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The Lighter Side / Re: I am related to The King.
« on: Monday 04 March 24 14:20 GMT (UK) »
I think we are all Biggles' 13th cousins. 
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The Common Room / Re: Found Illegitimate births including father's names - Lambeth
« on: Saturday 02 March 24 18:04 GMT (UK) »
I have seen fathers' names in baptism registers, but these are all in small villages where the parson would have had a good idea of the culprit! I have never checked this, but perhaps they were "encouraged" to marry afterwards.
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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Saturday 02 March 24 16:34 GMT (UK) »
Not as common as I expected - my road atlas, which has a good index, only lists 4, but not including one near Edinburgh!
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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Saturday 02 March 24 15:38 GMT (UK) »
There are at least 2 Newingtons in Kent, one of them near Folkestone, and probably others around the country.
I have just done a check and it is definitely a Kent and Sussex name!
I have just done a check and it is definitely a Kent and Sussex name!
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The Lighter Side / Re: Another Googling success
« on: Saturday 02 March 24 13:06 GMT (UK) »
Amazing what you find googling. Some years ago I was following a branch of the family in America, and found a lot about them, including Lake Byron in South Dakota, named after Byron Pay. He enlisted for the Civil War aged about 16, and was awarded a medal, but not until many years later. The story is that he was rather disgusted at the late arrival of the medal, and threw it in the lake!
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The Lighter Side / Re: Who wears the trousers?
« on: Wednesday 28 February 24 14:13 GMT (UK) »
Well, she was the eldest!
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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Monday 26 February 24 17:12 GMT (UK) »
I can't think of any myths in my family, but I am developing a theory that the Pay family originated in France. Apart from a couple of outposts in the North of the country, they have always been along the South coast, and I discovered a while ago that the name exists in France, mainly in the North-west. Some of the family like to think there is a connection to a rogue called Harry Pay in the Middle Ages. He was based in Poole, so the South coast/France link is there as well.
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The Common Room / Re: Engaged or Good friends
« on: Wednesday 21 February 24 13:12 GMT (UK) »
On your last point - it sounds rather odd and rather bad manners!
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Kent Lookup Requests / Re: Look up Request - Birchington
« on: Tuesday 13 February 24 23:18 GMT (UK) »
Afraid not, there are just the two names. Records this early are usually quite sparse.