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Armed Forces / Re: Royal navy barracks chatham
« on: Wednesday 14 February 24 19:58 GMT (UK)  »
When my grandfather joined the British Army in 1914, he was an older ex- Regular soldier and he was given a GSSR regimental number.

GSSR = General Service Special Reserve, so I wonder if your man is similarly Special Reserve
(Regular?).

Do you know his age, and if he had prior service in the RN or British Army?

Regards,
JMB

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The Common Room / How to edit Tags in Ancestry
« on: Wednesday 30 August 23 23:35 BST (UK)  »
I have written tags for several people in my family tree.

Now find that I would like to make some edits; however, cannot find the appropriate "EDIT" command, and cannot just overwrite the edit.
What am I missing?

Regards,
JMB

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The Common Room / Re: Percentage of “Smith” surname in 1911
« on: Wednesday 16 August 23 00:02 BST (UK)  »
SMJ,

Thanks for that very useful site, I have it safely bookmarked!

Regards,

JMB

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The Common Room / Re: Percentage of “Smith” surname in 1911
« on: Monday 14 August 23 16:56 BST (UK)  »
ShaunJ,

You are both a scholar & a gentleman!

Again, many thanks for your help.

Regards,
JMB

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The Common Room / Re: Percentage of “Smith” surname in 1911
« on: Monday 14 August 23 16:05 BST (UK)  »
ShaunJ,

You replied almost before I had posted—-many thanks!

Since “Jones” is the quintessential Welsh surname, would you care to repeat the exercise?

My last request for now—-honest!

If I had a sub. to any of the services I would do it for myself.

Regards,
JMB

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The Common Room / Percentage of “Smith” surname in 1911
« on: Monday 14 August 23 15:35 BST (UK)  »
We know that “Smith” is the most common surname in England.

For a specific research purpose, I am trying to determine just what % of the population it was in the 1911 Census of Eng. & Wales,

a) in England alone,

b) in Wales alone,

c) in England & Wales together.

Are these data published somewhere that I have yet to locate?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Regards,
JMB


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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Inheritance of DNA
« on: Tuesday 08 August 23 19:01 BST (UK)  »
We know that we inherit our DNA from our parents.

It’s almost automatic to think 50% mother & 50% father.

However, it is known that it is never exactly 50:50.

Has it ever been determined what the extreme values are? 60/40, 70/30/, 80/20, 95/5?

Or even an average value, if such a thing exists?

Regards,
JMB

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Phil D
« on: Saturday 10 June 23 15:36 BST (UK)  »
RJ137 and loord74,

Those colorized photos are absolutely superb!!

Could you tell me the software packages you both used to get those results.

Also, does it take practice to get good results?

Regards,
JMB

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The Common Room / Re: Attrition
« on: Thursday 06 April 23 20:55 BST (UK)  »
I believe that the 1943-cohort was fortunate in that it just preceded the introduction of the NHS in the UK in 1948.  This meant that people who "couldn't afford a doctor visit" now could; other factors include a physically active childhood (youngsters walking or riding a bike to visit friends etc); also, in later life along came the awareness of the dangers of smoking and of eating too much fat/sugar.

Contrast my current age, 80, with my father b.1911; d. 1976 at 64 of heart disease due to sedentary job and a smoker after surviving WW2; my two grandfathers 1883-1948 & 1889-1948 having survived  4yrs and 2 yrs, respectively on active service in WW1. My father and two granddads grew up when smoking was acceptable, and doctor/hospital was a last resort. They unfortunately paid the consequences of their life-styles because they knew no better.

I have taken steps to maintain a healthy life-style, and despite a brush with prostate cancer (early diagnosis & prompt surgery) am still here in relatively good shape.

I suspect that many of my cohort will have done the same!

Regards,

JMB

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