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Devon / "Kincora", Torquay
« on: Thursday 29 August 19 09:27 BST (UK)  »
A relative and family lived at Kincora,  which must have been a large house in Torquay, arriving in mid-1880s, until his death in 1923.
Does anyone local know if the house has survived, please?
Ainslie

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United States of America / Needle in haystack? Death details wanted, 1872
« on: Thursday 08 August 19 12:47 BST (UK)  »
A distant connection, Thomas Morris Smith, died in the United States on 12 March 1872, according to an affidavit in family possession.  He had been in Liverpool, UK with relatives at the 1871 census (2 April).
I have no more about him, other than his birth in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland on 7 January 1852.
Is there any central registration system, or would it be necessary to search state by state?

Thanks in advance
Ainslie

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Technical Help / Firefox bookmarks problem
« on: Thursday 01 August 19 18:52 BST (UK)  »
I have used Firefox as my browser for years but have found in the past few days that the page of bookmarks no longer works as it did.
I used to be able to hover the cursor on any of the regularly-used such as Anc, FindMyPast FreeBMD, and click the mouse but now there is no reaction when I click on any of them.
I am using a six-year-old laptop with a cabled mouse which is new but has worked well in the weeks I have had it.
Am I missing out on something, please?  [Non-tech language only in replies.]
Ainslie

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United States of America / U.S. Census online?
« on: Monday 15 July 19 09:51 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for an English-born Frank Shaw, b.1834, living in Boston, Mass. when he married in 1864, but returned to England, probably with his wife and two children after 1881, as they are not in the UK census of 1881.
Are the US censuses between those years online anywhere please?
[I have not given his wife's first name, as it varies according to source, but their daughter was Nina and son Frank junior.]

Ainslie

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United States of America / F.W. Woolworth stores and Liverpool, UK
« on: Friday 28 June 19 09:14 BST (UK)  »
While looking into the history of a house in Liverpool, now demolished, I have found that in the 1920s and 1930s it was occupied by a Mr William H. Brunner, his wife Blanche and a young son, also William.  The elder William was a US citizen and a director of the UK Woolworth business, and the Liverpool branch was the first to be set up over here.

I have been told that the house was bought by the original F.W. Woolworth for his daughter, but I have no way of discovering whether he had a daughter named Blanche. 

If there is anyone who can add to or disprove this story I would be pleased to hear from them.

Ainslie
Liverpool, UK

24
Technical Help / Firefox and Google/Yahoo
« on: Monday 10 June 19 14:14 BST (UK)  »
For a long time I have used Firefox, and on searching it has taken me to Google which I have been happy with.  Firefox searches now take me to Yahoo, and I would rather remain with Google. 
How do I change back?  I am not aware of having requested any changes.
A

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Multiple wedding group, 1861 perhaps f Henry Sampson, Photgrapher, Southport.
« on: Wednesday 05 June 19 11:57 BST (UK)  »
The wedding group on the attached c de v is in an album where very few are named, but some are dated 1861.  This bears the imprint of Henry Sampson, Photographer, Southport.
Opinions on the group are invited.  Was it common to held several weddings, or receptions, together?

The album belonged to my gt-grandfather George H Daglish who lived at Wigan  at the time, and worked at St Helens.

Thanks
Ainslie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / One word in will, 1760s, place near Carlisle
« on: Sunday 26 May 19 19:01 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone please help in reading the placename at the start of the third line down.  It features in the wills of Montague Farrer who died in 1762 and of his son Henry who died a year later.
Thank you
Ainslie

27
Armed Forces / Army Commission, 1734 query
« on: Tuesday 21 May 19 18:18 BST (UK)  »
An article in the Caledonian Mercury of 22 August 1734 interested me.  The main part of the report was familiar, but one phrase stood out.  Here is the full text:
“On Thursday last Captain Farrer, the eldest Captain in the Lord Cadogan’s Regiment of Dragoons, lately the Earl of Stair’s, killed the King’s Head for the post of Major to that Regiment, in the Room of the Earl of Balcarres, one of the Peers for North Britain, promoted some time ago to the Command of a Company in the 3rd Regiment of Guards.”

The phrase I am curious about is in italics above, and I wonder if this was in normal military useage of the period.

Ainslie

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