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Darn Darn Darn - found this thread by googling, and what a shame mshrmh, as these ladies are directly in my family tree - we could have been sideways branches connected :-D

Thanks for the idea Eilidh. I've sent them an email - asking if they can help - so fingers crossed

Hi,
I was wondering if someone has access or knows of an online access to historical copies of the Leek Times. I am hoping that the Leek Times has an obituary listed for my grt grt grt grandmother. I have been unable to find a marriage for her and ultimately can't find her Nee name, so I am hoping that there is an obituary with some extra information. In 2007 I managed to travel from Australia to visit Leek and was able to look at some copies on Microfische, but in my excitement completely forgot about checking for her name. If someone could help that would be greatly appreciated.

Her name is Margaret Barr and she died 17th December 1882, and was buried in the Leek Cemetery.

Thanks in advance - fingers crossed xxxx
Yolanda

Hi Jane,

I'm also looking for information on a 'Duce' family but from Bethnal Green. I'm not sure how close it is to your Lambeth area - but I am having absolutely no luck - which is I'm thinking due to the transcribers taking the census not being able to spell the surname. Have you come across in your searches a John and Susan Duce by any chance (banging my head on the desk).

Ta. Yolanda

Howdy,
I am trying to locate some information on my great grandparents that emmigrated from Russia (via Harbin China) and moved to north Queensland. As I've previously been researching my UK ancestry - this Russian part has gotten me just a little stuck and I don't know where to start - and I was hoping that someone might be able to suggest a few ideas on where to look next. There a few hiccups along the way - so please bear with me.

My gt grandfather was known to us as  Simon (Samuel) Sologinkin. According to his naturalization papers, he was born in Aganty, Russia in 1885. The papers also state that he travelled with his wife and a number of children and arrived into Brisbane on the 3rd July 1913 - travelling on the St Albans. I have accessed the passenger list off an.....ty for the St Albans that landed in July 1913 - however it says the boat trevelled from Kobe - and had mostly Chinese immigrants on it. My problem is that Sologinkin isn't a Russian name so his real name has obviously been anglised - with him not being able to read or write English, he wouldn't have been able to correct how his name was written onto paper. Would the papers of the day have listed the ships that arrived into port and where they were coming from? I'm hoping to somehow find his real name and then trace him back to Russia. Can anyone help with any ideas on where to look / what to do?

Fingers crossed....
Yolanda