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Dorrie,

Thank you so much. This is wonderful information, and I'm ever so grateful.

Keith.

Hi,

I wonder if I could tap into the local knowledge of those of you familiar with Edinburgh and Leith?

I'm trying to work out which schools a boy born in Edinburgh on the 4th of December 1922 would have attended.

Not sure where the family lived before 1929, but between 1929 and 1931 they lived at 47 Madeira Street, Leith, after which they moved to 100 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh, where they remained for many years.

I would be interested to know which school he would have attended from the Madeira Street address.

It was been suggested to me that after moving to Montgomery Street he would have attended Leith Walk School. Could anyone confirm this, and would he have moved on to an upper school when he reached the age to do so, or would he have stayed at Leith Walk for the remainder of his school days?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Keith.

Thanks Andy.

That does make sense, that they were all map makers. So O.S.O. could stand for Ordnance Survey Office?

Hi,

Is there anyone who could check a couple of baptisms at Glamorgan Archives for me please?

Unfortunately, details are scant as they have simply been noted on a scrap of paper, without any indication as to the source of the information, nor who made the note.

Both are supposed to have taken place in Neath, but I have checked online and there is no trace of them. Glamorgan Archives have also checked and confirm they are not online. So now I need to check the original sources.

They are:

Edward Chapple, son of Henry Edward Chapple, baptised 12th of May 1812
Henry Edward Chapple, son of Henry & Jane Chapple, baptised 27th of May 1786.

I would need the following checked:

Neath registers (also, are there any duplicate registers which are not online?)
Bishop’s Transcripts
Are there any non-conformist chapels in the area which have not been included in the RG4 record set?
Any other nearby church which Neath residents might have used.

If anybody can help that would be great, and much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Keith.

Thanks everyone. Much appreciated.

Your thoughts support my suspicions, and this, along with a very unusual occupation on the 1857 marriage, has enabled me to confirm that a family I'd found in some of the earlier census returns is indeed the right one.