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Nottinghamshire / Re: John Smith of Nottinghamshire
« on: Monday 08 July 24 17:54 BST (UK)  »
Thanks SS. I think you might be looking at a different John Smith (not difficult!) The one I'm after was married to Keziah and she was widowed by 1861.  In 1851 his birthplace is given as Nottingham and then a 4 or 5 letter word. The enumerator doesn't use 'shire' after his county names and puts the county before the parish, so it suggests the second word is a separate parish or a part of Nottingham itself. I can't remember if this site allows snippets of census entries to be posted or not so I didn't include an image.

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Nottinghamshire / John Smith of Nottinghamshire
« on: Monday 08 July 24 17:21 BST (UK)  »
In the 1851 census for St Mary, Leicester there is a John Smith born in Nottinghamshire, aged 51 (HO 107/2090, f.635r). He's said to be born in Nottingham and then what looks like 'Hamer'. This doesn't appear to be a place in Notts so could someone with local knowledge suggest where the place of birth could be?

Many thanks
Ruth

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Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials / Re: Cleaning up photos of documents
« on: Sunday 26 March 23 00:25 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you very much indeed, Peter. That's made far more of an improvement than I imagined possible! No luck with the precise date of birth on the second page, but much of the rest of it is easier to interpret. Thanks again!

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Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials / Re: Cleaning up photos of documents
« on: Saturday 25 March 23 21:44 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Peter. This is the card I'm interested in. As you can see it's a really poor image. I assume the microfilm images are as bad themselves, but perhaps returning to them might give me something better to work with.

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Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials / Cleaning up photos of documents
« on: Saturday 25 March 23 18:41 GMT (UK)  »
Are there any specific tips for removing noise from a document scanned from a NARA microfilm where the black writing is partially obscured by shadows? Apparently the original records have been destroyed, but someone has indexed information from this record which I can't read for myself so I wonder if it can be made clearer. I've tried importing into a photo program and sharpening, but it's still far from readable.  Thank you.

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Nottinghamshire / Re: NFHS Journal request
« on: Thursday 01 September 22 18:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi nottsgirl1.  Thank you so much for the offer but no need now. Another kind member of this wonderful forum has kindly sent me through a copy today. Now to work out which line of descent ends with me! And yes, that James does look like one of the children, especially with that occupation - although there are some music masters and a parish clerk as well as the horse dealers.

And thank you again larkspur. I've seen a photo of a whole line of quite short gravestones of the family on Ancestry, but it's not really possible to read them. If you are passing that way, a close up of James Blagg's (d.1819) stone in particular would be very welcome - but please don't go out of your way :)

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Nottinghamshire / Re: NFHS Journal request
« on: Monday 29 August 22 13:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks larkspur.  I have those and I've just pieced together the 14 children of his eldest son too - a prolific bunch!

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Nottinghamshire / Re: NFHS Journal request
« on: Sunday 28 August 22 18:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi BumbleB - I had thought about that, but they don't sell old copies of the journal in their online shop and don't particularly encourage enquiries on their website, so I thought I try helpful Rootschatters first.

And thanks jonw65. That's where I saw the information about the Blagg article and I had the burial information, thanks. I hadn't seen the death notice though. I was planning to try to track all descendants as he's a common DNA ancestor via a mystery ancestor of mine - so the 65 children and grandchildren info is a bit of a blow!!


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Nottinghamshire / NFHS Journal request
« on: Sunday 28 August 22 15:51 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone have the Nottinghamshire Family History Society journal Vol.7 No.7 (Apr 1993)? I'd love to get a copy of an article on pages 34-35 about the death of James Blagg of East Markham and I can't locate a copy of the journal.

Many thanks if you're able to help.


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