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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Old motor bike reg'n VS 94
« on: Friday 22 February 19 09:52 GMT (UK)  »
This photo was among a load passed down the family to me.  Any information about the machine and date would be interesting.  No work needed on the image, thanks.

Ainslie

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Photographer: Helsby & Co.
« on: Monday 18 February 19 10:50 GMT (UK)  »
Is anyone able to give dates for "Helsby & Co., Liverpool & Valparaiso" who took a c de v, perhaps in the 1880s.  Liverpool is more likely than South America.
Thank you.

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Armed Forces / Major Pilsworth, 1861
« on: Sunday 27 January 19 17:40 GMT (UK)  »
In an old family album which I have just received, I found a small photo of an army officer with a double line of buttons down the tunic, striped waist belt, sash over left shoulder, sword in hand by left leg, braid at left cuff and down trouser leg, peaked cap on small table.  Written in the lower margin is Major Pilsworth 1861.

The census of that year shows a Mrs Jane Pilsworth in Little Bolton, Lancs, occupation given as “husband a major on full pay”.  My ancestor also lived in Lancashire, but we have no known link with any Pilsworth.

Is anyone able to find more about the major?  I cannot scan the photo as my scanner is out of action and I have no other copying gadget at present.
Thanks
A

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The Common Room / Albums of photographs: disposal?
« on: Sunday 27 January 19 13:05 GMT (UK)  »
I have a number of very heavy, Victorian and Edwardian albums of photographs of family members - unnamed!  Most are of high quality, probably taken by professionals.
Without names or any means of identifying the sitters, is there any point in keeping them, and would anyone such as antique dealers or charity shops be interested?  Views welcome.
A

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Occupation Interests / Marine engineers, 19th century, second half
« on: Wednesday 23 January 19 12:24 GMT (UK)  »
I have found a number of relatives described in censuses and BDM registers as Marine Engineer.  A few I have found were at sea, but others do not seem to appear in survivng MN records.  Could the term apply to shore-based engineers, such as in ship repairing?
A

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Directory look-up request please, 1945-1963
« on: Tuesday 22 January 19 14:42 GMT (UK)  »
I have found electoral roll entries for James R. MEIKLE from 1945 to 1963 at 16 Dalby Street, St Pancras, and in the 1939 register he was at 21 Dickenson St, also St Pancras.
If the directories give his occupation, it would help me to decide if he is the man I am looking for.

Many thanks
ainslie

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Other Countries / Elizabeth Meikle, nee Williams, Liverpool UK and Rangoon, Burma round 1900
« on: Friday 18 January 19 12:19 GMT (UK)  »
An online passenger list for ss Rangoon, leaving UK for Rangoon in June 1899, shows a Mr & Mrs Meikle in  cabin class.
In November 1900 her husband, James Robert Meikle, is on a list for the same vessel, his status given as 'single'.  His death and burial are recorded at Rangoon in January 1901, which must have been soon after arrival.
I have failed to find anything, using Ancestry and FindMyPast, about the wife after this 1899 departure and would welcome any suggestions.  She was born in Liverpool about 1855 and married there in 1875.  There were six chaildren born between 1876 and 1883.
Thanks in advance.
Ainslie


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US Completed Requests / 1922 publication: "Current History"
« on: Friday 28 December 18 11:47 GMT (UK)  »
This may be a folorn hope, but if there is any Rootschatter able to search for a printed journal article it would be a great help.

In 1922 Francis Blyth Kirby was quoted in ‘Current History’, vol 15, p.1063 (published in NY, USA) as a member of a British engineering concern in Vladivostok, and he was also author of an article on the Far Eastern Republic at Chita published in the same journal in June 1921.
 
Either or both of these would be of great interest.

Many thanks in advance, and a very Happy New Year!

Ainslie


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Technical Help / Using quick reply on iPad.
« on: Wednesday 26 December 18 16:22 GMT (UK)  »
When I try to reply to a post when on my iPad, using the quick reply area on the screen, I cannot get the message to transmit, but if I use the full reply method it is usually ok.
I am sure this is a recent problem.  Has anyone else found the same?
This does not apply when I use the laptop.
A

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