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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Parish register of Eling, Hampshire.
« on: Tuesday 08 March 11 15:26 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Nell for your offer.
  I have quite a number of baptisms that I'd like to find in Eling. The one I'd most like to find is of William Oliver. I have a copy of his death certificate stating that he died 6 June 1838 age 38. I also have a copy of his marriage from Eling parish register. This states that he married Elizabeth Peckham 27 Feb 1816. It also states that he was a minor and that the marriage took place with the consent of his father, another William Oliver. I've realised that it's quite possible that ge wasn't born in Eling so I've searched the neighbouring parishes too with no success.
  A couple of months ago, I spent an entire 8 hour session at Hampshire record office staring at 2 fiches of Eling baptisms for the years 1750-98. I thus gained about 3 sides of A4 paper of baptisms of Oliver's &  Meacher's as well as a thumping migraine.
  I wish that there was an easier way to search for them, although I guess that I must be grateful that the records exist.
  Thank you again for your time. Gary.

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Armed Forces / Re: Was my Gr.Grandad in Merchant navy in WW2 ?
« on: Tuesday 08 March 11 14:47 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Dawn for your information. I have a tad more information about Henry George Hull....
1.   Henry was born 15 Aug 1890 at Itchen, St. Mary's extra parish near Southampton, and he married in 1911/12 to Rose Edith Blundell.
2.   Henry's parents are indeed Henry & Mary Catherine Hull (Jones). Henry was from Donhead St. Mary in Wiltshire and Mary Catherine from Porthmadog in Caernarvonshire.
3.   My Mum is the only source of oral history of him. The trouble is that as she wasn't born until 1942, she has no memory of him. He apparently knew that my Mum had been born-she would have been his only grandchild at the time.She's said that what she knows of him was told to her by Henry George's wife (my great grandma). She said that Henry George was living in Liverpool (presumably the ships aboard which he served were based there) instead of with her in Southampton, and that he was "carrying on" with another woman in Liverpool.
4.  I cannot be sure that he was aboard the S.S Britannic in 1942-45, it was a complete surprise to my mum when I told her that he was aboard it in 1940, although she knew he'd worked on the liners. I'm going to google the Britannic in a minute.
5.  Apparently when he died,  the ship had left port 1 or 2 days previously and went back to port so he could be buried. Mum said that was buried in the "blue mountains" in Australia.

Thank you again for your time in trying to resolve this family mystery.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Bishop's transcripts for parish of Michelmersh, Hampshire.
« on: Tuesday 08 March 11 13:55 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you very much for the advice. I now know what to ask for the next time I go to HRO. The record that I need is a marriage c.1790 so hopefully, it may be there. Thanks again.

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Armed Forces / Was my Gr.Grandad in Merchant navy in WW2 ?
« on: Sunday 06 March 11 13:56 GMT (UK)  »
  I'm trying to research my Great Grandad called Henry George Hull. Family legend has it that he died in 1942/43 in Australia while serving in the Merchant Navy. I haven't been able to prove this so far.
  The latest record that I have of him is in 1940 when he entered New York aboard the S.S. Britannic on which he was a "greaser".
  The problem that I have is that I do not know the name of the Merchant Navy ship on which he served. Can anyone help? Thank you.

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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / Parish register of Eling, Hampshire.
« on: Sunday 06 March 11 13:40 GMT (UK)  »
 I'm researching my ancestors with my own surname of Oliver in the parish of Eling, which is just to the west of Southampton, Hampshire. I've hit a sizeable brick wall because I cannot decipher the writing on the microfiches, it's too faint in many places. While I'm no expert, I can usually work out old handwriting as long as it's reasonably bold.
 What I'm wondering is if someone in the past has transcribed the parish registers for baptisms and burials in Eling? I have a CD rom of "Hampshire marriages" which contains Eling Marriages up until 1812. I know that the parish registers for Southampton and some of those East of Southampton have been transcribed, I use these regularly in Southampton Library.

Any help with this would be very gratefully received. Thanks.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Bishop's transcripts for parish of Michelmersh, Hampshire.
« on: Sunday 06 March 11 13:25 GMT (UK)  »
I was wondering if anyone knows if Bishop's transcripts exist for the parish of Michelmersh, near Romsey, Hampshire. I'm aware that a parish register is missing, seemingly the one that I would need to further my research, typically! Perhaps they may have been transcribed and put on CD rom or printed? Any advice on this would be very gratefully received. Thanks.

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