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Hi there, does anyone have any historical info or old photos of The Rising Sun, Whitwood (nr Castleford) My family (Evans) ran this pub from 1918-1940 and i;m trying to put together some info to add detail to my tree/research, many thanks in advance

Hi there, thank you for your reply, I am no longer researching the Mackie family as I was doing a bit of research for my sons school project (he goes to Mackie Hill J&I school, Wakefield) and i did get carried away with it but in the end had to get back to researching my own family. I did however have a lot of contact and info sharing with a lady called Sarah Darnell who is a descendent of the Mackie family and is dedicated to finding out as much as she can about her descendents. I know that she would be thrilled to receive any info that you have on the Mackies and wouldn't mind me passing on her email address if its about family history - which is sarah.darnell@virgin.net. If you explain that I gave you her email and why she will know what its about. Once again thanks for your reply and even though its not my research area any more Im sure that Sarah will be chuffed to bits to hear from you and discover more about her ancestors, shes a lovely lady and will be very grateful.
VIctoria (Vikki) Nicholson x

hi, her name was Mary Hannah (o/w Mary Hannah) Smith on marriage cert x

hi there folks, fear ive hit the 'brick wall' with this one so require some help guys or at the end of the road. Im trying to trace the birth of my 3x great grandad, he was called George William Evans born abt 1863 (from marriage cert) fathers name Samuel from same cert, he married in Methley, Yorkshire in 1883 and is there in subsequent census', i cannot find his birth though and census say differnent places of birth, one says methley in yorkshire, one say yorks and mold in wales, and one say just wales. I have searched births/christenings for all those areas, wills, military records, census' and everyhting else i can think of but cant find his birth record anywhere apart from a possible in derbyshire which im not entirely happy about as no records ive found give a connection to this area. Any help with this conundrum much appreciated or im going to have to put this one to bed
vikki x

Hi everyone, I know its a long shot but just hoping someone has access to info that I dont, I'm looking for a Mrs R. Wright (nee Pearson) I dont know if her initail is R or if like some folk she just added the Mrs bit to her husbands name and initial, She was born the first 25 years or so of the 1900s in castleford/pontefract area, to parents albert and beatrice. Im trying to find her as I have found her named as daughter and  next of kin to an ancestor of mine when he died but cannot find her birth, I know that in 1963 when her father died she lived at 13 Derwent Drive, Ferry Fryston, near Castleford. 'Wright' must be the surname of her husband as I know she was born Pearson and Alberts daughter from other docs I have, any info much appreciated guys
vikki