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Armed Forces / Re: Help with date calculation on service record
« on: Sunday 27 December 20 11:15 GMT (UK) »
I have found him in Ireland in 1921
It is the correct dob
It is the correct dob
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Tipperary / Re: Jeremiah Grant (the highwayman)
« on: Sunday 16 September 18 20:53 BST (UK) »
. I was hoping to use your website as a background to the Grant story if that's ok with you? He was a really interesting character.
Feel free, that is what my web sites are for
Feel free, that is what my web sites are for
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: The Times wants your views: DNA ethnicity results
« on: Wednesday 03 February 16 11:35 GMT (UK) »
I have tried to do a lot with DNA , some of which actually has been successful, but not with many people
However for most people the basic flaw in the system is that the people taking DNA tests do not know where exactly they came from, and that is why the do the test. For example they live in USA , but know the family came from Ireland, but do not know where in Ireland and do a DNA test to find out
Meanwhile in Ireland people who'd families never emigrated are not doing DNA tests because there is nothing in it for them - they know where they come from
So the person in USA never finds anything from their DNA test. The only matches they get are to other people in USA that have no ideas either
Having said that, there is an outside chance that you will be able to find something from the DNA, but the chances are not high
However for most people the basic flaw in the system is that the people taking DNA tests do not know where exactly they came from, and that is why the do the test. For example they live in USA , but know the family came from Ireland, but do not know where in Ireland and do a DNA test to find out
Meanwhile in Ireland people who'd families never emigrated are not doing DNA tests because there is nothing in it for them - they know where they come from
So the person in USA never finds anything from their DNA test. The only matches they get are to other people in USA that have no ideas either
Having said that, there is an outside chance that you will be able to find something from the DNA, but the chances are not high
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Canada / Re: Leslie Arthur Ormrod/Osmond, b1909, son of Henry Lewis Osmond/Ormrod
« on: Friday 18 September 15 17:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks
That looks spot on too. I'll see if I can confirm it
That looks spot on too. I'll see if I can confirm it
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Canada / Re: Leslie Arthur Ormrod/Osmond, b1909, son of Henry Lewis Osmond/Ormrod
« on: Friday 18 September 15 17:33 BST (UK) »
Thanks, that is certainly him
Thanks for all the tips. Opened new windows for me
Thanks for all the tips. Opened new windows for me
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Canada / Re: Leslie Arthur Ormrod/Osmond, b1909, son of Henry Lewis Osmond/Ormrod
« on: Friday 18 September 15 17:25 BST (UK) »
Thanks, I will attack that now
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Canada / Re: Leslie Arthur Ormrod/Osmond, b1909, son of Henry Lewis Osmond/Ormrod
« on: Friday 18 September 15 17:20 BST (UK) »
Thanks
Looks as if Leslie M moved from Montreal to Oakville , Ontario in retirement
Looks as if Leslie M moved from Montreal to Oakville , Ontario in retirement
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Canada / Re: Leslie Arthur Ormrod/Osmond, b1909, son of Henry Lewis Osmond/Ormrod
« on: Friday 18 September 15 16:40 BST (UK) »
Sandra
Thanks you for that on Leslie Morrison Osmond. That will be Leslie Arthur Osmond son - the Morrison was his mother's surname
I guess that is a death notice, rather than an obituary, but I am not sure
Thanks you for that on Leslie Morrison Osmond. That will be Leslie Arthur Osmond son - the Morrison was his mother's surname
I guess that is a death notice, rather than an obituary, but I am not sure
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Canada / Re: Leslie Arthur Ormrod/Osmond, b1909, son of Henry Lewis Osmond/Ormrod
« on: Friday 18 September 15 16:37 BST (UK) »
Hi RunKitty
Thank you for those references, that is certainly him, the name is no rare.
So now I know that he was a sort of "Mr Big" in puumbing in Montreal, and appears to have been investigated for fixing prices.
He must have retired/died around 1971, and none of the family carried on the plumbing business
Obviously I am lacking in the shills required in Canadian research, and I am very grateful
Thank you for those references, that is certainly him, the name is no rare.
So now I know that he was a sort of "Mr Big" in puumbing in Montreal, and appears to have been investigated for fixing prices.
He must have retired/died around 1971, and none of the family carried on the plumbing business
Obviously I am lacking in the shills required in Canadian research, and I am very grateful