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Family History Beginners Board / What does "Certificate" on a English burial record mean?
« on: Saturday 30 January 16 00:25 GMT (UK)  »
I have found a burial which may be my ancestor. The cemetery is the Gibraltar Burying Ground, Bethnal Green. The date of burial is 23 June, 1818.
Next to the entry, in the left-hand margin are the following notations:
Certificate 12/2/19, initialled
under that is
Ditto 11/11/29, initialled

Would anyone know what those notes mean? I have attached a picture.
Thanks


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Deciphering handwriting on burial record
« on: Tuesday 10 June 14 09:18 BST (UK)  »
Dear Bumblebee - I don't know what I did, but I had looked in FreeBDM earlier, anyway, have found it now.
Dear Nanny, yes I think you are right.

Thanks to both of you for your trouble.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Deciphering handwriting on burial record
« on: Tuesday 10 June 14 08:37 BST (UK)  »
I found burial records of what looks like Elizabeth and Ralph Sawkill (see attached). However, I can't find any other records for them and I think the first letter of their surname is not "S"? When I look at the record of the person buried after Elizabeth, he has a surname which starts with a capital "S" and that "S" is written differently to the first letter of Elizabeth's surname. BUT, when I look at Ralph's page, there is Elizabeth Storrow on the same page (two above him) and her "S" looks like his "S".
I have tried a number of variations, but no success. Can anyone advise what the first letter of their surname is?

Very grateful for any assistance!

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Shropshire Lookup Requests / Re: Benthall lookup: Powel or Powell christenings
« on: Saturday 17 August 13 23:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Thanks for those replies. I was after confirmation of the christenings. The family listed in the 1841 census is the one I am interested in. Thomas is the father.
Best wishes

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Shropshire Lookup Requests / Benthall lookup: Powel or Powell christenings
« on: Saturday 17 August 13 12:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Wondered if anyone could look up the following children of Richard and Sarah POWEL (POWELL):
Richard, about 1820;
Emma, about 1826
Thomas, about 1829
Rebecca, about 1832.

Thanks very much.

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Scotland / Re: HUTTON in Scotland
« on: Sunday 11 December 11 09:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ian
Well, let's cross our fingers Lin (I thought "Lin" was masculine!!) can get there at some stage.
Unless I win the lottery, in which case, I am on the first plane to London!! :-)
Hope the Scotch went down well.

 

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Scotland / Re: HUTTON in Scotland
« on: Wednesday 23 November 11 22:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ian
If I do find anything I will certainly let you know. It is a while since I looked at him, but from memory, my next step was to hire a researcher to look in the National Archives. I did a couple of quick searches, but it looked very expensive, and so I put it on hold for the moment. I hope to do a bit of research over the holidays, so if anything surfaces, I will get in touch.
Best wishes
Is it too early for "Merry Christmas"?


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Scotland / Re: HUTTON in Scotland
« on: Wednesday 08 June 11 00:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Lin, Thanks for your replies. I did find your posts on the coastguard website and it was someone from that group who originally put me onto the ADM 175/77. I am not sure where to go from here, I can't find his death, his wife re-married in 1847 (from memory) as a widow and I can't find his birth. I think my next step will have to be getting a researcher to go to the National Archives. I am in Sydney, the dream is to do it myself, but that trip is a long way away!  Good luck with your research, as I said before, I will let you know if I find anything.

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Scotland / Re: HUTTON in Scotland
« on: Wednesday 01 June 11 22:39 BST (UK)  »
Dear Lin
Thanks for replying, very disappointing to hear the Royal Dragoons may be wrong, genealogy is hard enough without false information!  Any information you may eventually recover will be gratefully received, if I manage to find anything I will pass it on to you.
Best wishes
Anne

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