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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Roman Citizens
« on: Sunday 03 July 22 23:02 BST (UK) »
Do citizens of Ancient Rome have a precise DNA ? If so does it prove they originally came from one of the Ancient Greek city states ?
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Family History Beginners Board / Ancestry "Suggested Parent" Feature
« on: Saturday 02 July 22 19:42 BST (UK) »
I was quite shocked that Ancestry is full of inaccuracy and sometimes to a ridiculous level. As a total novice I trusted Ancestry's "suggested parent" feature and ended up related to Mary Tudor ! I had to delete hundreds of records from my tree. Is this a deliberate way to embarrass novices ?
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The Common Room / Miscarriages of Justice
« on: Saturday 02 July 22 12:25 BST (UK) »
In recent decades the "True Crimes" genre has greatly expanded with autobiographies of criminals, new films about famous crimes, they often seem to be making crime "a lark". There is however a much less glamorous side to these events.
Going back to Ludovic Kennedy and his campaign against miscarriages of justice it has always been very hard to find out about "frames" or miscarriages of justice which protected the in-crowd and took the lives of powerless innocents. Nobody helped them they were just laughed at.
The Old Bailey online site has court cases but there is no database of established miscarriages of justice and none of suspected miscarriages either. No wonder the establishment is laughing at us.
My London family was the victim of several "frames", anybody else discovered something in their family ?
Going back to Ludovic Kennedy and his campaign against miscarriages of justice it has always been very hard to find out about "frames" or miscarriages of justice which protected the in-crowd and took the lives of powerless innocents. Nobody helped them they were just laughed at.
The Old Bailey online site has court cases but there is no database of established miscarriages of justice and none of suspected miscarriages either. No wonder the establishment is laughing at us.
My London family was the victim of several "frames", anybody else discovered something in their family ?
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World War One / Labour Corp
« on: Thursday 23 June 22 11:42 BST (UK) »
Recently discovered that a relative of mine was put into the Labour Corp from the infantry, I assume this was because he was injured. (Oddly I read that there was a Chinese Labour Corp in British forces too.)
Mine was listed as a railwayman after being in an "Agricultural Company" . Gravedigging, trenches, roads, water supply etc. He was put in military hospital with a hernia.
Any experts on the Labour Corp out there ?
Mine was listed as a railwayman after being in an "Agricultural Company" . Gravedigging, trenches, roads, water supply etc. He was put in military hospital with a hernia.
Any experts on the Labour Corp out there ?
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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Occupation of Joseph Davis ?
« on: Tuesday 21 June 22 14:44 BST (UK) »
Would like the occupation of Joseph Davis 1906 - 85 please if possible ? Thank you. (expecting it to be a tradesman of some type)
His Marriage
15 Apr 1926 • Hackney Registrar
Spouse Name: Hilda Charlotte Elisha
(1908–1984)
His Marriage
15 Apr 1926 • Hackney Registrar
Spouse Name: Hilda Charlotte Elisha
(1908–1984)
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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Edmund Elisha b 1666
« on: Saturday 18 June 22 11:43 BST (UK) »
Edmund Elisha was born around 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London. I believe that the family home was destroyed in the 1666 fire as an Edmund Elisha is listed as a debtor in the Fleet Prison, London in the years afterwards.
I'd like to verify his identity. Did Edmund Elisha born abt. 1666 marry Elizabeth Doddridge or Martha Firth ( or both perhaps) and had a son also named Edmund about 1686 ? Thank you for any help.
I'd like to verify his identity. Did Edmund Elisha born abt. 1666 marry Elizabeth Doddridge or Martha Firth ( or both perhaps) and had a son also named Edmund about 1686 ? Thank you for any help.
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London and Middlesex / Fleet Prison
« on: Friday 17 June 22 17:47 BST (UK) »
The Fleet Prison in London was in use for centuries. Can anyone recommend a book / author with high research credentials about the Fleet Prison ?
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Essex Lookup Requests / Dowty or Doughty
« on: Tuesday 14 June 22 21:33 BST (UK) »
Can anybody do a quick Census surname spelling check ? Either Kenneth Dowty or Doughty (deceased) of Parkside Avenue, Romford, Essex about 1971 onwards.
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The Lighter Side / "Ripperologists"
« on: Sunday 12 June 22 22:50 BST (UK) »
Do you have family history that includes Whitechapel, London or the old London docks around the time of Jack The Ripper ?
If so you might find that your family has been researched by "Ripperologists" . What legal protections are there against such people intruding in your family to satisfy their personsl interests ?
If so you might find that your family has been researched by "Ripperologists" . What legal protections are there against such people intruding in your family to satisfy their personsl interests ?