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The Common Room / Another annoying new Ancestry feature - Notifications
« on: Friday 16 September 22 16:09 BST (UK)  »
For those who use Ancestry for their trees - a new 'feature' has been added to the top right of your screen - Notifications!  If you haven't looked at it, it lights up red (why not green?) when something is added.  The additions are, for the most part, completely useless IMHO. 

For instance: "we may have found a mother/father for XX"; "You shared a picture from 'user', what else might 'user' be able to share? Message 'user'"; etc., etc.,

They asked for Feedback LOL...  I told them to get rid of it pronto and fix the useless messaging system instead!

Cheers
Ms_C

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The Common Room / New Look for Ancestry - Thoughts?
« on: Thursday 16 December 21 17:30 GMT (UK)  »
When I logged into Ancestry.ca today I was faced with a very new look. 

Different colours and fonts; new ways of portraying the male/female/photo on a person's record.

Not sure I am keen on all the changes, but like everything else I will get used to it!

What do RootsChat members (those who use it, of course) think of Ancestry's redesign?  I checked the main Ancestry.com site, and it's the same, so I assume .co.uk has followed suit?

Tks
Ms_C

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Hoping to date this family photo Annie Jane Paul
« on: Monday 09 August 21 00:04 BST (UK)  »
Hello

The attached photo was sent to me by a cousin in Australia.  She believes that the woman in the centre back of the photo is her grandmother, Annie Jane Paul (nee Moorhouse).  She has one other photo of her gran, and so she is fairly sure.  Annie was born in England in 1869.  She married Henry Holland Paul in 1895, and they had 2 daughters:  Eva Jane (b 1896) and Hilda Virginia (b 1899).  In Dec 1910, the Paul family emigrated to Australia.

I am wondering if this is a 'send off' photo of the family prior to leaving for Australia?  The 2 men are clearly in uniform.  The older lady is in black - mourning?  But I can't see a ring on her hand.

Any information would be very useful in trying to identify the others in the photo.

Please let me know if I have provided enough information?

Thanks
Ms_C

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Worcestershire Lookup Requests / Which Thomas Pumfrey is which?
« on: Thursday 27 May 21 14:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello.  I have been looking at two people called Thomas Pumfrey - both born in Worcestershire.  My query is related to the marriage of one of them to Eliza Pugh. 

1)  Thomas Pumfrey.  Born Feb 1794 (have his baptism record).  Parents:  Samuel Pumfrey and Sarah Oakley.
2)  Thomas Pumfrey.  Born May 1804.  Parents:  William Pumfrey and Ann Pimbley.

Eliza Pugh.  Born 1800.  Parents:  Thomas Pugh and Drusilla.  Marriage to Thomas Pumfrey took place in St Clements, Worc. on 16 Jan 1827.  (FHL File #350598; Ref. ID # 445).

There are no written source documents on Ancestry, just 'blank' records.  Is there any way to determine who married Eliza?

Much appreciated.

Ms_C

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The Lighter Side / When DNA Matches can not see a match
« on: Sunday 28 March 21 22:18 BST (UK)  »
I have recently contacted someone who Ancestry says either hasn't done DNA or isn't a match.  Both of us have done a DNA test, and between us, he and I have ascertained that we actually have Common Ancestors.  However, he is still unable to see me (nor I him) as a DNA match!

What make this even more frustrating, is that he can now see my 2nd cousin and her daughter as DNA matches in the Thrulines feature.  I can also see them, but I can't see him.  ???

Might this have something to do with Ancestry's recent purge of matches with less than 8cms?  My cousin's tree is almost identical to mine, so I find this rather irritating.  I will write to my cousin and ask her to let me know what % of a match he is with her, and that might give me a clue.

Any thoughts, Ancestry users?

Thanks
Ms_C

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The Lighter Side / An Unexpected Gift
« on: Saturday 05 September 20 18:07 BST (UK)  »
Just wanted to share something that recently happened to me.  I was contacted on Ancestry by someone I don't know (nor am I related to) asking if I was related to a particular person, because they had a book which had belonged to this person and wanted it to go to a living relative.  Naturally, I was a bit suspicious at first, but checked my tree and I was the 5th cousin, 3x removed and as far as I could tell, there were no others living (at least none which could be identified).

I finally responded and eventually agreed to accept the book.  The person was thrilled and said he would 'pop it in the post' right away.  The book arrived about 12 days later (UK to Canada). 

The original owner received the book on his 29th birthday - 16 January 1875!  Considering its age, it is in pristine condition, leather bound, about 3" by 5" and 1" thick, with gilding on the edges of the pages.

Each page has three days on the left with quotes from plays and sonnets, and on the right he has had relatives and friends write their name (and year of birth) beside the relevant day.  He has most of his siblings and his wife's family as well.  I have started researching and adding what I now know are the exact dates of birth (and occasionally death).

I am so grateful to this man for contacting me and entrusting me with this little book.  He never asked for a penny (not even for the 5.30 cost of postage) and I made sure to send him back a picture of the book to let him know it had arrived safely.

I will keep it in a safe place together with my great grandfather's hymn book which my mother left me.

Hope everyone is well,

Cheers,

Ms_C


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The Lighter Side / Opinions requested
« on: Wednesday 15 July 20 16:11 BST (UK)  »
Hi...

I recently received a message asking if I was willing to chat about a shared ancestor.  The requester has the same surname as the ancestor, so I said yes that would be fine.  There was an open family tree with the surname, so I clicked to see what the person already had so as not to repeat information.  He had only 8 people, going back from the person he was asking about, and no birth/death dates for the actual person or their spouse.  I have considerably more than that in my tree.

The next day, he replied asking me to provide him with my information as "he couldn't see my tree" which is odd because it's not private.  But he had now changed his tree to Private.

Am I being taken for a mug here?  I feel like he is just wanting to pick my brains without having to do anything himself.  I thought he would have more info, as this ancestor emigrated to Australia and the person asking me lives in Melbourne!

I'm thinking that I may just give him some 'bare bones' info, and see what he comes back with in return.

Would appreciate hearing your thoughts / opinions on this type of request. 

Thanks all

Ms_C


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The Lighter Side / Ancestry - Hiccups? and New Feature
« on: Wednesday 03 June 20 18:48 BST (UK)  »
Hiccups...  For the past few days, Ancestry has been doing something a bit odd and slightly annoying.  For instance:  I started out looking at Fred Smith's profile and once finished, I selected Mary Brown's profile.  I decided to look at the 1939 Census on Mary's profile.  When I clicked the arrow to exit the document, I was immediately back in Fred Smith's profile!  This is happening no matter who I start with.  Anytime I come out of viewing an actual document (of any kind), I am taken back to the person I started with.   Has anyone else experienced this?

New (Beta) Feature:  When I look at the hint screen for anyone, if there is a hint Ancestry thinks would be particularly useful, it puts a blue box indicating what the record is.  The little green leaf is in the corner of the box.  Kind of spoon feeding to the extreme?  I can just ignore it of course, and like any of their hints, just because it's there, doesn't mean it's right!  LOL

Ah well...not huge things in light of recent events!

Ms_C

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The Common Room / Mystery in Waltham Abbey
« on: Sunday 12 April 20 22:22 BST (UK)  »
Happy Easter to all celebrating today!

I have a mystery that I would like to solve if possible.  A husband and wife both died on the same day, who were living at the same address in Waltham Abbey.  The deaths occurred on 7 December 1989, but were not registered until May 1990, which might indicate an inquest?  Probate was completed in 1991 for both (no add'l details except date of death and last address).

My caution here is that there are two living children, so while I would like to know what happened, there are other considerations - especially as these are distant relations.

Is this something this group would be OK with investigating?  If so, I will provide the details (but not, of course, the names of the children).

Please advise?

thanks

Ms_C

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