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South Africa / What to do with info from the NAAIRS
« on: Tuesday 25 March 14 16:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there, following a link from above, in this thread http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=243942.0 I did a search for one of my relatives and it turned up this

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/9782                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 83748                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ELLIS, CECIL HAMILTON. ESTATE PAPERS.                                 
STARTING  19430000                                                             
ENDING    19430000 

Trouble is I have no idea what it means or what to do next. How do I go about seeing the documents?

Also I know he died in South Africa, and no mention is made of him back in England, so I assume he's buried over there, is there any way I can find out where? Or anything more? Other sites and places to search?

Many thanks.

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Shropshire / Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Tuesday 20 August 13 14:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,

I've been trying to trace my family history as far back as I can, and have made it to a great great great grandfather, who was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire around 1814 (according to 1841,'51,'61 censuses), and subsequently moved to what is now London, but in those days was Surrey. Lambeth and Camberwell. However I can't find any further information in Shropshire, so I can't find out who his parents were, to continue ploughing back through time.

I've searched all over Ancestry to no avail, I'm starting to wonder if he just lied to the census taker :) Are there any tricks to get the best out of Ancestry, or perhaps other sites that have more information for Shropshire?

His name is Charles Ellis, he married an Anne Hain, and had a few kids. Aside from seeing him on the aforementioned censuses, I also have the birth certificate of their son, Henry Ellis, born in 1842, which is how I know the mother's maiden name.

Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated. Is there any more information I can provide that might help?

Many thanks.
Al

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