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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Where were 'Oxford Buildings' BRISTOL 1841, 51, 61
« on: Sunday 19 September 21 15:56 BST (UK)  »
It is at the west end of Oxford Road on both the 1874 and 1855 maps,  ie where Oxford Street meets Barton Road on the 2019 OS map. It is next to Barton Road. The other three Places that I mentioned in my previous post are shown on the south side of Oxford road.

Simon

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Where were 'Oxford Buildings' BRISTOL 1841, 51, 61
« on: Sunday 19 September 21 15:23 BST (UK)  »
If you follow the 1851 census in the order that the enumerator has recorded the information, it goes from Dorset Place to Monmouth Place to St Thomas Place, all shown on the 1855 map, next are the last two places visited, Tribunal cottages and then Oxford Buildings. Logically they would be the south and north sides of Oxford Place, the next on the 1855 map.

Simon

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Where were 'Oxford Buildings' BRISTOL 1841, 51, 61
« on: Sunday 19 September 21 14:47 BST (UK)  »
Maps are available for bristol here https://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/

If you go to map options at top right, and select "browse historic basemaps", a selection of maps is shown, amongst which are ones for 1840, 1855, and 1874. if you zoom in on the current map of bistol to Oxford street, and then select say the 1855 option it will take you straight to where you want to be.

I would say that Oxford buildings is used by the numerator for Oxford Place, found just above the railway. Some other places and buildings appear that way in the census. Oxford Road is there but not actually named on the 1855 map, but is on the 1874 map.

Simon

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The Common Room / Re: FindMyPast US Newspapers disappeared?
« on: Sunday 22 August 21 17:41 BST (UK)  »
There's always

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Plenty of US newspapers for free.

Simon

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US Lookup Requests / Re: St joseph's Sodality and third order San Franciso
« on: Monday 15 February 21 21:14 GMT (UK)  »
L A A O H is the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians

Simon

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The Common Room / Re: Newspapers.com Free weekend
« on: Friday 12 February 21 16:47 GMT (UK)  »
The post on The Newspapers.com facebook page announcing the free weekend states the following:
Free access available through the link in this post. Registration required. Terms & conditions apply. Free access ends 15 Feb 2021 at 11:59 PM MT.

Simon

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the unusual building which is mid-right on the second picture is the same building in the first post ... so it's definitely the same location
The two buildings appear quite different. Apart from having completely different frontages (position of windows, doors, different balustrade), in the first one the land slopes up to less than six feet below the front of the building, in the second the stilts have the front of the building at a good twelve feet above the ground. There are two men standing next to the left hand side of the building in picture one which they couldn't do in picture two.

Simon

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The Common Room / Re: The working class in late 19th Century London
« on: Thursday 15 October 20 19:17 BST (UK)  »
Nellie d,

Bit of a typo with the author it shold be Rubenhold.

Found it on BorrowBox, thanks for the info. Most of my mother's side of the family were from the worst slums around Spitalfields, Shoreditch and Islington throughout the 19th century so I will find this very interesting.

Simon

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Technical Help / Re: Pinning a Website to the Start Menu of Windows 10
« on: Wednesday 22 July 20 07:04 BST (UK)  »
Matt,

Since I looked last night, I have had this month's Windows Updates including what looks like an overhaul of Edge, and you are right the option that you want appears to have been removed, probably because it's not something that is much used. As Debra say, I'm not sure why you are not using bookmarks, its what they're there for.

Simon

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