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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Edinburgh Marriage 1750
« on: Monday 08 April 24 17:57 BST (UK)  »
Merchant, see this page and the previous one
https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/310/mode/2up

The parishes are explained on this page, the marriage is on page 22
https://archive.org/details/registerofmarria35edin/page/n5/mode/2up

S_L

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Europe / Re: Maltese Newspapers 1860's with shipping news - Any available online?
« on: Monday 08 April 24 11:50 BST (UK)  »
No gaurantee that it would be included but had you looked at Lloyd's list?

Link below is to January 1860 but you can select other months, the publication was weekly.
https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/research-projects/lloyds-list-newspapers-2/?uspcs-year-month=1860-01

S_L

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The Common Room / Re: will reported in newspaper
« on: Friday 29 March 24 09:46 GMT (UK)  »
Regarding 'keep off the grass', a reference to a grass widow maybe?

https://blog.oup.com/2009/02/grasswidows/

S_L

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Antique Wallpaper Indentification
« on: Sunday 24 March 24 13:10 GMT (UK)  »
Assuming you have a better view of the design than the photo shows then it might be worth going through old mail order catalogues, no idea whose were most common in Ontario though. These can often be found on sites like archive.org .

Examples here from a Montgomery Ward catalogue:
https://www.vintageinn.ca/2020/11/vintage-wallpaper-ideas-from-a-1940-montgomery-ward-catalog/

S_L

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Europe / Re: Maltese Newspapers 1860's with shipping news - Any available online?
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 16:45 GMT (UK)  »
Mentioned in the abstract of a thesis at the University of Malta on Maltese newspapers from 1839 to 1939:
https://www.digivault.eu/
Select time period as year e.g. 1861
type as newspaper
subject try the likes of malta, gazzetta, giornale
I came up with an Italian language political paper that listed shipping news on the second page, the pages are individually linked as images towards the bottom of the selected search result (not all issues have been digitised)

S_L

The thesis is described here: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39394

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The Common Room / Re: Finding a will beneficiary called Nicola. How do "THEY" do it?
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 10:01 GMT (UK)  »
Did you consider looking for a marriage/engagement announcement between <your known firstname> <telephone directory surname> and<unknown first name> <your known surname> ?

S_L

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 12:01 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Romilly on Saturday 09 March 24 11:21 GMT (UK)

Thanks S_L for looking.

Yes, I’ve visited Kew and found CR 10 cards relating to my late Uncle’s Merchant Navy Service. However, there don’t seem to be any for the 1880’s/ 1890’s, sadly.

Romilly.

Have you seen Seaweed's reply concerning the whereabouts of Crew Agreements? It is reply 12 in this thread:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=853835.0
note the bit about Greenwich having those for the years that end in 5.

S_L

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 11:17 GMT (UK)  »
I had some success with CR10 cards which were held by Southampton Archives for Merchant Seamen who had not served beyond 1941. I don't know that much about the area but a quick rootschat search for CR10 throws up posts by others that do.

S_L

p.s. hazy memory that you can also search the National Archives catalogue using your ancestor's name and the category BT (Board of Trade), think that may have applied to the cards held there but I'm sure the National Archives provides a guide

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help with Dating Photos from C19th
« on: Monday 04 March 24 21:43 GMT (UK)  »
The RCAHMS entry for Castle Menzies includes the 1902 sale catalogue for the estate including named shootings, I might take a wander on geograph in case the location of the shooting party is identifiable.
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/2152424

S_L

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