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Australia Resources & Offers / Re: Offer: Research details and photograph gravesites in Port Macquarie area
« on: Thursday 24 February 22 13:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Terry
When Port macquarie was opened up to free settlers convicts were sent elsewhere and it ceased ro be a "punishment" settlement.  It retained some road gangs but by the mid to late 1830s most convicts sent there were "specials" ie those who were literate, invalided or had a trade or in the case of my ancestor all three.
After landing in Sydney he was sent on the Australian-built steamer William IV.  As he had spent no time in the colony before being sent to Port Macquarie, he had no time to have committed an offence to be "punished" for.
At that time Port Macquarie was considered to have the best weather in the colony.

Regards
pH

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: John Richards will
« on: Tuesday 22 February 22 13:53 GMT (UK)  »
"Proved at London 19th May 1826 before the Worshipful Joseph
? Doctor of Laws and surrogate by the oath of Sarah Richards
Widow The Relict the Sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted
having been first sworn duly to administer. "
Admon is short for administration -- unfortunately not spending a lot of time to decipher the name of the lawyer given the shape of the D in Doctor lawyers surname is probably Danberry

Interestimgly last two lines of the will say amonst other things "at No 22 Martins Lane"

regards
pH

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: John Richards will
« on: Tuesday 22 February 22 13:34 GMT (UK)  »
For some reason I can't reload it separately so ... some general notes.

For some reson I believe it is frowned upon for us to transcribe in full.

The will consists of the will itself and then the proving of it ie when probate is issued.

I could read most of the proving section but can not get it on screen as I type this to translate as I type.

 I have transcribed about ten wills ... so to hints ...
1. sometimes what is written elsewhere in the will will help decipher the rest
2. if there is a phrase that sounds particularly legal but which has a word or phrase that you can not read my hint is to put the phrase between double inverted commas into google or as a phrase into advanced google and see what comes up from on-line transcribed wills.

regards
pH

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South Africa / Re: Baptism of apprentice in Swellendam, 1836?
« on: Saturday 19 February 22 03:31 GMT (UK)  »
Often Catholic Churches required rebaptism into their faith in order to marry. Maybe other reigions did too. Also note in UK at least apprentices were not oermitted to marry and it would usually void the apprenticeship -- so any marriage would only take place with the permission of the master.

If both were apprentices some pretty tricky negotiations must have taken place including where they were to live etc and discussions re kids etc. Thre would have been all 6 people or more involved in the discussions

regards
pH

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The Common Room / Re: Heirlooms rant
« on: Friday 18 February 22 21:04 GMT (UK)  »
All this is raw so will say little but someone who i know had their only next of kin give their guardianship to 2 complete strangers to my friend.  Results the strangers have complete control not only of the next of kin but also of all the heirlooms and my frriend is 800 km from her next of kin anyway and can not move her next of kin closer but has rescued some of the precious things.  ALL our single folk are vulnerable to such exploitation. OH and yes the exploiters (unrelated) wanted the war medals but will not get.

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South Africa / Re: Baptism of apprentice in Swellendam, 1836?
« on: Friday 18 February 22 20:46 GMT (UK)  »
Not familiar with this particular type of record or language BUT
some older people who were not baptised as children because they were non-conformists were baptised as adults -- sometimes when they then needed an apprenticeship or poor relief or married someone of a different faith or the local vicar of the state religion demanded it they were baptised or perhaps rebaptised as adults or older children. This may have occured for any person unbaptised as a child say because they were illegitinate.

HOWEVER can I ask if this is truly the baptism or perhaps the recording of the baptism as part of an apprenticeship bond?
regards
pH

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Australia / Re: Cole - chemists, Sydney ca 1920s onwards
« on: Friday 18 February 22 14:45 GMT (UK)  »
You need the Sands Directories for Sydney or NSW which are on-line. I think as part of the Museum of Sydney collection,
There is also a register of chemists.
As it is almost 2am I fail to recollect details sites etc but google will find.

Also try the Australian Dictionary of Biography and the catalogue of the NSW State Library and NSW archives.
The photograph section of Trove might also be worth a look.

Regards pH

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Ayrshire / Re: Why cant I find these deaths on Scotlands People?
« on: Wednesday 16 February 22 07:57 GMT (UK)  »
I have noticed that death certificates are often transcriptions of the time. 
The responce of the bereaved to whoever asks the question may depemd on how it is asked.
The transcriber of handwritten notes for the formal certificate may misread their own or another's handwriting.

I have seen a marriage at Port Macquarie recorded as Port Mercury due to accent of the informant.
I have seen a son as informant give his own parents' names rather than those of his deceased father.
I have seen Thomas misindexed as James.

Another thing to consider is did the person gain a step-father at some stage of their life -- might explain them being known by 2 names.  or did they adopt the Dow surname for inheritance reasons or to distinguish them from others of the same name in their locality,
Another thing could be two lines of handwritten information transcribed as one -- eg if the next death had the previiously unknown surname or two different columns of information were combined into one. maybe the 2nd forename was incorrectly transcribed into the surname box or a location etc

Random ideas
pH


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Armed Forces / Re: Napoleonic Soldier
« on: Wednesday 16 February 22 05:59 GMT (UK)  »
Puting "1813 fashion England" might prove usedul in confirming the dress style.

I note the picture is a screen shot.  Do you hold the orginal on paper or canvas? The backing might prove useful.   
If the picture is from a tree or a book it might not even be of the couple of interest as some folk illustrate their trees with "generic" pictures of the time.

Linking this to a generic post in the photographs section of rootschat might reveal an expert in fashion of that time -- evem tho its pre-photos. A fashion school might assist too.

Regards
pH

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