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Hi, I tried to post a portrait painting in the dating photographs forum on Tuesday evening. It said it would need a moderators approval, but I still can't see it, so now I'm unsure if I posted it correctly (been a few years since I used the forum), or whether it wasn't allowed as not a photo, or whether I'm just being over keen! Is this an average time to wait?

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Hi

I have found a MIC on Ancestry that I think relates to a man from a family I'm researching - George W Healy, born about 1899, of the Royal Fusiliers, number GS/67809.

I thought I remembered reading that there is possibly more information to be gleaned from these indexes, so I found it on the National Archives - if I download this is it going to give me any more info than the card I've already seen, or do I need to go to Kew?

Thank you,
Emma

Hello 

I have recently started researching the War Memorials in my local area, to add to this project that a local couple started some years ago: http://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/

I am researching the Meliden Memorial at the moment - listed here on a local family history site: http://www.clwydfhs.org.uk/cofadeiladau/meliden_wm.htm

I decided to start with Charles Furber, as it seems nothing is known about him.

I checked the list of Flintshire war dead here: http://www.flintshire.gov.uk/en/LeisureAndTourism/Records-and-Archives/Databases/War.aspx?s=furber and find only two Furbers - Charles is listed as living at 'Kings Head Terrace, Meliden' so fits with him being the man on the Memorial.

However, I go to CWGC.org and I can't find him.. I do find an 'E Furber', No. T4/087194
Date of Death: 16/11/1918, Age: 34, Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps, who's additional notes say 'Husband of Amy Furber, of Kingshead Terrace, Meliden, Flintshire' -  So I think at this point that his initial may be a transcription error.

There is a Medal Rolls Index Card which shows a (mis-transcribed) Elyah Furber, of Cheshire Regiment, Army Service Corps.

(I haven't found either in the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918).

I then look for marriages between surname Furber and first name Amy, and find an Elijah Furber marrying an Amy Probyn, in the last quarter of 1904, in Chester, Cheshire. Then I find a child - Elijah James Furber - born in Cheshire in 1912, mothers maiden name Probyn - who died locally to me, in Rhuddlan, Clwyd.

So, my (very long winded - sorry!) question is: Who is Charles Furber? Have I made a simple slip up somewhere that I have missed, and can anyone help solve my mystery please?!

Thanks,
Emma

Hi

I'm looking for any advice on where I may find out about the history of the Caernarfon Herald newspaper, and particularly my great great grandfather, Richard Howel Rowlands b.1864 (also known as Dick Herald) who was the Secretary and Cashier at the newspaper from 1885 until his death in 1903.

I have a family photo of his (rather large) funeral procession, but have not been able to find an obituary or anything else online.

I have tried to contact the newspaper directly but my emails are not getting through, I'm really keen to try and research him further, as I have never even seen a photograph of him.

Thank you,

Emma