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United States of America / Brooklyn burial help please
« on: Monday 24 April 23 20:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello all

Henry Farrer was born in England, moved to the USA and died in Brooklyn in 1903.

I'm trying to locate his burial as he was not buried back in England at the Brompton Cemetery.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70510300/henry-farrer

I found an obituary in the Brooklyn Eagle which I atrached to his memorial and would like to get his memorial removed from Brompton and put in the correct cemetery.

Any help appreciated.

Thank you.

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The Common Room / Frank Watt Tyler collection
« on: Sunday 21 August 22 12:31 BST (UK)  »
Hello

I may have to wait for the Institute for Heraldic & Genealogical Studies (IHGS) to open but does anyone have any idea when the notebooks were compiled and when they were deposited?

I've been looking at the images on Ancestry and I've googled but no date information seems to be forthcoming.

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Canada / Ontario Canada Newspapers
« on: Tuesday 16 August 22 11:12 BST (UK)  »
Hello all

Are there any online sources for St Catherine's Standard archive (1907) other than newspapers.com?

Dawn

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The Common Room / Search results screen Freebmd
« on: Wednesday 20 July 22 11:01 BST (UK)  »
Anyone else 'bothered' by the new look results screen?

The layout on my windows 10 laptop is now the width of the screen.

The layout on my chrome tablet is squished until I turn it sideways and use it landscapt rather than portrait

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United States of America / Delaware, Pennsylvania Naturalization
« on: Friday 20 May 22 15:25 BST (UK)  »
Ebenezer Longhurst born England in 1849 imigrated around 1891. His wife and children arrived together January 1892 but he wasn't with them on the passenger lists.

By the 1900 census he had his papers. I looked at the Delaware County Archives site and found an entry for him in 1896.

I looked through over 1000 un-indexed images on FamilySearch but couldn't find him, they are not in name or date order which isn't helpful.

Any top tips for finding his papers or when he arrived in Pennsylvania?

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Australia / Arrived South Australia 1855 on the Punjab
« on: Tuesday 29 March 22 15:26 BST (UK)  »
A 55/56 yr old woman, described as a Nurse, arrives as single on the ship in 1855.

She was in fact widowed, and had given birth to several children, some had survived infancy and were left behind in England.

She married for a 3rd time in Australia in 1858 and her profile is on FindAGrave.

Do you have any favourite go to sites that might have more biographical information possibly explaining if she arrived on an emigration scheme?


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Service record help required
« on: Saturday 26 February 22 12:44 GMT (UK)  »
I didn't know whether to post here or on Armed Forces but I'll give it a go here first.

From a service record, have I transcribed it correctly? sorry there's no formatting

89th Private 27 August 1831 14 February 1833 Under Age
Promoted Drummer 15 February 1833 26 June 1836 Under Age
Drummer 27 June 1836 5 February 1839 2 yrs 224 days
Reduced Private 6 February 1839 7 April 1843 4 yrs 61 days
Appd Drum Major Drummer 8th April 1843 12 Aug 1848 5 yrs 127 days
Promoted Sergeant 13 Aug 1848 23 Feb 1849 195 days

12 years 242 days

Appd - means? appointed rather than apprenticed or something else

And the 2 lines below the record, are they names and ranks or something else?


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World War One / Medical discharge papers
« on: Saturday 26 February 22 12:07 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone know or can you point me in a direction for an explanation of the numbers between the typed parts on this form

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Is there a doctor in the house?
« on: Saturday 26 February 22 11:59 GMT (UK)  »
Struggling to read a medical report, would appreciate your input.

I think I have transcribed this as

Solidity of the lower part of the left lung the result of inflammation of that organ brought on in the discharge of his duty. Emaciation continual cough short breathing

Please confirm or amend.

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