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My top matches on Gedmatch Genesis were generally quite strong but over the last week or so I have had a raft of new "top matches" which are quite poor.  It seems that they are now rating top matches solely on number of generations and ignoring everything else.  Had anyone else noticed this?

I wondered if a kind Rootschatter had access to Devon marriage records for 1875?

I an trying to find the father of a Philip Hingston who married Henrietta Ann H White in Plymouth in Q1 1875.  Ref 5b 464.

I have narrowed the Philips down to a couple of possibles but without the father's name I am stuck.  I am helping out as a volunteer on a one name study project so this is not my personal tree.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hello,

I wondered if anyone could help me with Canadian records.  William John Hingston (born 1871) and Emma Hingston (1867) moved to Calgary, where they are listed in 1916.  Their children were Percy Harold (1895), Stanley (1895), Francis Henry (1899) and Winifred Alexandra (1902).  The children were all born in England.

I have found William and Emma's deaths in 1936 and 1937 in Calagry.  I have also found Percy's death in Vancouver in 1964.

Other than that I can't find out anything about this family.  My aim would be to make contact with living relatives so I wondered if anyone could advise me where to look for marriage/ death records etc.  Any help would be appreciated.  If anyone has information pertaining to living people please contact me via pm.  Thank you

I have been researching this family in Ireland for years with no luck .  Maybe someone elso could look at the information for me.

My 3x great grandad was David Conway.  He was married to Mary (surname not known).  They had 4 children that I know of:
Mary born c 1821
James 1827-30
Bridget 1837
Ann 1846/48

I have documented proof that Mary and the children came to Lancashire and died here.  Mary died in 1860 aged 62, therefore born c. 1798.
I am assuming that David was born between 1790 and 1800.

Family stories say they came from Westport, Mayo.  James is in Ormskirk in 1851 with a birthplace of Westport.  The others don't appear in the 1851 census, and Mary died before 1861.

I have trawled records worldwide with no luck.  David was dead in 1852 according to his son James' marriage certificate and as Ann was born c 1847, assuming he was the father, he must have died between 1846-52.

Another distraction is that James' birthplace is Cork in the 1901 census!

I have recently discovered another family in Thomastown, Kilkenny and wonder if they are one and the same.

David Conway b.c. 1792, Kilkenny
Wife Judith

MARY. 1822
Edmund  1824
Honor 1827
JAMES 1828
Catherine1833
John 1831
Margaret 1835
William 1837
BRIDGET 1837
Peter 1839
Michael 1841

All born Kilkenny.

I always thought there could be more children because of the gaps.  Three of my family names fit in.

Some of the names were the same as James' children - Mary, Catherine, John, Margaret, Peter.

Questions:

Would a family travel from Kilkenny to Mayo then on to England?

Is it likely that Judith died, and David married Mary, with Ann being their daughter?

Why would James say he was born in Westport?

I would love to be able to prove this theory.  There was a death of a Judith Conway in Thomastown in 1871 which would discount all of the above but I can't find if it was David's wife or not.

The Heritage centre and my trip to Westport didn't turn up a single clue!