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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Re: Members ready to help you!
« on: Monday 20 September 21 16:01 BST (UK)  »
Well, the 280,000 was reached on Friday and now we're another 50+ into the next thousand.
Just interesting to see people are joining all the time.

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Devon Lookup Requests / Elizabeth Henrietta Finch (or Ward) of Plymouth
« on: Monday 13 September 21 12:31 BST (UK)  »
Following on from my Phillips baptisms query of Dec 2019, still looking for Elizabeth Henrietta Finch born Plymouth 1875 Q3 in 1901 and 1911 censuses. She has 2 children by William Ward Hayden Phillips, Dorothy 1897 born Totnes and Nita born December 1898 and registered January 1899 when address is 7 Melbourne Mansions, Fulham. Birth certificates gives childrens surname as Ward (not Phillips). By 1901 census the 2 girls are visitors with Laskey family in Plymouth (haven't found any connection between Finch and Laskey). By 1911 census the 2 girls are pupils at a school in Essex.
Can't find any trace of Elizabeth Henrietta as Finch or Ward or Phillips in 1901 or 1911 or any obvious marriage or death or emigration. Father of girls never married her and died prior to 1901 census. His relations never mention girls in wills etc.

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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Members ready to help you!
« on: Thursday 09 September 21 10:58 BST (UK)  »
Am I the only person watching the number of members ready to help you message as the number increases! It's interesting to see presumably new members joining all the time. Just waiting for it to hit 280,000 now.
But - does anyone ever get removed? If someone dies and notification is passed on do they get removed from this number? How many of the 279,000 plus are active or have logged in in say the last 12 months?

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Lancashire / Re: FlaxMoss House Haslingden
« on: Sunday 05 September 21 13:32 BST (UK)  »
will send you a personal message
Mike

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Technical Help / Re: Too many redirects
« on: Monday 12 April 21 11:24 BST (UK)  »
Contacted National Archives webmaster who said hadn't heard of the problem. Suggested I try chrome with incognito access - did that and got same result! Friend suggested I download firefox and try again so I did that and it worked ok. Still no idea why it was happening and on phone too.

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Technical Help / Too many redirects
« on: Sunday 14 March 21 10:44 GMT (UK)  »
On accessing National Archives to download items, when I then sign out I get the error page saying
This page isn't working right now - secure.nationalarchives.gov.uk redirected you too many times.
To fix this issue try clearing your cookies ERR TOO MANY REDIRECTS
I am on Laptop ad have tried via Microsoft Edge and Chrome and have gone in and deleted cookies.
Have also tried on my android phone via Chrome but get same error.
Have accessed site successfully in the past.
Would like advice on how to get rid of the problem.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Market gardening in Altrincham
« on: Monday 21 December 20 13:20 GMT (UK)  »
Have sent personal message.

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Cheshire Lookup Requests / William Ormson - Altrincham
« on: Wednesday 14 October 20 15:33 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone find me William Ormson in 1891 census? In 1881 he is with parents at Sinderland and is joiner aged 24. He marries 19 March 1894 at St Lukes, Weaste (Salford) to Jane Taylor of Altrincham. His address is just given as Weaste. Have searched Lancashire and Cheshire 1891 with no success, also rest of census. By 1901 he is back in Altrincham area where he lives until death in 1936.
Note he is not the William Ormson of Norbury/Hazel Grove.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Market gardening in Altrincham
« on: Friday 09 October 20 13:27 BST (UK)  »
There is a book "Altrincham Gardeners' Society - a hundred years of professional gardeners" by Hazel Pryor and John Hitchens (2003) which "looks at the paid gardeners who lived and worked around the town". "Thoroughly indexed.... this is the story of the employers and patrons, societies and above all the individual gardeners in North Cheshire and a way of life which has almost disappeared".
If you supply a name, I could see if they are mentioned.

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