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Buckinghamshire / Re: The White House Soulbury
« on: Wednesday 18 June 25 16:28 BST (UK)  »
You're welcome - I often find that looking for a local history society or parish website finds sources of information that turns out to be very useful.


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Buckinghamshire / Re: The White House Soulbury
« on: Tuesday 17 June 25 17:47 BST (UK)  »
Have you seen this: https://soulburyparish.co.uk/history/ - there might be something useful there.

Also try Leighton Buzzard Local History Society https://www.lbdahs.org.uk/ as they may have some local knowledge to help you.

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Northamptonshire / Re: Mary Loveridge – Birth/ Baptism Record
« on: Tuesday 17 June 25 17:42 BST (UK)  »
It seems that this is probably the end of this particular line of research especially if Mary turns out to be of Romany extraction.

There is a lot of information available about the Romany and other Traveller families - just do the research in the same way you would research a member of the settled community.

See if you can find a copy of My Ancestors were Gypsies (a SOG publication) in a library and have a read.

Also have a look at the Romany and Traveller Family History Society website for some more helpful advice - make sure you look at the free records section.

Loveridge is a well know Romany surname and there is probably someone out there who is researching the same family as you.

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The Common Room / Re: Definition of adulterer/adulteress
« on: Tuesday 17 June 25 17:08 BST (UK)  »
If you can find a copy of Prof Rebecca Probert's books about the law and marriage

Marriage Law for Genealogists and Divorced, Bigamist and Bereaved

you might find the definitive answer to your question


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The Common Room / Re: SHELERT surname - a mishearing?
« on: Tuesday 17 June 25 16:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks very much everyone for all of the above.

I have Oliver Lee's line - I'm helping an older person with their family history - so now need to do these "SHELERTs" - lots of work as someone said to follow throgh on these.

Once again many thanks

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The Common Room / SHELERT surname - a mishearing?
« on: Sunday 15 June 25 16:42 BST (UK)  »
Elizabeth Shelert, father's name Cecil, marries Oliver Lee Dec Q1876 Gateshead RD.

I can't find Cecil nor anyone else with the surname Shelert - anyone any thoughts on what it could be a mishearing of?

I thought maybe Shelter but that's not finding Cecil or Elizabeth for me.

It kind of sounds like Shallot (as in those small onions or the Lady of Shallot) but that's not finding me lots of people with the surname either.


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Travelling People / Re: Romani people on the Virginia Peninsula
« on: Thursday 22 May 25 16:23 BST (UK)  »
Google "Romanies in Virginia" and have a look at what that finds to see if that gives you some useful information.

One of the finds from the search was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_Americans

Prof Ian Hancock is an expert on Romanies in the US and there's this article by him in a recent Travellers Times: https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/when-did-romanies-first-arrive-america

I can't remember where it is but one of the big libraries in the US holds a good collection of books about the community.

You might also find this of interest: https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/traveller-languages-american-roads-ian-hancock

Hope this is of help.

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Travelling People / Re: Please help? Are these traveller names?
« on: Thursday 22 May 25 16:11 BST (UK)  »
I looked in Bob Dawson's Romany in the Family which is a good starting point when looking at potential Traveller surnames and he lists Avery but not Gribble.

The reference is 1847 GLS which I think means he's seen a written instance of Avery in Gloucestershire in 1847 where the context identifies the person as being a member of the Traveller community.

Bristol was in Gloucestershire and Somerset so your Bristol reference is looking good.

If you can find a copy of My Ancestors Were Gypsies by Sharon Sillers Floate in a library I'd suggest having a read of that to give you some ideas as to what you are looking for in relation to this Avery family.

I googled "avery 1847 gloucestershire" and it found a number of things so try that and have a look and see if any of those give you any useful information.

One of them was https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/learning-for-all/online-exhibitions/i-didnt-know-you-had-that/ which appears to have one Avery reference but I haven't read it.

You need to do a family tree for Hester (may also be written as Est(h)er) Avery and follow her siblings too to see if you can find any more evidence of Traveller ancestry.

Hope this helps.


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Please help me find my great great grandmother!
« on: Saturday 22 March 25 15:35 GMT (UK)  »
Is Horence actually Florence?

I've corrected instances where a transcription had Horence but the original clearly shows Florence.

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