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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: susan willis on Monday 09 August 10 20:29 BST (UK)
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i am trying to find any web sites with BMDs and census if there are any for bermuda. been on the net for days and come up with nothing but dead ends, and one site that tells me what records the library has in bermuda, great if i lived there. im really stuck i have Axxxxxry but all they have is passenger records although they do advertise bermuda records, i cannot find them. any help would be great, heres hoping.
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hi susan, have a go on the lds site its world wide,you can type in bermuda , sorry forgot to say welcome to rootschat,eva.
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hi, tried that they only have the same passenger lists as anxxxxry. no BMDS which is what im looking for, or possibly census. thanks for looking though.
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There are links for Bermuda here:
http://www.cyndislist.com/caribbean.htm
Which leads to this site-
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bmuwgw/bermuda.htm
According to a reference book I have, census took place there 1891, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1960. Registrar-General as records (presumably BMD from 1866).
It's quote possible that very little information is available online.
P.S. you are allowed to type the name 'Ancestry.'
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thanks for that.ive already been on the roots chat one and left messages, but not cyndis list as i didnt think they would do bermuda, ive tried everything i can think of, from what i have read i gathered that they had been census for bermuda but as to where the records are kept??. someone did suggest on ancestry to try the west indies, but just the same , virtually no information. think i need to have a rethink where to go next.
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could we have some names for the people you are looking for you never know -they just be found
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Unfortunately the answer is that there is no significant Bermudian vital records information available to search online.
See http://www.bnl.bm/admin/uploads/Bermuda%20History%204%20Genealogy.pdf for a research guide from the Bermuda National Library.
A good source of vital events in portable form is C.F.E. Hollis Hallett's Bermuda Index 1784-1914: an index of births, marriages, deaths, as recorded in Bermuda newspapers. You may be able to find someone online who has a copy and is able to do lookups.
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im doing this tree for my best freind, oh boy wish i had never started. the info i have as follows:
frederick g virtue b bermuda
his son harold virtue married a leila turini both born bermuda leila in about 1901/2.
they had three children
harold louis virtue b.1926 bermuda died 2004 in liverpool
** virtue
** virtue married a ** briggs believed still living in bermuda
have found some records of them on the passenger lists , but there are a few virtues/ turinis, so bit difficult to connect them without source information. i found a tree on ancestry that im sure is a connection but no reply to my sent message.
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Is this the message you found?
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.virtue/130/mb.ashx
(NB take care not to give identifying information about living or possibly-living people on these boards, in accordance with Rootschat policy).
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no, the message i sent was via ancestry for a tree that came up with virtue connections, but the message you came across looks like a match so thanks for that, ive sent a message back fingers crossed. hopefully something will come of it. feel like im going round in circles with this one will try and get some info on the bermuda indexs. thanks you have been a great help.
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Hi Susan,
St George's Baptisms.
Father Mother Year Comment
Frederick George Virtue Robert Mary Frances 11 July 1852 Convict Guard
Mary Alicia " " 22 Jan 1854
Edward George " " 24 May 1857
Emma Alice Cassandra " " 28 Aug 1859
Theresa Reddy " " 15 Mar 1863
Mary Ethel Virtue Frederick George Ada Constance 19 Jul 1881 Hotelkeeper
Frank Robert " " 28 Dec 1882
Frederick Lawrence Gordon " " 21 Jun 1885
Herbert Arthur " " 8 Jan 1887
John Harvey " " 21 Aug 1889
Roy Appleby " " 13 Sept 1891
Ivy Theresa " " 23 Oct 1893
Eric Willoughby " " 11 Mar 1896
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Sorry Susan not enough room for them all, I recently went to bermuda tracing my wife's tree, and brought a disc on church register's, I hope this all helps your reserch.
Marriage's
Robert Virtue--- Mary Frances Readdy 24 May 1851 St George's Parish
Frederick George Virtue---Ada Constance Appleby May 1880 St George's Parish he was 28yrs and she 22
Ethel Mary Virtue--- Frederick Horace Taylor 26 Oct 1904 he was a sgt in the AOC
Death's
Robert Virtue 24yrs 1 Sept 1853 Yellow Fever
( No Name) Virtue %yrs 25 dec 1887
Regards. Ronniebear.
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thank you so so much for the info, im doing this tree for my best freind who is a virtue and knows nothing of her family although her sisters have been to bermuda , they never had any inclination to do a tree and my freind knowing i do geneology asked me to do hers, oh boy what a head buster its proving to be. no info anywhere. can i be a bit cheeky and ask if you come up with any turini,s especially a leila turini born about 1901 in bermuda she married a harold virtue, no idea when but their son was born in 1929.again thank you for the info very much appreciated suex
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Hi there, I'm new to the site having just found an ancestor who was born in Bermuda in about 1829, her name was Elizabeth Niles, father James, mother Susan. This has really surprised me as they were obviously a poor family from Plymouth UK. Can anyone tell me the reason why they might have ended up so far from home? They were living back in Plymouth by 1841. Am I able to find out anymore from official records, and if so, how? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Hi Susan,
All I could find of the Turini's was as follows.
Antonio Turini --Ernestine Florence Outerbridge on 20 June 1888 in St George's Parish.
Angela Ernestine Turini--Robert Eveson Hill Canton on 30 April 1913 in St George's Parish.
Hope this is of some help.
Ronniebear.
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thank you ever so for the info, sorry i never got back had no internet for over a week,just back on. could i ask where abouts in bermuda you got the cds with the records on. there is nothing on the internet re bermuda family history. its a nightmare, the only thing ive got to go on really is the passenger lists on ancestry.but they are only ok if you know who you are looking for haha. sue
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i have just been reading the boards about the virtues, and turinis leila turini born in 1901 is my nan and her last child born in 1926 is my father *
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i have so much information about how the virtues ended up in bermuda.... originally from hull and plymouth uk
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Hi Emzy, I'm afraid I know nothing of the Virtues & turinis, as I was just looking up some bits for Susan, but it seems that she hasn't been on line since sept 2011.
All the information that I found I put on line, but if there is anything else that you wish to know from Bermuda, I will try and find out for you.
Ronniebear
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hi ronniebear, i just replied to the post as its my family she was asking about, leila turini is my nan and harold virtue is my dad.... i dont need any information on the family as ive got everything i need to know, thankyou for your fast reply....:)
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hi
my looking for information on the Virtue's in Bermuda. My grandmother was Ivy T Virtue
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ivy theresa virtue is up with the other virtues on the board... fred virtue was her father. he was my dads grandad.... his son was born a few years after ivy so isnt on the board is name was harry or harold thats ivys younger brother which is my grandad... which makes fred virtue my great grandad there stands a statue of fred virtue in a museum in bermuda they are from hamilton in bermuda.
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hi
harry john virtue married leila turini in June 1921 he was born in may1 1889.some of the names and
dates are wrong on the broad.looking for information be four Robert virtue
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Fred&Ada married July 29 1880
Mary Ethel born June 14 1881
Robert frank Sept.16 1882
Fred Gordon Sept.16 1884
Herbert arther Jan. 8 1887
harry john may 1 1889
Roy apple by April 6 1891
ivy Teresa Aug. 14 1893
Eric willoughby DEC 6 1895
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leila turini is my grandmother born 1st august 1901 harry john is my grandfather...we have carried the family name leila on with a sister and a niece. my nan leila died in 1992 her husband harry died at quite a young age i believe.. leila and harrys children was virginia,june harry and harold( harry and harold are two differnt names in bermuda)
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hi my grandmother Lvy Harry Victue sister named her two Gordon&Harry after her bothers. Looking for information on Robert Virtue know he died in 1853 of yellow fever.was he born in Bermuda or England and his parents names I think the Virtue came Franc.
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Just a possibility for your Robert Virtue. Discharged by purchase from Royal Artillery in 1851.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C12388074
Per the 1841 census he was a a couple of years younger than the army record suggests - aged 12 then so that would fit with age 24 in 1853
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1841 Spring Row, Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire - all born Yorkshire except for Robert senior
Robert Virtue age 50 born Scotland Gardener
Mary 35
Ellen 15
Robert 12
Francis 10
Mary 7
Caroline 5
John 2
Samuel 4 months
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hi thank you for the information
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Hello;
Any help would be greatly appreciated looking for any information on "Rosamond Only" b. ~1863 Bermuda, Married "William Ryan Wallace" b 1856 Nova Scotia. 1st child "Charles Ryan Wallace" b 1886 Bermuda. Family went to Nova Scotia 1886/7.
Wayne
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Hi Wayne,
Just seen your post, I have looked up Rosamond on the disc I have on Bermuda, she is on there as "Rosamond Catherine Louise Only, a spinster from St Georges Parish and Married William Wallace also from St Georges Parish, they were married on 11th April 1885, she was 27 and he was 21.
There are quite a few Only on the disc, and some of them are classed as coloured, if you would like me to send them to you maybe you could send me your email address as there might not be enough room on here.
Regards Ron.
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Hi Ronniebear;
Thank you very much, she has been a dead end for me here in Nova Scotia. Any further information you have on the "Only" name in Bermuda would be appreciated.
Cheers
Wayne
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Hi Wayne,
My mother knew Aunt Rosamond. I am not sure what sort of information your are looking for. I can just give you general information. Four grown children: Charles (nm), moved out west (BC?), Myrtle, lived in Ontario, Blanche (m. Albert Wofson), lived in Grosse Pointe MI (no children) and Hazel (m. Bruce Lowe) (also no children).
Erik