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Isle of Man / Mary BARR
« on: Sunday 13 January 13 19:21 GMT (UK)  »
Mary Barr was married to Stephen Maybury in Liverpool in 1821. On a later census her origin is shown as Isle of Man where she was apparently born around 1800 shortly followed by her sister Anne. But there is no evidence I can find of any reference to her in Manx documents. She may have come from Ireland via the Isle of Man, but there is no factual basis for this.
If anybody comes across any reference to her in Manx records, could you please respond to this thread.
Thanks

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Occupation Interests / Coal Miners' Individual Employment Records
« on: Thursday 04 February 10 13:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

Several of my ancestors on both sides of the family have been coal miners. This includes my grandfather, William Henry Maybury, who lived at Middlestown, West Yorkshire in the 1920s to 30s, and went over the fields in the Coxley Valley to a pit at Netherton (possibly Denby Grange, but not confirmed - there are another two in the immediate area.

Has anyone ever had any success in obtaining employment information about individual miners' employment from any source? He was not killed or injured, so he is not in those lists. There seems to be nothing in local Wakefield archives. Anybody been able to successfully obtain information from the NUM perhaps, or elsewhere?

All ideas welcome.
Thanks

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The Common Room / How to deal with a duplicate marriage?
« on: Thursday 04 February 10 00:35 GMT (UK)  »
I'd just like to call on people's experience, please, to help me deal with something I've come across for the first time.

How can a marriage have apparently taken place twice several years apart?

My example is William Henry Maybury and Agnes Wainwright (aka Hawkes?)

Both entries are Hemsworth, Yorkshire West Riding. The first is Jan-Mar 1930 9c 235, and the second (adding the Hawkes alternative) is Jan-Mar 1934 9c 299.

I know I could solve the matter with copies of certificates, but there doesn't seem to be any transcription online, and I don't really want to spend out for a full copy at the moment.

Is this a registry error, a transcription error, an irregular first marriage that had to be repeated, a separate marriage entirely or what? ancestry.com comes up with both for WHM.

Can anybody shed any light on this please - and what does the word OR mean? Is it simply the alternative known surname (for example maiden name) or is it an acknowledged error?

Perhaps you've come across something similar before, or perhaps there are protocols I'm not aware of?

Thanks for your help.

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Family History Beginners Board / Minimum acceptable proof
« on: Monday 11 January 10 02:14 GMT (UK)  »
As a former journalist I know that journalists work on the basis that you must get corroboration for every fact. In one sense genealogical research is similar, but in some ways it's different. It's similar in the sense that you need to have the best proof to be certain, but you also are often dealing with legal documents which will (hopefully) be accurate.

Can anyone please help me with some guidelines about what constitutes acceptable proof in various aspects of genealogical research? For instance you need a birth certificate to prove ancestry, but it seems that birth dates may not be accurately recorded or transcribed, so an exact match may not be required.

Questions rise in my mind such as - if I find two census records for a family in the same town, in different censuses, with the same family members, but at different addresses. If (although this may be an unlikely scenario) there was no other evidence, would the likelihood of the comparison be enough to establish credible ancestry?

I would prefer not to have an answer just to my specific question, but some sort of guideline for beginners that indicates what is (and what is not) acceptable  as proof of ancestry?

I'd be grateful to share in the knowledge of someone who already understands this.

Thanks

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Liverpool - Mary Maybury b abt.1806
« on: Monday 11 January 10 00:24 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help please with either resource pointers or information about Mary Maybury, born abt 1806 and resident in Liverpool, Lancashire, UK around 1841. She appears briefly, then vanishes. Believe her son is James.

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