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HOW TO REQUEST A LOOKUP

We have seen the "I WILL DO 1891 CENSUS" grow into so many pages now,  so we have had to think of a way to handle census requests.

If you could each please start a "New Topic" with subject line very clearly stating the year of the census you require, the county and the surname of the person(s) you are seeking as follows:

1891 CENSUS REQUEST CHESHIRE   YAPP

or

WORKHOUSES REQUEST SHROPSHIRE  PARR

...and so on....

Then in the body of the message enter the details of your request. A person willing to carry out a lookup for you will then simply reply to your message, initially with "I will do a lookup for you, bear with me" (or something like that) then later followed by what they have found for you.

HOW TO OFFER LOOKUPS
If you have census information or other information that you are willing to carry our lookups for then please state in your subject line LOOKUP OFFER and the details of you lookup resources. If you could then enter details of the lookup material that you have and please include the following line at the very end of your message:

"For a look up request please start a new topic"

We will ask the moderators to "lock" each "LOOKUP OFFER" as soon as possible after it has been posted so that people cannot reply to it directly.

FINALLY
We hope this system will help all of us with lookup requests, and make it a little easier.  

I think you mean "Jarrow":

--Click-- to see it on Streetmap

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
"The "Debt of Honour Register"  is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations world-wide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War."
http://www.cwgc.org


Also well worth visiting their links page: http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/links.html

Friends of War Memorials
" Dedicated to preserving the National Heritage of our War Memorials of every sort forever "
http://www.war-memorials.com

Imperial War Museum:
UK National Inventory of War Memorials
"The UK National Inventory of War Memorials database  marks the unique place that they have in our nation's history and provides for the first time a UK wide database of these memorials commemorating all conflicts, not just those of the First and Second World War."
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/niwm


British War Memorial Project
"This project exists to create a photo archive of the graves and memorials to British Servicemen who have fallen in service since the beginning of World War One to the present day."
http://www.britishwargraves.co.uk


Search with Google UK
Click to search "war memorial" under Google UK:  (click on "pages from the UK" to narrow your search down)

Lynda,

I've done a little bit if work for you:

On the site that I gave you earlier, is this bit on the Parish of Somerton:
(The web page might look a bit strange because you're supposed ot reach it by my previous link - it's lost it's "frames")
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASP/parish.asp?Parish=Somerton

I rang them up (+44 1823 278805) and spoke to a very helpful lady called Paula Lewis. She told me that Somerton was a very small place. They have the Church records there up to the year 1962, and can look it up for you. They do charge money for this (22 british pounds per hour), but she said it sounded very straight forward - she said to email them with the details to "see what we can do".
A cemetery also opened in the village in 1875 - so your great granmother may be buried there. The lady said they didn't think that they had the cemetary records there, but she would have to check. Like I said, email them and see what happens.

Here's a modern map of Somerton (you can see the Cemetery 'Cemy' and the main parish Church - a cross on a square box):
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=348500&y=128500&z=3&sv=348500,128500&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=843

Also if you go to the link below, and go to advanced search "Digital Download" with "somerton" under place name, select the 1kmx1km view - you can see the cemetary very clearly in the top-right. I think for thechurch you'd have to scroll to the right.


Have fun!
Trystan

Carol,

I'm not sure on this one - I'm guessing now, but I would guess that if it said "Born Ayr, Largs" then the place of birth is "Largs, in Ayrshire" - they might have abbreviated Ayrshire to "Ayr".

Can somebody do a lookup for Carol?

Trystan