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The Lighter Side / Re: Your dog's DNA
« on: Friday 15 September 23 04:08 BST (UK) »
Ancestry have jumped the shark
The beginning of the end
The beginning of the end
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The Common Room / Re: Infant deaths - include or exclude?
« on: Saturday 09 September 23 01:20 BST (UK) »
I have struggled with this off and on over the years - mostly stillborns and week olds
I dont think I have an exact answer , even for myself, but I am now entering them just to give clarity on gaps in births . When births have been happening regularly and then there is a gap of 5 years before resuming at similar regular intervals its good to know at least one reason why
I have recognised , and included, those babies who have died and their names recycled for other children so it gives me a greater understanding of the deeper family naming patterns
I dont think I have an exact answer , even for myself, but I am now entering them just to give clarity on gaps in births . When births have been happening regularly and then there is a gap of 5 years before resuming at similar regular intervals its good to know at least one reason why
I have recognised , and included, those babies who have died and their names recycled for other children so it gives me a greater understanding of the deeper family naming patterns
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The Common Room / Re: Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire Parish Registers
« on: Friday 18 August 23 15:26 BST (UK) »
Its been a while but I'm sure FindmyPast has Bedfordshire records.
I accessed a shedload a few years ago when I found some spare coin in my pockets and got a subscription
I accessed a shedload a few years ago when I found some spare coin in my pockets and got a subscription
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Australia / Re: Help finding an obituary please
« on: Thursday 27 July 23 14:53 BST (UK) »
You can also do a wide to narrow search by going directly to news sites ie Sydney Morning Herald Tributes
Or as an example go to Byron Bay
https://www.mytributes.com.au/byron-bay/?sort=date
Or as an example go to Byron Bay
https://www.mytributes.com.au/byron-bay/?sort=date
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The Common Room / Re: GRO digital images £2.50
« on: Friday 21 July 23 04:41 BST (UK) »
Could it be an International option?
I have just ordered a Digital Image and will search my piggy bank for more money and people to add images for
Thank you for the information
I have just ordered a Digital Image and will search my piggy bank for more money and people to add images for
Thank you for the information
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry Thrulines
« on: Friday 16 June 23 23:40 BST (UK) »
Ancestry have stopped any work in many of their spaces - even with the free help we all give them
Thrulines have stopped
linking to each parent stopped
Common ancestors even though I have linked tree after tree
Its just becoming a name register
Thrulines have stopped
linking to each parent stopped
Common ancestors even though I have linked tree after tree
Its just becoming a name register
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The Common Room / Re: What's your most unexpected family tree discovery?
« on: Friday 16 June 23 10:47 BST (UK) »
Alice Robson 1797-1889
I had a minor brickwall and someone pointed out Richard Blackstone and Alice meeting and marrying as convicts in NSW. They had 1 son Charles and then Alice took up with a William Leith
Well my family link is Blacksell - cant be
Until I did a DNA test and one of the 1st five matches was linked to Alice Robson. A great great garnddaughter
So back to the story and Heddon On the Wall weebly history site has a tremendous amount of info on Alice
I will let them tell her story but the highlights are her standing up to infamous convict Matthew Brady when home only with her children
Standing up to the government authorites - to not only be with William Leith - but ensuring her daughter married who she wanted.
Her most famous exploit was walking - with babe in arm - 35 miles to join William - only to be returned back the same night - walking - this time with an iron collar attached.
She did it her way is a most apt epitath
I had a minor brickwall and someone pointed out Richard Blackstone and Alice meeting and marrying as convicts in NSW. They had 1 son Charles and then Alice took up with a William Leith
Well my family link is Blacksell - cant be
Until I did a DNA test and one of the 1st five matches was linked to Alice Robson. A great great garnddaughter
So back to the story and Heddon On the Wall weebly history site has a tremendous amount of info on Alice
I will let them tell her story but the highlights are her standing up to infamous convict Matthew Brady when home only with her children
Standing up to the government authorites - to not only be with William Leith - but ensuring her daughter married who she wanted.
Her most famous exploit was walking - with babe in arm - 35 miles to join William - only to be returned back the same night - walking - this time with an iron collar attached.
She did it her way is a most apt epitath
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The Common Room / Re: Recorded as married on a census, but marriage occurs later
« on: Monday 29 May 23 23:56 BST (UK) »
Common here in Oz as well
I had a devil of a time trying to connect one of my sons side
The wife had a scandalous 1st marriage which ended in the courts etc
The couple got together and had 8 children all as married and under the fathers name - yet no marriage
It was only a random search interstate where I found a marriage of the 2 names - 34 years after the 1st child was born.
I had a devil of a time trying to connect one of my sons side
The wife had a scandalous 1st marriage which ended in the courts etc
The couple got together and had 8 children all as married and under the fathers name - yet no marriage
It was only a random search interstate where I found a marriage of the 2 names - 34 years after the 1st child was born.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Longest segments in dna
« on: Friday 12 May 23 04:45 BST (UK) »
Just had a message back
Its the 2nd person. My mums brothers son - so a direct 1st cousin
Again thank you all
Its the 2nd person. My mums brothers son - so a direct 1st cousin
Again thank you all