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The Common Room / Marriage licence/entry discrepancy
« on: Wednesday 04 October 17 18:32 BST (UK)  »
I have a marriage licence for Thomas Creswick and Elizabeth Stubbin of Chesterfield, dated 1st June 1700. However, Thomas Creswick married an Elizabeth Moore on 5th June 1700 in Chesterfield.

It's almost certainly the same man. Does anyone have any thoughts about why Elizabeth's surname is different? An error? Sudden change of heart? She was a widow and one was her maiden name? No clue is given by the marriage entry as to her marital status.


Mike

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Derbyshire / Re: derbyshire records on ancestry
« on: Saturday 30 September 17 11:33 BST (UK)  »
I've been searching the Derbyshire parish registers on Ancestry for a couple of days now.

I've noticed a few errors - search results showing one parish but linking to another parish's register, for example. Overall I wouldn't trust the search results yet, keep digging manually if a record you're expecting does not appear when you search.

I also note a couple of parishes I'm interested in are not included.


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Derbyshire / Re: derbyshire records on ancestry
« on: Wednesday 27 September 17 16:18 BST (UK)  »
All parish records appear to have been added yesterday.

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The Common Room / Re: At which point do you admit defeat?
« on: Thursday 14 September 17 18:35 BST (UK)  »
While I will never admit defeat when it comes to brick walls beyond 1700 (a very rough threshold), when it comes to brick walls in the 1600s I have to concede that the records might simply not have survived - if they ever existed in the first place.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with reading latin
« on: Thursday 31 August 17 00:35 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much! I'm not sure whether I'm more fascinated by the reference to astronomy, or the times these weddings took place! I must do some research to discover whether such early/late ceremonies were typical.

Immediately after I posted this thread I discovered the burial record of that first Mrs Gibbs. I think it says she died due to childbirth (possibly due to bleeding?), but again I'm struggling with many of the words. The Gibbs family were parish clerks for over a century, hence these unusually detailed entries!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help with reading latin
« on: Wednesday 30 August 17 23:03 BST (UK)  »
Hello, could anyone assist me in understanding these two transcripts of 17th century marriages?

I can read/understand many of the words but some parts leave me confused.

Thank you

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Roscommon / Denominations of Irish ancestors
« on: Saturday 05 August 17 12:08 BST (UK)  »
Hello, does anyone have any ideas about how to determine the Church Irish ancestors belonged to?

Example - my ancestor John Roddy moved to England and married in an Anglican ceremony to an Anglican woman and all of their children were raised in the same Church. All I know of his life in Ireland is that he was born circa 1829 in Roscommon and his father's name was Michael.

Would I begin by looking for him in Catholic registers? Is there search I could do that would indicate if whether Roddy families in that county were protestant?

Thanks for any advice

Mike

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Armed Forces / Army service in 1880s/1890s
« on: Friday 21 April 17 00:12 BST (UK)  »
I have some general questions about the army service of an ancestor that I'm struggling to find conclusive answers to.

He enlisted in 1885 and was in the South Lancashire Regiment until 1893, at which point he was in the reserve until 1897. He was a private.

From 1887 to 1893 his record appears to show is was continually abroad. My first question is could he have fathered a child at home in 1892 if his service record states he was in Gibraltar? Did leave exist for soldiers like him?

Secondly, when he was in Britain in the army reserve from 1893 to 1897, were there restrictions on him marrying? He fathered a child in 1896 but did not marry the mother until 1899.


Thanks for any help!

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The Common Room / Re: How to sort out my absolute mess of a family history folder?
« on: Thursday 20 April 17 23:52 BST (UK)  »
I have a folder for each grandparent. Inside that is a folder for each surname. Inside each surname folder are two word documents - one an overview of key events for each person of each generation (births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials), the other a biography of the family working backwards. Also in each surname folder are folders for each generation, in which I keep all census returns, copies of certificates, parish register images, wills etc relating to that specific generation.

If anyone's wondering, I'm currently at 5,679 Files in 489 Folders.  ;D

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