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Family History Beginners Board / Can I find an ancestor by occupation
« on: Monday 01 April 19 02:45 BST (UK)  »
I've been researching a family line and I've run into a wall because this particular many greats-grandmother had all her children years after her husband died.  She never remarried, but she used her married name for all her children as well as their fathers on their birth records.  So I have a (hopefully) correct first name, and occupation, and area, but no last name.  Is there a way to search for Bricklayers in Marylebone, Middlesex, England in 1860? 

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The Common Room / Need help in identifying uniform
« on: Monday 05 February 18 01:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,
I have a photo of an Ancestor from England, born about 1893 who is in a sailor uniform. I'm not sure if he was the British Royal Navy or Merchant Marines or something else.  Can anyone help me? I appreciate any help you can give!

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Armed Forces / Need help in identifying military uniform
« on: Tuesday 09 January 18 15:40 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,
I need help in identifying this uniform. I read online that the white piping could mean he was a volunteer.  It looks similar to some of the uniforms in the British artillery divisions circa 1900.  From a census, I know that he wasn't in the military until after 1901.  Could this be from the last year of the second Boer war? Also, a 1911 census states that he was in the "French Polisher Army Reserve (A)".  When I look up French Polisher Army on google I just get a bunch of links to furniture refinishing.  So either the census taker or google is inaccurate.  Any help is greatly appreciated!

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