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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891

« on: Saturday 09 March 24 11:17 GMT (UK) »

I had some success with CR10 cards which were held by Southampton Archives for Merchant Seamen who had not served beyond 1941. I don't know that much about the area but a quick rootschat search for CR10 throws up posts by others that do.

S_L

p.s. hazy memory that you can also search the National Archives catalogue using your ancestor's name and the category BT (Board of Trade), think that may have applied to the cards held there but I'm sure the National Archives provides a guide

Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help with Dating Photos from C19th

« on: Monday 04 March 24 21:43 GMT (UK) »

The RCAHMS entry for Castle Menzies includes the 1902 sale catalogue for the estate including named shootings, I might take a wander on geograph in case the location of the shooting party is identifiable.
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/2152424

S_L

Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Scottish emigration

« on: Saturday 24 February 24 10:36 GMT (UK) »

Had you tried looking for births after 1911 under Berry or Riach?
There's a record in the NRS catalogue for example:
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=SC45%2f16%2f1916%2f16&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=mary+berry&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y

Wondering if a wartime pregnancy to another man might have led to the couple splitting up.
S_L

Lanarkshire / Re: Land place names in Coatbridge / Old Monkland

« on: Tuesday 20 February 24 10:53 GMT (UK) »

Dundyvan as a placename is mentioned in 1680
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD162%2f10%2f16&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=dundyvan&ko=p&r=&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y

There's a three part history of the Iron Industry in the Monklands spread across three issues of this journal in 1983-1984 (6.1, 6.2, 7.1). It includes mention of both Dundyvan and the Tudhope family. Whether those Tudhopes owned the lands in question or not is not specified.
https://bacs.past-view.com/archive/scottish-industrial-history?

The book the Bairds of Gartsherrie (available as a pdf online) mentions on page 77 that the works at Dundyvan were relatively short lived.

Various Dundyvan references in the OS name books, Lanarkshire volume 15 might be particularly relevant if your ancestors were connected with the works
https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/results?st=Dundyvan

S_L

The Lighter Side / Re: The railway revolution and its impact on our ancestors.

« on: Saturday 17 February 24 13:11 GMT (UK) »

There's an ongoing project on the history of the development of transport, this link includes sample chapters and animations showing the year by year expansion of the railroads and turnpike roads.

https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/transport/onlineatlas/

The third chapter includes isochrones, maps whose lines reflect the distance travelled in days at a given speed.

S_L

World War Two / Re: Post war picture enquiry

« on: Sunday 11 February 24 20:21 GMT (UK) »

The 1953 Hannover Address Book has been scanned in here:
https://wiki.genealogy.net/Hannover/Adressbuch_1953

Though it appears you'll need to understand some German to read it and the site.
The site also appears to have the Address books for 1960 and 1975.
https://wiki.genealogy.net/index.php?title=Kategorie:Online-Adressbuch&pagefrom=Hannover%2FAdressbuch+1869#mw-pages

Hopefully the 1953 book may provide a little more information about the photographer and the latter books may indicate if they were still in business at a later date. Not much, but hopefully a start.

S_L

The Common Room / Re: Tracing an illusive Railway employee, London, 1930s

« on: Friday 09 February 24 20:57 GMT (UK) »

Apologies if I've overlooked this being considered re:war service but if he was born in 1900 then he may have been called up in 1918/1919 when he turned 18.

S_L

World War Two / Re: RAF service record help

« on: Monday 15 January 24 16:49 GMT (UK) »

The line immediately above the blacked out section mentions Takoradi, more on that in this link though whether that might help shed any light or not I can't say.
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/units/air-historical-branch/second-world-war-campaign-narratives/middle-east-campaigns-vol-x-the-west-african-air-reinforcement-route/

Hopefully someone else who is more knowledgeable can suggest an explanation.

S_L

The Lighter Side / Re: RootsChat 20th Anniversary - 31 st December 2023

« on: Sunday 31 December 23 11:05 GMT (UK) »

Happy Birthday Rootschat!

S_L