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The Common Room / Two Birth Records Six Years Apart - Same Person
« on: Sunday 21 April 24 15:30 BST (UK)  »
I have found two birth records six years apart for what I am 99.9% certain is the same person (I'm pretty much 100% certain, but I suppose you never know).

The only reason I can think of is that the parents married two years after his birth and that they may have later decided to change the surname, maybe by adoption if the father was not initially named. Would that be a reasonable explanation? Or wouldn't it work like that?

I'm not going to name the person here and I don't really want to purchase both certificates at full price as they are not available as online PDFs, but I wondered if there could be a rational explanation that I haven't thought of.

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Armed Forces / 1914-18 uniform ID plus (very long shot) possible location
« on: Wednesday 10 April 24 14:37 BST (UK)  »
The attached photo is of a family member that I always assumed was my grandfather due to the presence of the ambulance in the background (he was in the RAMC).

I now realise that the uniform is not RAMC (no sleeve badge). Someone has placed an X beneath my ancestor (whoever he is) though.

I know it's a very poor image, but can anyone ID the uniform from the cap or lapel badges?

Also any opinions on the location? It appears to be a port somewhere, presumably on the south coast (or could it be France?), so I assume they are about to embark.

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Glamorganshire / 1852 Detailed Street Map of Swansea
« on: Friday 05 April 24 14:40 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to find a copy of the map referred to in this BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-34394749

It seems that the West Glamorgan Archive Service no longer stock it, but does anyone know of somewhere it can be downloaded or if anyone is selling a copy of the CD?

I believe this is it: https://www.swanseashop.co.uk/shop/1852-swansea-local-board-of-health-map-cd/

Edit: It was showing as out of stock, but as soon as I email them it came back in stock. Copy ordered.



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Technical Help / Deleting and Reloading Ancestry Tree - Potential Issues
« on: Tuesday 12 March 24 13:35 GMT (UK)  »
I want to update my Ancestry tree which has got hopelessly out of date with my own tree, which is not GEDCOM compatible (don't ask what format it's in).

Updating it on Ancestry is not very user-friendly, so I have downloaded it as a GEDCOM file and uploaded the file to a free software package which is easy and fast to update, and when complete I intend to delete my current Ancestry tree and upload the new GEDCOM file. I'll also be deleting my trees on FindMyPast and MyHeritage and doing the same there, although I'm not bothered about issues on those sites.

Before I do that I want to be sure of the implications for my Ancestry account (if any). Has anyone done this and were there any major issues to be aware of wrt to (e.g.) DNA matches, etc? I assume that tree and DNA matches will automatically be updated by Ancestry - Is that correct?

FWIW I don't store any documents or photos with the Ancestry tree; it's literally BMD dates per person.


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The Common Room / 1848 Madras India Illegitimate Baptism
« on: Monday 26 February 24 11:35 GMT (UK)  »
I have an 1848 Madras, India baptism record for Ellen Amelia Etridge. She was described as the illegitimate daughter of Charles William Etridge, but no mother's name was given. However, the leftmost column (Said to be Born) contains the information "Born on the 15 April 1848 which I certify Charlotte Capell". Charlotte Capell also appears as a sponsor in the rightmost column. Both other baptism entries on the page are certified by the father (as appears to be the case for those on other pages).

Would Charlotte Capell definitely be the mother or could she be a midwife or some other random person who was present at the birth and was therefore qualified to certify it?

I have only attached scans of the left and right columns, but the original is available on FindMyPast.

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The Common Room / Order of Children in 1695 Will
« on: Thursday 21 December 23 14:12 GMT (UK)  »
Is/was there any convention regarding the order of children in wills?

I have a 1695 will of Ann Greenhill from Chrishall, Essex, the widow of Francis Greenhill, where her four living children are named (Seth, William, Matthew and Elizabeth), and I wondered if that may signify their order of birth, and if so, if males were listed first in order of birth and then females in their own order of birth?

Seth did receive the largest bequest, which makes me think he was probably the eldest (male).

Any ideas?

I have not found the baptism records of any of the children, or the marriage record of Francis and Ann.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Death Certificate Handwriting Help Please
« on: Monday 28 August 23 12:50 BST (UK)  »
I need help with the writing on two death certificates please:

The first is the middle word in the cause of death field. It's "Bronchitis ........... Certified". And in the informant field the name of the informant looks like "Milly B..ton".

The second is a badly aligned two row. I can read "wife of" and "the mark of" in the left and right fields, but can't read the top line of the cause of death. It looks like "D......y from".

Any ideas?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Welsh Addresses 1860-1880
« on: Thursday 10 August 23 13:01 BST (UK)  »
I have two Welsh adresses from New Quay, Cardiganshire birth certificates and cenus returns; I assume they are house names.

To me one looks like Glanrhyd and the other Glaunaut, but the N's and U's in both could be either U or N.

What do you think?

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The Common Room / Missing Birth Registration 1840
« on: Monday 24 July 23 10:21 BST (UK)  »
My gt-gt-grandfather James Greenhill was one of seven children born after 1837 and all of the other births were registered in the Billericay, Essex district. The first two (twins) were born in 1838 and the one after James in 1842. One in 1846 was registered as Male Greenhill (he was later baptised Alfred).

James was baptised in April 1840, but I can't find him in the GRO records (as James or Male Greenhill). I'd be very surprised if he wan't registered though as all the others were. Is it possible that some pages were damaged or destroyed or wrongly transcribed?

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