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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1851 census Northumberland - which digit is this?
« on: Saturday 26 June 21 11:36 BST (UK)  »
(Across 2 posts due to number of attachments.)
I'm attaching nearby examples of numbers 60, 68, 70, 78, 80.
What is the address at entry no. 76 - Wood Cottages?

By the way, it doesn't appear near to other numbered addresses for comparison to them.

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Elswick Cemetery - Elijah BROOKS d 1886 July 21
« on: Friday 25 June 21 21:47 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone help me find this grave location please?

Elijah BROOKS died 1886 July 21, newspaper says to be interred at Elswick Cemetery on Friday (i.e. July 23).

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Family History Beginners Board / you are not the useless idiot you appear to be
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 16:07 BST (UK)  »
I just came across this nicely written introduction to family history research from Northumberland & Durham Family History Society.  https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/beginners/

It's not too long, not too short, and includes the wonderful line "at least you will be able to confirm that you are not the useless idiot you appear to be" (about taking notes of sources)!

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Kyloe presbyterian birth/baptisms
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 15:44 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for the Kyloe births below (plus John, whose place of birth I don't know - probably Kyloe).

Parents should be John BURNS and Ann BURNS nee CLARK.  I think they were presbyterians.


William     b1811 Kyloe         m Jane Alcorn 1836             d1901
John         b1811-14*                                                        d1838 West Kyloe
Thomas    b1814 Kyloe         m Eliza
Jane         b1816 Twizell       m Thomas Heslop 1845       d1918
Martha      b1817-19* Kyloe    m Robert Percy                    d1874
Edward     b1820 Kyloe         m Ann Mole 1862
Mary         b1821 Kyloe         m Thomas Fulton, no children
Margaret   b1826 Kyloe         m William Bolton 1848
Isabella     b1827-33* Kyloe   m Thomas Crozier

*Please note these are birth ranges, not lifespans.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1861 census Edinburgh - poor copy
« on: Tuesday 22 June 21 20:05 BST (UK)  »
Please help me read the occupation of John Hutton age 13, 5th line down.  Plenty other lines given for context - his father John is a compositor, the man further down is a police constable.

Better copies aren't currently available from Scotland's People.

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The Lighter Side / RC search suggestions
« on: Sunday 20 June 21 10:14 BST (UK)  »
No, I didn't mean to search for Williams acorn racetrack.  But thanks.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / How many months old is baby? 1841 census South Leith
« on: Sunday 20 June 21 10:06 BST (UK)  »
How many months old is baby Robert GROUNDWATER? 1841 census South Leith

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / relationship comment - 1861 census Northumberland
« on: Thursday 17 June 21 21:52 BST (UK)  »
What is written in the Relationship column in the bottom row, for Frederick Percy?  It's got "ditto" (and a brace linking it to the child above) and then something else I can't read.

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Free software that can show cousin marriage
« on: Thursday 17 June 21 13:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,

Which free software for GED files can handle a cousin marriage?

(And if there are several, which is your favourite?)

Thanks
Ross

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