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Hi there

I have found an ancestor's baptism in Latin but there is a crossing out of my great, great grandfather's name with another name written above it. This is a real surprise! There is also a little cross and an amendment below which I am finding hard to read. I think it is also in Latin. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Liz

Hi there

I have found what I think is my 9th great grandfather's will - John Walter from Winterslow, Wiltshire. I was hoping that the will mentions his wife, as I have no idea who she was. I can't see her name in the will - even though it does say wife - but I may be missing something. It mentions his children by name and they all fit my family tree apart from one Agnes - I have an Ann instead.

Could you please have a look to check for name of wife and if Agnes might be Ann.

Thanks.

Liz

Hi there

I am trying to track an ancestor who is mentioned on his brother’s passenger documents to USA as being a sergeant at the Detention Barracks in Cork in 1909. I think I have found his attestation papers dated 1895 but need more confirmation that it is him - he possibly enlisted with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. He has a common name William Murphy.

If he worked in the Detention Barracks would he still be with the Royal Munster Fusiliers? Where could I find further information about him. Marriage and death certificates are hard to identify due to his common name. DOB is 1879.

Any information would be gratefully received.

Liz

Hi there - I need some help!

I know my great grandmother had a child out of wedlock in February 1882 in Cork. I have found a civil record which I think is her child. The address given is 37 Peacock Lane. I have done a search and have found that there was a Magdalene Laundry in Peacock Lane in Cork. Does anyone know if the address corresponds to a Magdalene Laundry? Was it operating in 1882?

I am unsure whether this is her child - as the father's name is correct on the civil record (his profession isn't) and the mother's Christian and maiden name corresponds to my great, great grandmother's. I suspect her mother might have claimed the child was hers - but why put the address of a Magdalene Laundry (if it is one?) Also the civil record is from September 1882 but the parish record is from February 1882 - and both parents are correct on this record (but they were not married and there is no mention of the child being born out of wedlock - even though she definitely was.)
They married in April 1882 in England. So - could the civil record be who I think it is? I can't find any other civil record for the child.

Any ideas and help gratefully received!

Liz

Hi there

I'm trying to find the birth of John Sainsbury who died as an infant in Winterslow, Wiltshire in 1758. He is recorded in the parish records as being an infant and the national register has recorded him as being 0 years old when he died.Therefore, I think he should have been born in 1757 or 1758 - or maybe my supposition is wrong.

Another infant John Sainsbury died in Winterslow in 1755 and died in 1755 - both are recorded in the parish record and have parents John and Mary Sainsbury - potentially my relatives. I am wondering whether they had another son in 1758 and used the same name.

I think John and Mary Sainsbury possibly went on to have yet another son named John Sainsbury born in Winterslow in 1766 who survived and is definitely my relative - parents John and Mary Sainsbury, but I am not sure if they are the same John and Mary Sainsbury ( who married in Winterslow in 1754). The time gap looks a bit suspect. Also, I can find no other siblings born in Winterslow which is weird.Maybe they moved somewhere else and then moved back to Winterslow?

I am wondering if John Sainsbury was born some where else in 1757/8. However, I can't find a birth that makes sense in Wiltshire. I am also wondering if I have an error in my family tree with the John Sainsbury born in 1766. Maybe a different John and Mary Sainsbury were his parents.

Any ideas or suggestions of where to look next would be helpful. I am pulling my hair out here! Too many John Sainsburys! (Also my dad's name by the way )

Liz