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London and Middlesex / Re: William King, Irish optician in Tottenham
« on: Wednesday 13 September 23 02:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ruth
Nice to hear from you. I haven’t got any further since I last posted, happy to see if we match for DNA just let me have your details to find you on one of the sites. I think we can direct message if you post a couple more times.
Amelia

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Armed Forces / Re: Regretful notification of the passing of MaxD
« on: Monday 09 August 21 14:38 BST (UK)  »
Dear Zoe and Family,

I’m so very sorry to hear of your loss. Like many of those who have already posted I benefited from your Grandfather’s immense knowledge deciphering two service records.  He was incredibly kind, gracious and generous with his time and will be much missed here on Rootschat.
Best wishes to you all.

Amelia

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: My Grandfather the elusive Charles Duff
« on: Tuesday 15 June 21 21:02 BST (UK)  »
What an interesting thread!
Just a further comment, you do not need a service number to obtain military records. I got my Great Grandfathers a couple of years ago and did not have that information. I just provided his full name, date of birth and death certificate.

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The Common Room / Re: Mistakes on marriage records
« on: Thursday 29 April 21 15:10 BST (UK)  »
My Great Great Grandmother had the wrong first name for her Father as well. John instead of William although his occupation was correct.  No family witnesses. Her place of birth was not correctly listed in the censuses and her age was 5 years out.
In short I thought I knew who she was but I couldn’t be 100%.  The not quite right info could be explained by the fact that she was orphaned by the age of 5. Eventually the 1939 register that listed her date of birth (although a year out) proved her to be the correct person.
That’s one example on my tree, I have others  ;D

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The Common Room / Re: Multiple illegitimate children: how unusual?
« on: Sunday 28 March 21 02:08 BST (UK)  »
I have an ancestor, Mary, who had 5 or 6 children out of wedlock, the first three had the same father’s name on their birth certificates. Having said this her son, my ancestor did not name a father on his marriage certificate and alternated between surnames. DNA research has proved that the man on his birth certificate was indeed his Father. The births of the later children were not registered.
When I researched the family further I found that Mary was one of three surviving daughters. The other two daughters both had families but neither married their partners which to me seems fairly unusual in 1840s/50s London.
Recently I managed to find some court records which revealed that Mary’s Mother had been a victim of domestic violence and appeared to have fled to London to escape her husband. That gave a very different slant on why those three sisters had never married and had all had multiple illegitimate children.

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The Common Room / Re: How can I identify someone in a photograph?
« on: Monday 25 January 21 01:14 GMT (UK)  »
Where did the photo come from? If she herself kept it then I would have thought it was the second husband. Why would she have a photo of the husband she was presumably divorced from but not of the second husband whom she had a love affair with before marrying. I also think she looks older than mid 20s.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: StoryScout - New feature on ancestry.com
« on: Monday 27 July 20 12:31 BST (UK)  »
Just tried it via ancestry.com and got Emily Dickinson back for my Grandpa. No idea if it’s right because I haven’t got that far back but it showed the line. It may be gimmicky but it looks good fun!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Looking for first Catholic baptism - what does this one say?
« on: Wednesday 22 July 20 21:56 BST (UK)  »
Interesting, I looked through three years either side but I will increase that.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Looking for first Catholic baptism - what does this one say?
« on: Tuesday 21 July 20 16:01 BST (UK)  »
Did R.C. Baptisms normally happen soon after the birth? I was thinking that they would.  Wondering if I should look later but equally that I’ve missed it somehow

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