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Leicestershire / Re: How can I find apprenticeship records?
« on: Monday 31 October 05 15:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I am still looking for apprentiship records for John Bonnett--I recently discovered that for a time he went by the name "John Bonnett North"--North may be his mother's name.

Please could you tell me more about the apprentice information at Kew,

best regards,

Alison

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: STROUD family, Kent and London, 1901 help please
« on: Sunday 11 September 05 21:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone,

Quick update on this topic: WE FOUND BRIAN! He has been reunited with his mother and sisters after 62 years. Names were wrongly recorded on at least one certificate, emmigrations, people known by second names... but in the end, we found each other.

NEVER GIVE UP!!!

:-)

Alison

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The Common Room / Re: Tip for birth record lookups
« on: Tuesday 23 August 05 21:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

This web site has some really useful background info on birth, marriage and death registrations:

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm

:-)

Alison

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The Common Room / Re: Tip for birth record lookups
« on: Tuesday 23 August 05 06:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

If there are a birth and a death within the same quarter, it's very likely to be a baby that died soon after birth that wasn't named... very sad, but not uncommon. It is amazing how much has changed within just over a hundred years--we are shocked by this now, but for our grandparents and great-grandparents, it was part of life. If there's a gap of more than about two years between children, there's likely another child that didn't make it. It doesn't make any of the babies any less precious--my mother tells how her father always remembered one of her ten older siblings, who died within hours of birth--but just the way things were.

Some of the records are for births only, like the one I found today--the name just hadn't been chosen by the time the birth had to be registered. In this case, I believe the child was illegitimate (I'm waiting for the birth certificate to find out), not that this is a reason for not choosing a name, but it may have been a hard time for the family. Or maybe the child was born in a workhouse (as this mother's second child was), and the workhouse authority registered the birth? I must wait (im)patiently to find out!

:-)

Alison
 

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The Common Room / Re: Tip for birth record lookups
« on: Monday 22 August 05 21:29 BST (UK)  »
P.S.  It works on other indexes such as FreeBMD, too.  I'd try those first rather than 1837online, as you will (most likely) have to do an additional search to find the page(s) with male/female entries... and each page costs money!

:-)

Alison

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The Common Room / Tip for birth record lookups
« on: Monday 22 August 05 18:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

If you're having a problem finding a birth record after 1837, try searching the indexes with "male" or "female" instead of the person's first name. If the child's name had not been chosen on the day of registration, this is what was entered into the register.

In the indexes available at http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/, these entries come after all of the "named" births--I saw them by chance when looking for a "Richard"--and found what I believe is his birth, a "male" in the right place at the right time (no Richard).

:-)

Alison

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Leicestershire / Re: Home of recovery Barrow upon Soar Rothley ?????
« on: Friday 19 August 05 18:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Sandra,

I emailed the librarian at Groby Road Hospital, Leicester Frith, to ask if it had been known as a Home of Recovery during the First World War. This is the reply (all the information that she had):

"In answer to your question the Ministry of Pensions used Mansion House as a "Home for Neuroasthenics" (shell-shocked soldiers) during what is known as the Great War."

Mansion House is part of the Groby Rd/Leicester Frith hospital. I'm sure this is the place you are looking for.

Best regards,

Alison

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Completed Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Burial lookup please, Welford Rd
« on: Tuesday 16 August 05 22:53 BST (UK)  »
Mike you are so fast that I can see the sparks!!!  Thank you!!!

I have the map... you've given me the section number etc... now to get the sisters into action!

Thank you!

:-)

Alison

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Completed Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Burial lookup please, Welford Rd
« on: Tuesday 16 August 05 22:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

Is there any way of finding exactly where in Welford Rd. Cemetary someone is buried (i.e., other than Thomas Cook etc.)  I would like to ask one of my sisters to go and try to find the grave and take a photo.

I'm looking for the grave of John Bonnett North aka John Bonnett. He was buried in Welford Road Cemetery in December, 1863, in consecrated ground. In the burial index and on his second marriage certificate his name includes the "North", on all other documents, it is just John Bonnett.

Any pointers to the right area or plot would be most welcome!

Thank you :-)

Alison

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