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Offline familysearcher

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helpful or what?
« on: Friday 05 June 09 11:43 BST (UK) »
just got a marriage certificate for gg grandparents

shows ggggrandfathers as --  Hugh Hughes and William Williams

one of the witnesses was Thomas Thomas!

aaaaagh............
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Lewis - Glamorgan/Monmouthshire
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Re: helpful or what?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 05 June 09 20:08 BST (UK) »
That is quite funny although I appreciate it must be frustrating for you.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday 05 June 09 20:28 BST (UK) »
I've got a Robert Roberts and a John Jones  ::)


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« Reply #3 on: Friday 05 June 09 20:46 BST (UK) »
It depends how many Hugh Hughes, William Williams and Thomas Thomas there were in that village at that time.  You might think it a lot easier to research Thomas Harland married to Jane but there were three such couples in Chester le Street about 1800.

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« Reply #4 on: Friday 05 June 09 22:28 BST (UK) »
I have an Alexander Alexander.

Why would any parent do that? ???
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 06 June 09 10:50 BST (UK) »
Pure thoughtlessness or perhaps deliberate cruelty - have you read Catch 22, which includes the tragic  (fictional) story of Major Major Major.

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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 11 June 09 17:48 BST (UK) »
re catch 22 - i had but had forgotten!

maybe this would be a good challenge to put in the lighter lighter side - the funniest/or most unlikely double name!
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« Reply #7 on: Friday 12 June 09 13:39 BST (UK) »
Quote from: familysearcher on Thursday 11 June 09 17:48 BST (UK)
maybe this would be a good challenge to put in the lighter lighter side - the funniest/or most unlikely double name!

One of my ancestors was called Usher Back which i find quite amusing
CHERRY - Northamptonshire
BOATWRIGHT - Norfolk/Northampton/Alderney
HERIVEL - Alderney
OLLIVIER - Alderney
BACK - Alnwick/Norfolk/Sussex
BURTON - Northamptonshire
COLLINS - Northamptonshire
HADDON - Northamptonshire
TURNER - Buckinghamshire
REEVE - Northamptonshire
STONE - Norfolk
RICH - Buckinghamshire
HINKS - Northamptonshire

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« Reply #8 on: Friday 12 June 09 18:08 BST (UK) »
My GG-Grandmother's father was called David Johnston and she married John Davidson !  I do sometimes get mixed up with them........


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