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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / examination paper
« on: Monday 04 January 21 15:40 GMT (UK)  »
is it possible someone could translate this Examination paper concerning my 4 x great grandfather proving his residence in Ditton Priors Shropshire please

Thank You Joyce

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Other Countries / Help India Records
« on: Tuesday 06 August 19 18:21 BST (UK)  »
I dont know if anyone can help,i am trying to find information on my friends deceased mother,all i have to go on at the moment is she was born 1916 she believes she was born in the hills in Lenor,was a nurse name May Gilbert has nationality English but believes Indian origin said may have something to do with a plantation there.
married Dehra Dun 10th July 1944 fathers name Edward Reginald Gilbert deceased,she knows her mother had at least one sister but knows nothing else,her father was in the army when they married stationed at Clement Town,i would appreciate any help anyone can give on this please.
Thank you
Joyce

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Staffordshire / Tombstone Lookup
« on: Monday 19 March 18 01:24 GMT (UK)  »
This is a long shot but wonder if anyone can help,years ago someone sent me a tombstone photo it was on my great Grandfathers grave in St,Thomas,s churchyard,Stourbridge ,Isaac Parkes ,died aged 48, he died about 1858 is there anyone i can contact to try and find it again please,your help would be greatly appreciated.

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Shropshire / Richard Hickman 1743 Frodesley
« on: Friday 23 February 18 22:55 GMT (UK)  »
i have a settlement order for my 3x great grandfather  Richard Hickman born 1743 illegitimate to my 4x great grandmother Susanna Hickman, There was a will made by her grandfather saying she could have some clocks provided she did not marry without her fathers consent, in October 1745 her father died in March 1746 she married Richard Langford in Frodesley We believe Richard Langford was his father but was unable to marry him,i have done a Ancestry DNA with someone from the Langford line although we have 37 matches it is not conclusive.
We have Richards (Hickman 1743) settlement order and it gives some clues,says lived with his father in Frodesley where legally settled (dose this mean he was born there ?) until aged 10 then was hired by his uncle Richard Everall at Leebotwood,(we know Susanna had no siblings so this is possibly a connection on his fathers side ) also mentions living with a cousin Rowland Harley in Ditton Priors i have been working on this for years any suggestions where to go next ?

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Armagh / Drogheda
« on: Sunday 04 February 18 22:48 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to see the mountains of Mourne from Drogheda please ?

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Aberdeenshire / Edward Reginald Gilbert
« on: Saturday 06 January 18 22:30 GMT (UK)  »
 I am having little luck at the moment,My friends Grandfather was Edward Reginald Gilbert ( have from marriage cert of her mother ) she knows nothing about him except he came from Aberdeen area the story i have so far.
He was a army officer died in India in about 1926 when her mother was ten she mentioned The Ghurkas as far as i can make out studying it he must have been in The Gordon Highlanders,Her mothers name was Mary Frances Gilbert born in India in 1916,can find nothing in Army records or birth entries ,can anyone help please,not familiar with Scottish records.

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Armed Forces / Help finding information serving in India
« on: Friday 05 January 18 13:45 GMT (UK)  »

Someone on here kindly helped me find a marriage entry that took place in India for a friend (her

 parents) purchased the certificate and thought once had fathers name would find more information

 about her grandfather for her but searched through all military records in vain and can find nothing

 can anyone help or point me in the  right direction I am looking for information of Edward Reginald

 Gilbert died in India circa 1926 she believes he may have been a officer Her mothers name was 

Mary Frances Gilbert but listed in entries as May Gilbert born c1916 in India I believe Had two

sisters and a brother  she lost contact with the family when father died as was boarding in a

 convent in India and I believe never returned home to her family her mother tried to find them

 unsuccessfully. I am trying to find the paternal line for her .

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Family Bibles / Hickman?Parkes Family Bible
« on: Friday 05 January 18 13:16 GMT (UK)  »
Just asking in case anyone out there has a Hickman Family Bible  Know my Aunty had one in given for her 17th birthday c1898 thats with a distant cousins partner but thought would ask in case another one around somewhere Shropshire/Worcestershire/Staffordshire.

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Armed Forces / GHERKAS INDIA
« on: Wednesday 27 December 17 22:44 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help trying to help a friend find out about maternal family but not sure  where to start,my friends grandad was it seems a officer in the Gherkas born Scotland,her mum was born in India in about 1916 Mary Francis Gilbert her grandad it seems died circa 1926 and her mum was brought up mostly in a convent there she is of course now deceased but  never able to trace any of her family there had two sisters and a brother one called Ellla her mum married in India and came to England when married a soldier in circa 1943 so any help would be appreciated as to where to start looking for her.

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