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Title: Algers in Diss Suffolk
Post by: Mooncoin on Monday 24 July 23 11:03 BST (UK)

Hello , I am looking for Algers in Diss Suffolk , or anyone from Diss or Dickleburgh that is or is related to an Alger.
I have managed to trace my Ancestry back to the late 1600’s , however research starts to get very difficult from this point for obvious reasons .
What I am certain of is my Grt x7 Granfather Robert Alger 1779-1846 Cambridge ….died Ashton under Lyne .
His father John Alger 1743 1804 m Mary Adams 1738 - ?
Thomas Alger 1703-1746 Diss
Do you have any family connection or know anything about the Alger family please contact me .
Thank you

Title: Re: Algers in Diss Suffolk
Post by: Rena on Monday 24 July 23 16:25 BST (UK)

Diss is in the English county of Norfolk, England.

I'm following different Norfolk surnames but I do like this old website (below), which includes old hearth tax information,.  It lists many surnames and I see that both "Alger" and "Algar" are listed.  There might be other mis-transcribed surnames too but I haven't looked for those.

http://doun.org/transcriptions/surnames.php

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NFK/indexpars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk

Title: Re: Algers in Diss Suffolk
Post by: Mooncoin on Monday 24 July 23 17:56 BST (UK)

Thank you that is so interesting I had never even heard of a Hearth tax.

Alger is actually a Viking name, my DNA gives 64% Viking which is a significant number . Agnes Alger was my grandmother , the last of the Algers in my family , and I am 100% certain now they originated in Diss .

Any more information would be wonderful.

Title: Re: Algers in Diss Suffolk
Post by: Rena on Tuesday 25 July 23 20:22 BST (UK)

William the Conqueror (William of Normandy) invaded England in 1066 - in 1068 he had men travelling all around the country making a list of the villages and hamlets and also menof importance and who owned land.

These lists are in the "Domesday Book" - commonly known in the UK as "The Doomsday Book"

Entering the surname Algar shows that there is one spelling of the surname depicting people with the surname ALGAR:-

https://opendomesday.org/name/


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Title: Re: Algers in Diss Suffolk
Post by: Ili1133 on Tuesday 25 July 23 21:54 BST (UK)

Have you looked through the records held in the Norfolk Record Office? There are quite a few wills, administrations and marriage licence bonds for Alger/Algar of Diss, Bressingham and Dickleburgh indexed, including 17th century wills, which may help you sort out family relationships. You can access a lot of the documents through Family Search.

Title: Re: Algers in Diss Suffolk
Post by: trish1120 on Thursday 27 July 23 11:08 BST (UK)

May I ask how you know Robert was born Cambridgeshire?

1841 he is just not born in County of Lancs and as did not live until 1851 his pob it is hard to confirm.

Trish :)