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Thank you so much Ciderdrinker 

I was hoping it was Levi! As you say, a little more imaginative with the first name.

Regards

Karen

Hello
 I was hoping someone had access to the records of St Thomas Dudley and could find the name of Thomas's father on the marriage cert.
According to FamilySearch Thomas Jones married Elizabeth Harrison 14th February 1875 at St Thomas Dudley.

Thank you in advance 

Karen

Hello
I've recently completed a Family Tree DNA test using their 'Family Finder.' In my matches there is one where we have 63 shared centimorgans with a 42 long block at chromosome 5-this has placed the match as 2-4 cousin range.

The 42 block is by far the longest block I have. I have been able to find a ancestor link with a match where we shared 74 centimorgans with the longest block of 18 so 42 seems quite significant. unfortunately there is no family tree to compare and she would only give a few surnames via email. One of my grandfathers and a great grandmother was illegitimate so this could be an link.

Is it worth contacting her further with the illegitimate lines in mind or is a block of 42 not as impressive as I first thought?!

Thanks for reading my rambles 

Just to say I recently found an ancestor in Burntwood Asylum. Stafford records office were very helpful. I found his name on the lunacy register and emailed the office asking about documentation. They were happy to email me with date of admission and (in my case) his death. They gave me the index to the records and when I booked an appointment they found out what I wanted and had it ready when I turned up
There was an admission book which gave basic info of name, age, address, why admitted and next of kin or person of contact. The patient book was my ancestor's case note-very interesting and worth a visit.

Thanks for the added information- I'll look at that on FindMyPast. I'm on Ancestry too so it's been great to cross check info. To be honest, until the NLI Catholic Regs were released I knew very little before the Fogarty/Parkinson marriage in Liverpool-It's my husband's family line so I suppose I've been fairly relaxed about following it when I have brick walls on my own side Still it's nice to follow Irish ancestry-my own ancestors have been English on all sides since (at least)the 1600s!