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Armed Forces / Re: Lookup request Chelsea Pensioners
« on: Tuesday 30 March 10 15:45 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for transcription information you have sent to me for James. This is definitely the right family, and I can't believe how much random information is included in there. Thank you very much for looking this up for me.

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Europe / What records should I look at? Austrian/Italian WW2 bride.
« on: Tuesday 30 March 10 14:55 BST (UK)  »
My grandmother was born in Italy, but moved to Austria where her mother's family were from at some point during WW2. Whilst there she must have met my English grandfather whilst he was there for the war and they married in Austria in Jan 1947. She came over to Britain to live.

I do not know what records I should be consulting, if there are any. I have a copy of their marriage certificate but wish I knew more about when they came to England, would they have travelled together? I also wish I knew how they actually met but I very much doubt that info will be out there for me to find!

Does anyone have any suggestions of records I could consult to see if I can find any more information. Unfortunately both of them died when I was a very young child so I cannot ask them anything. I am happy to look at anything/everything if there is a possibility of even a small snippet!

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions. 

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Armed Forces / Lookup request Chelsea Pensioners
« on: Tuesday 30 March 10 13:41 BST (UK)  »
Having seen this info is now available, I have found a couple of distant relatives on there. I would really like to see what information is provided about them, but because they are not direct line I can't really afford it (as I have a subscription to the other site!). If anyone would be willing to look up two individuals for me I would greatly appreciate it. They are Harry Pollard, year of birth 1878, place of birth Bicester Oxfordshire, and James Pollard, yob 1868, same birth place. If they are who I believe them to be they are brothers (and one of their younger brothers is in my direct line). Many thanks for reading this and for any help given.

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US Completed Requests / Re: *Completed* Passenger lists lookup request
« on: Saturday 02 January 10 20:50 GMT (UK)  »
A huge thank you to merjones, who has sent me the images relevant to the people I was searching for.

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US Completed Requests / *Completed* Passenger lists lookup request
« on: Thursday 31 December 09 20:44 GMT (UK)  »
Is there someone that would be willing to look and see if three names appear in the passenger lists to the USA? They would probably have travelled within a few years of the end of WW2. I am hesitant to post names on here as I know one is still living so if anyone would be willing to look up these names for me could you please let me know and I will send a private message with the names and country and date of birth. Many thanks in advance. 

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The Common Room / Re: Surname assigned to illegitimate child
« on: Friday 18 December 09 22:24 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Charlotte. There are a couple of men with the same name in the area, neither of which particularly jump out at me as the obvious choice, so I am currently trawling for more information. I shall probably do a new post when I decide I can't break the brick wall down, but I am going to try and do what I can myself before asking for help.

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The Common Room / Re: Surname assigned to illegitimate child
« on: Thursday 17 December 09 07:42 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you. So there's no hard and fast rule - typical!  :) I shall probably continue to use her mother's surname as the given name as this appears to be the name chosen to be used throughout her life, but make sure it is noted that she could also go by the fathers surname.

Now the next mystery is locating which man is actually her father as I have no record of a man with that name in the village and there are a few possible suspects in the surrounding villages    ::)

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The Common Room / Surname assigned to illegitimate child
« on: Wednesday 16 December 09 21:48 GMT (UK)  »
I have a birth certificate for a baby girl named Jane, there is no surname given in the 'name' box. The names of both the father and mother are given on the birth certificate (different surnames obviously).

The girl was baptised with the mothers surname, and appears to use this surname on all census records and her marriage certificate. However, the birth certificate was indexed by assigning the fathers surname to the child. The certificate is dated 1839.

I'm confused as to what name to enter into my family tree! Which surname is officially the correct surname that should be used for the child in this case?

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World War One / Re: Newbury (Berks) War memorial
« on: Monday 07 December 09 16:31 GMT (UK)  »
I think the forum Ainslie is referring to is this one:

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/

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