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides-keywords/?show=keywords&keyword-letter=m&keyword=merchant-navy-1#step-three

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Thomas Chapman from cabinet maker to Professor of Music?!
« on: Sunday 12 May 24 22:13 BST (UK)  »
From the few I've seen the 'professor' in the title doesn't mean university. My interpretation is 'teacher of music.'

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