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Dublin / Re: Any Evidence for Birth in Dublin of Sarah Roche, ca 1878-1882.
« on: Wednesday 15 January 25 14:31 GMT (UK)  »
Interesting that Patrick Roach from Wicklow was also a sailor, like John in Bootle....

Were the family Catholic?  Magdalene may have been a confirmation name. My great grandfather converted to Catholicism about this time in Manchester and acquired a new middle name that he used from that time until his death.

At risk of sounding critical of the Irish, the BMD records are not 100% correct for this period. My own grandfather was born in about 1880 in Galway but his birth does not seem to have been registered at the time though he was baptised.  Several of his siblings were baptised before birth (if you believe the paper records) too!! 


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Leicestershire / Re: Newspaper searching.
« on: Tuesday 12 November 24 16:33 GMT (UK)  »
You could try the administrator or the person who posted on fb to ask where they got the picture from. 
Or you could contact the Leicestershire Record Office and ask if they could help.  They do hold old copies of the Leics, Illustrated Chronicle, apparently.  Google for opening times, contact details etc.

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Tipperary / Re: Maher/Keeshan Roscrea Tipperary
« on: Monday 16 September 24 20:46 BST (UK)  »
Neither irishdna nor Kimberleyxx have been active on RootsChat since 2013.  They should get notification of your post, but 11 years is a long time :-\

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Level of False Positives on Ancestry and MyHertiage
« on: Thursday 18 July 24 11:07 BST (UK)  »
In the days before divorce was available to most people, before IVF or assisted conception, before babies born in hospital had identity tags, before adoption was formalised and probably other circumstances, people  had to make private arrangements.
When  we say "non-paternal event" we tend to think of infidelity, rape etc but people could take in parentless children, or the children of sick relatives, or children homed out by the parish...in other words for good or altruistic reasons.
Still a mystery at the moment for Southsea Steel but could be a lovely uplifting story behind it.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Tracing my ancestors
« on: Wednesday 17 July 24 15:55 BST (UK)  »
Wife of Hugh McCrory, age 25, died of Acute Phthisis, (duration of disease) 2 months.
That's what we call tuberculosis (TB) nowadays.  Hugh was present at her death at home.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Tracing my ancestors
« on: Wednesday 17 July 24 15:19 BST (UK)  »
If I was a betting person, I'd guess his  wife died in childbirth - you'd have to buy the death certificate to be sure.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Tracing my ancestors
« on: Wednesday 17 July 24 14:26 BST (UK)  »
They (or at least one of them) were Roman Catholics.

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England / Re: could a will lead to finding great grandmothers grave
« on: Monday 15 April 24 11:58 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: brigidmac on Sunday 14 April 24 23:47 BST (UK)
Yes I did wonder about cremation
Are there any records for that ?

I don't think there will be records for what may have happened to any ashes; people collect them and scatter them all over the place.  If she was cremated, the crem may have records as to who collected the ashes or whether there is a memorial plaque anywhere, but it is a long time ago now.

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England / Re: could a will lead to finding great grandmothers grave
« on: Sunday 14 April 24 22:01 BST (UK)  »
The Will will only cost you £1.50 (I think), so not a huge outlay even if it tells you nothing. But have you considered she may well have been cremated?

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