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Offline JenB

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Re: place name
« Reply #9 on: Friday 13 January 12 11:18 GMT (UK) »
I thought it looked like a y near the end of the place of birth.


That's a 'long s' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s
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Offline geordielass

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Re: place name
« Reply #10 on: Friday 13 January 12 11:45 GMT (UK) »
Thanks JenB,   

Appreciate all the help given,  I have been absent from the group for a while due to heath issues in the family.   Things are stable now .....so back to researching the family tree and try and knock down some brick walls.

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Taylor-Beattie-Coulthard in Cumberland
Ritchie-Wilson -Taylor in Northumberland/Newcastle upon Tyne
Donaldson-Lodge -Day-Tulip in Cumberland/Durham/Northumberland