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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Westminster Burials
« on: Monday 01 June 20 11:47 BST (UK) »
Perhaps a niece? There's an Eliza Eleanor Smith baptised 1809/10 St George Hanover Square, father Thomas...
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London and Middlesex / Re: Lucy Holliday abt 1757 westminster?
« on: Saturday 30 May 20 10:02 BST (UK) »FindMyPast have the Westminster rate books, if you have a subscription you could check Rider/ Holliday combinations for the same area for the period...
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Strange middle name for a girl
« on: Saturday 23 May 20 09:28 BST (UK) »Another possibility is a sister's married name. Ive got a Jane Ball Bird and a Hannah Bleven Bird, daughters of George and Martha Rimmer. George had a sister Jane who married a Ball and Martha had a sister Hannah who married a Blevin
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The Common Room / Re: Family History Fortnight
« on: Wednesday 20 May 20 13:18 BST (UK) »Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I keep getting sent to the 'Subscribe' page when I click on the entry I want to see… Logged out and logged in again, same thing.
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The Common Room / Family History Fortnight
« on: Wednesday 20 May 20 12:32 BST (UK) »Is anyone else having trouble accessing the free records on Ancestry?
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/news-events/Pages/family-history-fortnight-18-31-may.aspx
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Lancashire / Re: Esther Glover c1765 Rainford - 5 illegitimate Children?
« on: Monday 18 May 20 08:12 BST (UK) »National Archives have one of them:
Rainford. Order of filiation and maintenance of Mary, bastard daughter of James Pilkington of Windle, husbandman, and Esther Glover, singlewoman
Date:1789 4 Aug
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8af95da5-b398-4c47-915c-71ab0c65f9fd
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Lancashire / Re: Convict, Charlotte Williams
« on: Friday 24 April 20 08:10 BST (UK) »
Discovery entry:
The original includes the name LYDIA BIRLL (Bird?) of Westminster who undersigned the prisoners - whatever that means - in a petition for clemency. The original may also include other names to give more clues...
Unfortunately it hasn't been digitied so can't be downloaded.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13024781
The original includes the name LYDIA BIRLL (Bird?) of Westminster who undersigned the prisoners - whatever that means - in a petition for clemency. The original may also include other names to give more clues...
Unfortunately it hasn't been digitied so can't be downloaded.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13024781
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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Hermenegildo Severo Alberto Bonorino Frías 1850-1913
« on: Thursday 16 April 20 10:28 BST (UK) »London Gazette 7th April 1950:
There's a note about Ada Maria Goad at the bottom of the SAMUEL GOAD entry
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38880/page/1749/data.pdf