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Glamorganshire / Re: Is it worth visiting
« on: Saturday 06 June 09 00:18 BST (UK)  »
Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the replies.  I am currently in the Hadrian Wall area and am using the facilities of the hotel I am staying at.  Unfortunately they won't allow me to follow links so I can't see the photos.  Also I can't PM for some reason but thanks for the trouble you have gone to.  It sounds as if the area is incredible so I am definitely going to make the effort of visiting it and I will be looking for some good restaurants while I am there.  Thanks again

Ozzie

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Glamorganshire / Is it worth visiting
« on: Sunday 10 May 09 05:57 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

My wife and I are visiting the UK on a driving holiday in a couple of weeks and although I haven't done much on my wife's family history I do know that her father was born in wales and the address on his birth certificate is 14 Clifton terrace Mumbles.  I have checked out this address with google maps and it still exists but I'm wondering how old the building is because it won't mean much to us if it is not the same house.  Would anyone have information on how old the buildings in this area would be?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Ozzie

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / 1851 census
« on: Monday 22 December 08 14:17 GMT (UK)  »
My ancestors lived in Crawshaw Fold Crumpsall in 1851.

Richard Scholes married Mary Goodier in 1840 and their son Oswald was born in 1846.  They emigrated to Oz some time after 1851.

I am trying to find other siblings that were born in the UK before departure.

Also One of the witnesses on the  marriage cert is Edmund Scholes (Richard's brother??)

Richard and Mary's Fathers are both recorded as John.  I would like to find the names of their respective Mothers. 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Ozzie

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Australia / Re: How do I find ships
« on: Monday 22 December 08 12:40 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Thanks for your suggestions and links.  What a fantastic resource roots chat is.

I started my research about ten years ago by printing out every occurrence of Scholes in the NSW BDM's I soon discovered that there are about 5 or 6 Scholes's in Australia and so far haven't been able to find anything linking any of them. 

The 1854 arrival is an unverified date that I obtained from an elderly relative.

Thanks again for the links, the NSW genealogy has always been among the best Australian resources but it is obviously continually improving.

It appears that the task I have set myself in finding the name of the vessel though could prove to be impossible as a lot of the passenger lists are just noted as for example "23 passengers" or "3 in steerage".  My relatives are probably among these. :(  Oh well thems the breaks.

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Australia / How do I find ships
« on: Sunday 21 December 08 02:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

This is something I have been trying to unravel off & on for some time.

I would like to find which ship my forebears came out to Australia on.

I know Richard & Mary Scholes (nee Goodier) were in Crumpsall for the 1851 census and believe they arrived in Sydney around about 1854, but I haven't been able to connect them with the ship they came out on.  I'm wondering if I may have better luck trying to find it from the departure end, but where do I start?

Merry Christmas to all,

Ozzie

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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / I know I am in the wrong area but...
« on: Sunday 21 December 08 02:05 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry about posting this here but I don't know where else to go.

When I registered, I made a mistake when typing in my user name.  I typed azzieostrige instead of ozzieostrige.  I went to my profile and changed my name to ozzieostrige and this is what appears on my posts, however when I tried to sign in today I have had to type azzieostrige and this caused me some confusion.  Is it possible to change my username?

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The Lighter Side / Re: ancestral home
« on: Sunday 07 December 08 03:11 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for all of your help, especially Mo who took the time to look up the census and then provide coordinates.  I didn't expect so many very helpful replies so soon.

Mo, the coordinates you provided in your last post worked perfectly with the old map but when I tried to use them on google maps they landed me in the middle of the atlantic ocean! ???  Do you know what system they use (lat/long etc)

I reckon that although the buildings no longer exist, it would still be interesting to be able to visit the sites using a GPS when I am in Manchester next year.

Thanks again for your help

Ozzie

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The Lighter Side / ancestral home
« on: Friday 05 December 08 12:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I have just joined rootschat.  I have been dabbling in my family histroy for about 10 years now, and have been able to trace my roots back to Cheetham Hill Manchester.

Richard Scholes married Mary Goodier in St Marys church Manchester in 1840 and in 1846 they had a son Oswald.  At this time they lived in what appears on Oswald's birth certificate to be Crawshaw or corowshaw Fold Crumpsall.

I also remember tracking them down in a census which led me to believe they lived at Cheetham Hill but I seem to have lost the exact details.

I am currently planning a trip to the UK and was thinking it would be fun to try and find the ancestral home of my forebears and the church they were married in (if they still exist).

I tried Google maps but this only confused me, so if anyone could assist me in locating these places I would appreciate it very much.

Regards

Ozzie

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