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The Common Room / Could a widow be referred to as a singlewoman?
« on: Saturday 23 January 21 10:44 GMT (UK)  »
One of my ancestors had two illegitimate children born after the death of her husband. I know this from her will and one baptism record.

I had assumed an 1816 bastardy examination to be about the child I don't have a baptism for - except it refers to her as a "singlewoman". This may be a silly question but has anyone ever seen a widow referred to as such? Obviously I've seen spinsters referred to as singlewomen but is there any grey area where it was used to mean a woman unattached due to widowhood?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Are these the same man?
« on: Wednesday 13 January 21 09:51 GMT (UK)  »
I would say it almost certainly is, or less likely, a close relative with very similar appearance.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1633 will extract
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 15:35 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you both so much. I can't believe I couldn't read some of those, it's so clear once you know!

I'm confused about the gallow tree. I know what one is...but I don't understand how one could be bequeathed.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1633 will extract
« on: Wednesday 06 January 21 13:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, can anyone help me fill in the missing words from this hightlighted extract? What I have managed to read myself (I think):

I give unto Richard Hartshorne my son one stand bed in the little chamber one press in the great chamber one [...] one salting trough one well trough of stone and [.........] and also the [........] the hall chimney [...] of the estate I have conferred upon him [...] shall be and stand for his filial portion

Many thanks

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The Common Room / Re: Missing birth and death records: possible explanations?
« on: Monday 14 December 20 23:31 GMT (UK)  »
The most common reason for 'missing' records is mistranscription. So I would try all the clever search techniques you can think of, everything from wildcards to leaving off surnames all together and focusing on gaps between known children.

Of course baptism and burial records for certain places/churches/periods may simply be unavailable. Also with deceased children there is the possibility baptism did not take place.

With the GRO indexes I would also persist with clever searches, they will be there - births are easier to pin down than deaths, using the mother's maiden name.

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The Common Room / Re: Writing up your family history
« on: Monday 14 December 20 23:13 GMT (UK)  »
I separate my family history into surnames.

For each surname in my ancestry I have a folder and then subfolders for each generation of that family - in these I put all my sources, which are mostly images of documents.

In the main folder for the surname I have one Word document which gives an overview of each generation, working backwards, containing basic information such as date and place of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial. In another Word document I write the history of the family in a narrative, again working backwards, pulling together all information from my sources.

This may seem odd or excessively complicated but it works for me. I can manage the vast amount of research. One downside is that it makes everything quite siloed when the history of families can be quite intertwined after couples marry.


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Spoons in a 1633 will
« on: Friday 04 September 20 08:46 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all!

I've transcribed every part of this will apart from this word - I really couldn't see past that last letter being an N.

I've never encountered that contraction before - I've made a note.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Spoons in a 1633 will
« on: Thursday 03 September 20 22:50 BST (UK)  »
Hello, can anyone shed any light on what kind of spoons was my ancestor dishing out to all and sundry in his will?

Is it an archaic term or a dialect word? He was from Nottinghamshire.

Thanks

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Ravenfield St Mary, Mexborough?
« on: Wednesday 19 August 20 10:26 BST (UK)  »
Hello, on Findmypast there are parish records for a 'Ravenfield, St Mary'. A relative of mine was buried there in 1719 and describes himself (in his will) as being of Ravenfield, Mexborough.

I'm slightly confused about the dedication of this church because the only one I can find is a St James's in Ravenfield, which was a chapelry in the parish of Mexborough.

Was this church ever known as St Mary's or is this a Findmypast error?


Thanks for any help

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