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Family History Beginners Board / Re: IHGS Correspondence Course
« on: Tuesday 10 June 14 13:36 BST (UK)  »
 :)Hi - and thanks for your message.  I do agree with you, there should be more local courses available and I'm very surprised, with the amount of publicity genealogy receives these days, that there aren't.  When I first signed up to the IHGS, it was the only establishment I could find that ran an accredited course.  The reason I signed up was that initially, I was looking for a researcher to do some digging for me in Dublin Archives so I approached the local Dublin library and they sent me a list of researchers.  I asked them "how do I know who to choose?" and they replied "Well, as there aren't any formal qualifications in the subject, its just a matter of pot luck!" - I then started to look around and tried local colleges, the Open University, Sheffield Universities, anywhere I could think of and the IHGS was the only course I could find.  I'll probably be sitting the exam again next year, as I know I made some silly mistakes on the paper, but really do feel I want to do this - for myself. 
Have a fabulous day.  Theresa

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Family History Beginners Board / IHGS Correspondence Course
« on: Tuesday 10 June 14 10:18 BST (UK)  »
 :)Hi - I've just completed the IHGS (Intstitute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies) 24 module course, and recently sat the exam for the Higher Certificate.  I would just like to say to anyone contemplating this that I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone looking for in-depth information to either further their own research, or begin a career in Genealogy.  I'm the former, genealogy has been an eye-opener for myself and an experience that I wish I had found years earlier.  I have discovered that, far from my original feelings that my ancestor's must have been on the drab side (I only ever knew my mother and grandmother, who always believed they were staunch Welsh, but were astounded to find out they had Irish and Scottish ancestors).  This through many discoveries via the IHGS course.    In fact, I'd go so far as to say the course has changed my life and having learned so much about my ancestors I now see things in a different light.  Of course, it has its monotonous parts which take some sifting through, but looking at the bigger picture, I am truly thankful I embarked upon it.  The back up and professionalism (not to mention patience in my case) of the staff are excellent.  It took me around 6 years to complete the course (work kept getting in the way) and, thankfully for me, I felt no pressure at all to pick up a module until I felt ready.  So if you are serious about genealogy, I can't recommend this course highly enough.  best regards, Theresa :D

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Armed Forces / Re: 25th Regiment of Foot 1798 - 1841
« on: Friday 17 January 14 12:57 GMT (UK)  »
 Thank you Ken.  I was unaware of that.  He seems to have been incredibly lucky to have survived at all after 25 years service that must have been quite an achievement.

thanks again, any input gratefully received!
Theresa

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Armed Forces / Re: 25th Regiment of Foot 1789
« on: Friday 17 January 14 10:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ken - many thanks for your reply, greatly appreciated.  His name is William Tennant, b1768 and the problem is I don't know where!  His Chelsea record states "Abbey, Suffolk" but that disagrees with all that I know of this family which we always believed were inherently Scottish.  Besides that, there is no such place as Abbey, Suffolk - having made exhaustive enquiries, and commissioning research at Suffolk Record Office who confirmed that.  I had an idea if I could discover where he signed up, it might be an indication of his birthplace.  The KOSB Museum sent me the following information about his service but they had no further data on where he was born:

10.2.1789 - 24.6.1796         25th Regiment of Foot [KOSB]
25.6.1796 - 24.12. 1801      53rd Regiment of Foot [53rd (Shropshire) Regt. of Foot; later, 1881, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and, 1968, 3rd Bn. The Light Infantry]
25.12.1801 - 24.6.1802       1st Garrison Battalion [an Invalid battalion]
25.6.1802 - 24.8.1808         26th Regiment of Foot [The Cameronians or Scottish Rifles; disbanded 1968]
25.8.1808 - 1.10.1808         2nd Garrison Battalion [an Invalid battalion]
2.10.1808 - 12.8.1814         9th Royal Veteran Battalion [an Invalid Battalion]
 
3 years' service in the West Indies is noted between 24.5.1794 and 2.2.1801.

A big thank you for your time, greatly appreciated. :)

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Armed Forces / Re: 25th Regiment of Foot 1789
« on: Friday 17 January 14 08:46 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - can anyone tell me where the 25th Regiment of Foot was stationed on or around 10th February, 1789 please?  I am trying to ascertain where my ancestor came from but the only information I can find is a Chelsea Pension record which states he joined the regiment on that date - there seems to be no attestation papers for him, just discharge. 
many thanks
Theresa

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Aberdeenshire / Re: milne, mitchell, williamson, cameron clan
« on: Thursday 07 March 13 16:10 GMT (UK)  »
PS - I forgot to mention, my maternal ancestors were Tennants, also from Dundee and St Andrews.

Theresa

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Aberdeenshire / Re: milne, mitchell, williamson, cameron clan
« on: Thursday 07 March 13 16:09 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - several of the surnames in your message look familiar to me.  My ancestors were Thomas Tennant, b1815 in Stirling who married Amelia Mill (sometimes written Milne) Watson (also b1815).  Amelia's mother was Elizabeth Mitchell, of Dundee who married George Watson.  There are several children involved and if you think there's a link I'll be happy to send you the full tree.  I'm still working on it. 
Theresa

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Berwickshire / Re: William Tennant 1768-? - 25th Foot Regiment 1789
« on: Thursday 07 March 13 16:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - I'm trying to discover where my ancestor, William Tennant was born.  His Chelsea Pension record gave me a surprise as I believed this family to be inherently Scots bred.  The record states he was born in "Abbey, Suffolk" however, after exhaustive enquiries, no such place exists.  William was born 1768 and signed up with the 25th Foot Regiment in 1789 whom he was with for 26 years, throughout various regiments.  My question is, which might help, "Where were the 25th Foot Battalion stationed in 1789?"  Where would he have signed up?  The Chelsea Pension record says William was illiterate, so would not have known what was written.  He married Jean McAllum in Stirling in 1803 and then was stationed in the Orkney's from 1809 as his first 3 children were born there, and then he returned back to Stirling where my ancestor was born in 1815.  Can anyone help please?  Thank you for your time.
Trish.

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Stirlingshire / Re: WilliamTennant - any suggestions gratefully received!
« on: Tuesday 29 January 13 15:23 GMT (UK)  »
 ??? Hi - I discovered the Chelsea Pension record for my ancestor William Tennant (father of Thomas Tennant, b1815 in Stirling).  According to the Pension record, William was born c1768 in "Abbey, Suffolk" - however, after many enquiries,  no such place exists.  What I know of him, he married Jean McAllum in the Holy Rude Church, Stirling in 1803.   He signed up in 1789 and the first battalion he was with was the 25th Foot Battalion (which later became the King's Own Scottish Borderers).  I have been in touch with the KOSB who remarkably, have much old documentation relating to these old soldiers - however, their data starts from November 1796 - and William was with them a little earlier in June the same year - so they didn't have anything to help.  He subsequently moved from Stirling and had 3 children in the Orkney Isles in 1809 (John); 1811 (Arthur) and 1913 (Mary Ann) and then must have gone back to Stirling where his fourth child was born (Thomas).  Peculiarly, I can find no information on William or his wife Jean, or any of the three children born in the Orkneys, no record of their death, no census information at all - its like the family disappear after Thomas's birth in 1815.  Can anyone help please?
thank you very much for your time, its appreciated.  Theresa

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