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The Common Room / Tattoo Identification
« on: Friday 28 April 17 15:18 BST (UK)  »
Hello everyone! I hope I am posting this in the right place...sorry if I'm not!

The people of Rootschat have been massively helpful in the past and so I was wondering if you could help me out again!

I have recently found a war record for my great great grandfather and on the page which details his conscription information there is a section that asks if the new solider has distinguishing marks and it states that he had two tattoo dots on his left hand between his forefinger and thumb. Despite all attempt to find information about it...I can't! I have found countless articles about 3 dots, 5 dots etc. but nothing about 2. I am aware that it's probable it's linked in some way to prison or a borstal but I cannot find anything. As far as I am aware he was English but there has always been a strong rumour in our family that he was in fact Irish and I am 99% certain that his parents were Irish so I don't know whether, if it was prison/borstal, it was an Irish prison/borstal. I have tried to find information pertaining to a possible criminal record but so far nothing! The only one I found was for 1909 but he would have been 11! He was born in 1898. Any information you could give would be massively helpful. His name was Francis Murphy born 1898 and he lived in Manchester. G

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The Common Room / The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Thursday 01 December 16 11:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hello everyone, firstly allow me to apologise if I have posted this in the wrong section - I am quite new to the whole thing. I am here after someone told me that "if there is any information to be found those on Rootschat will find it". I am completely and utterly stuck with a problem and I am hoping someone here can help me! I am looking for my great great great grandfather, Vincent. He has the following surnames - Miloskie, Muluskie, Mielianckas, Meicukas, Meicueas, Meicklaus, Micklaus, Miller. He was, according to the 1891 census, born in Russia in 1868. However people have told me that the ckas ending of his name sounds more Lithuanian and Baltic and Miloskie sounds more Polish. I have been looking for his immigration records with, thus far, no success. I am also looking for his death and his final resting place, again with no success. I know that he married my great great great grandmother in 1890 (Catherine) and his last child was born Mary Muluskie in 1894 and then...he vanishes! I cannot find him anywhere! I have searched, and searched and found nothing! His wife, Catherine later has a child with another man whom she doesn't marry...this is around 1899. So I am trying desperately to find 1) his immigration records and b) where he vanished to and what happened! I have checked the 1881 census but couldn't find him on the census and so I am lead to believe that he must only have come to the country between 1881 and 1890. Any information or suggestions people can give me would be amazing! I can't help but feel that I am being a bit stupid and the answer is staring me in the face but I cannot find it! This time last year my family had no idea about any of our family history and to have got this far really makes me happy but...to get the last bit would really be the cherry on the cake! I just need some help to get there! I'd mainly, especially, love to find out where he says he came from. Thanks in advance for any help! G

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