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I'm in need of some extra opinions please as I'm going round in circles with this - and have been for a few years actually, I keep coming back to it and weighing the possibility up as I want to be absolutely certain.  The first signature is from a marriage record (at roughly the right time, but in the 'wrong' place by 40 miles, though currently looks like the most likely marriage for the couple so far).

The other three signatures are from poor law records that I know he signed as an Overseer at various points.

Is the marriage signature is a good enough match for this one to conclude it was the same individual?  I think it is a really close match except for the loop of the W and the shape of the t's which bothers me.

Would welcome opinions!  Thank you

I purchased the death certificate of my ancestor's sister Susan Hurst from 1840 and found out that she was accidentally burned to death, and it was registered by the coroner.  I'd really like to find out more about this event, but I don't believe the coroner's records for Newmarket have survived. 

I can't find anything about it on any newspapers currently on FindMyPast or Newspapers.com.  Could anyone please suggest which titles might cover the Newmarket area (she died in Cheveley) in 1840?  The Bury Free Press and Newmarket Journal which are good for covering this area didn't start until later. 

Thank you!

I have an ancestor Thomas Yarroll who was apprenticed in 1784 to a tailor Daniel Nicholls of Olney, Buckinghamshire (it appears in the database of county apprenticeship records on Find My Past). I’d really like to try the apprenticeship records in the hope that a parish of origin is included for Thomas. The 1851 census gives his birthplace as St Peter’s, Northamptonshire - there is a possible baptism in Kettering where the parish church was St Peter’s, but I’d like a bit more evidence to be confident in that baptism!

I’ve searched the National Archives catalogue, the Buckinghamshire record office catalogue and the Northamptonshire record office catalogue trying to find this record with no luck. Any ideas where else I could look?

Morning all,

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.  I've recently received my great-granddad's WWII service record, and have found that he was in the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps); I believe he did quite a lot of mechanical work and this was at the time this was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechnical Engineers (REME), so his service record states he initially joined RAOC but as part of the No 4 Training Batallion, but was transferred to REME W.E.1 (not sure about this, I will screenshot) on 3rd October 1942.

The two things we knew about his service were that he was posted to Africa and that he was torpedoed at some point.  So I'd really like to find out more about his service in Africa in 1943 (which looks like it only lasted a matter of months) as I presume the torpedoing event most likely took place on the journey.

Could anyone suggest what the part I have read as WE1 says or stands for, and where I might look to find more information about his service?

Thank you

I've only just started tracing my Wiltshire based branch of the family, so am still getting my head around which resources are where online.  My family lived in West Kington in the early 1800's and 1700's.  There's a gap on Ancestry in the parish registers for the timeframe I'm looking at, I'm trying to find marriages from the 1720's and 1730's but can't find them on Ancestry / FindMyPast / FamilySearch / FreeREG.

I've purchased the FHS transcription of baptisms and burials for West Kington, but am just struggling to locate the marriage registers anywhere.  Was just wondering if they are online anywhere that I haven't seen!

Thanks in advance for any help