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Northumberland / Re: Blyth Scandinavian records
« on: Sunday 19 May 19 12:46 BST (UK)  »
Wow, Ian that would be fantastic .  I only have very sketchy information at the moment.

I'm trying to find details of my Great Grandmothers first husband.  In online marriage records,in 1903 he is listed as Charles Basberg. In newspaper reports into his death and the inquest that followed in 1905 he is listed as Charles Soren Olas Basberg and is listed as being 25 at his death.

My Great grandmother gave birth after he died and the child had the middle name of Sorenia so I'm pretty sure the Soren as listed at death is correct.

I ordered their marriage certificate yesterday which I hope will give me more information such as his father's name.  Have Never located him on an English census return so unable to confirm country of birth.

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Northumberland / Re: Blyth Scandinavian records
« on: Sunday 19 May 19 08:52 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for that pityackafromblyth.

Doesn't appear my person is from Denmark having gone through the Danish records site, I can't find any record of him so I'll have to hunt out Norweigan records and see if there is any trace there.

Never found him on any passenger lists either but as a fisherman it makes me think he came into the port as crew.

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Northumberland / Re: Blyth Scandinavian records
« on: Thursday 16 May 19 08:11 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your responses. 

The DNA match is a recent match on a Northumberland line,  her great great grandmother married a Danish butcher.

My great grandmother married a Scandinavian sailor who I assumed was Norwegian but not being able to find any census returns for him I'm not so sure now.

Both her great great grandmother and my great grandmother were born and lived in Blyth.

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Northumberland / Blyth Scandinavian records
« on: Wednesday 15 May 19 08:35 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone know if there are any historical records relating to Scandinavian families living in Blyth in the 1800s? I have a Scandinavian connection  through my great grandmother and I've never been able to find out anything more about this line of the family.  Ive recently been in touch with an Australian DNA match who also has family connections to Blyth and has ancestors originating in Denmark. 

It makes me think that there must have been a prominent Scandinavian presence in Blyth in the 1800s especially with the  size of the port.  Would there be any local records relating to any of these families?

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Northumberland / Re: Heritage Open days - Access to Parish Records
« on: Wednesday 05 September 18 21:00 BST (UK)  »
I'm not sure Peggy.  if you google Heritage Open days 2018 you'll be able to see what organisations are allowing access over the Heritage weekend.  Usually you can click on each individual organisation and see an overview about what is accessible over the weekend.

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Northumberland / Heritage Open days - Access to Parish Records
« on: Wednesday 05 September 18 20:39 BST (UK)  »
Not sure if this has been mentioned already but it's worth looking at the Heritage Open Days for this weekend.  I noticed my local church St Johns in Killingworth Village is allowing access to Parish records over the weekend.

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Northumberland / Re: Tyne & Wear Archives
« on: Wednesday 05 September 18 20:35 BST (UK)  »
Thanks all.  Had hoped to go yesterday but too many issues with kids going back to school.  Hoping I can get there by the end of the week.

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Northumberland / Tyne & Wear Archives
« on: Monday 03 September 18 13:27 BST (UK)  »
I've been registered at Woodhorn for approximately 2 years but never actually had the time to go up there and go through any records.

Tomorrow I have a few hours to spare and I'll also be in Newcastle so thought it might be worth pooping into Tyne and Wear archives to look at records for the one line of my family that will have records there.

Looking online it seems I need some card to access the records room, is this so.  Can anyone give me tips on using the records service there?

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Northumberland / Re: Belford and surrounding area records?
« on: Thursday 09 August 18 17:03 BST (UK)  »
Alan, that's brilliant.  I've managed to go back through through the other Rootschatters posts and glean a lot more information to look into from them.

It answers a lot of questions and why I've struggled to get anywhere with this family.

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