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Norfolk Lookup Requests / COLMAN? Baptisms in St. Andrew, Thorpe-next-Norwich
« on: Tuesday 11 March 14 21:10 GMT (UK)  »
If anyone going to the Norfolk RO has a few minutes to spare could they please check the following two baptisms that are listed on the IGI:-

John Colman bapt: 12 Nov 1759  St. Andrew, Thorpe-next-Norwich s. of John & Sarah   
Edmund Colman   bapt: 12 Nov 1759 St. Andrew, Thorpe-next-Norwich s. of John & Sarah

What I am interested in is whether the spelling of the surname is absolutely 100% certain or could they have been mistranscribed slightly, i.e., could they be Cotman?

Thanks  :)

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Oxfordshire Completed Look Up Requests / Coroners Inquests
« on: Wednesday 05 February 14 14:49 GMT (UK)  »
Where, if anywhere, can I find Coroners Reports for the South-East corner of Oxfordshire in the 1860s? Thanks.

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Completed Census Requests / Completed with thanks "County Commisoner" & "Receiver of" 1552/3
« on: Saturday 01 February 14 11:54 GMT (UK)  »
If someone was appointed as Commissioner for a County in 1552/3 and commanded to make an inventory of all the goods and furniture in said county's churches, what was going on? Was it linked to the Dissolution of the Monasterys?

Also, if someone was appointed as "Receiver of" a parish in said county what was their job and position in society? Were they some sort of lawyer, clerk, accountant or church official?

Thanks.  :)

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Ole Blue Eyes was Y-Haplogroup C
« on: Monday 27 January 14 13:59 GMT (UK)  »
Recent papers have been reporting that DNA taken from a 7000 yr old skeleton of a European Hunter Gatherer has revealed that he was brown skinned and blue eyed;

 http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/26/swarthy-blue-eyed-caveman-dna-tooth

He is also reported to have been of Y-DNA Haplogroup C

 http://dienekes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/brown-skinned-blue-eyed-y-haplogroup-c.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_C-M130

which is more common nowadays in Asia but now appears to have spread throughout Eurasia initially before being squeezed in the west by others until Haplogroups R and I dominated.

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The Common Room / Victorian ID Checks
« on: Monday 13 January 14 13:05 GMT (UK)  »
When men signed up in the Army in the 1800s they had to give their date and parish of birth which, I believe, was used to check they were who they said they were and not a criminal or disserter. If they subsequently desserted notices would go up in the home town as well as whereever they were stationed and efforts made to track them down.

What ID checks went on in the case of Court cases? Did the Justice system go to the effort of confirming someone's identity or could prisoners give any old name they felt like?


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The Common Room / Sentencing by Victorian Judges
« on: Saturday 11 January 14 12:19 GMT (UK)  »
Is anyone familiar with how harsh a sentence a mid 1800s judge would dish out for various offences? Were there guidelines to keep them consistant?

As an example consider the following two cases:-

1) a person is accused of Buying 4 stolen chickens and is found Not Guilty but then 2 years later is accused of the same offence and found Guilty, i.e. a First time conviction

2) another person is found repeatedly Guilty of trespass, theft, wilful damage and a "most aggravated assault" upon a gamekeeper , i.e. A Persistant Offender

What sort of sentence would each receive in the 1840s?

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Surrey / WOODS of Hambledon
« on: Sunday 05 January 14 12:38 GMT (UK)  »
A Susan WOODs married at Hambledon in 1745. I suspect she is related to other WOODS in the Chiddingfold, Witley & Dunsfold area.

Does anyone know more about Susan or this family? Did they leave any Surrey Wills?

Who was the Mr Woods living at Hambledon manor court house [Court Farm] in this picture? http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHBAR_4348_947

Thanks  :)

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The Common Room / Finding Out More About C19th Prisoners
« on: Tuesday 31 December 13 14:43 GMT (UK)  »
A*y has a Victorian Prisoner Register Index; http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1590&enc=1

I have found a name listed on it that might be of interest but it is pretty common and doesn't list specific birth details. The link above mentions there are other records that can be consulted at the Nat Archives including:-

* Calendar of Prisoners
 * Prison Registers
 * Court records such as depositions, indictments, and case files
 * Warrants, including pardons, reprieves, and transfers of prisoners

Does anyone know which of the above records would most likely include very specific ID like date/place of birth, occupation, wife, parents?

Thanks  :)

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Christmas Lecture - Genetic Mutation
« on: Sunday 29 December 13 08:58 GMT (UK)  »
Tonights Christmas Lecture (BBC4 8pm) is on the subject of Genetic Mutation which is the reason we can differentiate between different branches of humans/families from their DNA. I doubt it will go into genealogical issues but for those interested in the underlying science it may be worth watching.

www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/2013-life-fantastic




Moderator Comment: Link updated to the Royal Institute website

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