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Technical Help / Re: USB charger
« on: Monday 17 November 25 23:58 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Kiltaglassan on Tuesday 11 November 25 09:47 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Jo6100 on Tuesday 11 November 25 08:41 GMT (UK)
As a side note, I have found these type of adapters useful as we seem to have more usb plugs than usb-c
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Charger-Connector-Mini-Led-Generation-Black/dp/B07Z662186/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=24O0JK0GPOPBO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JK_8XNchMGCLDpEI2rH-XmArH-OK1FgKNCc3X6bOABB1LCKD27qgTSSE56KTad9GkFylcri_M8LDm13DCey5BqtySt3nOVHxMGN7EpacBTPMNtPP_JEyC1aK6mzaIYJYoToxt_D58ZW-wP3x_cTlSzr3ghKLVlcHBrADcf7NO1IBkMGkFPgwVejFn4x9zqYUvKeyMC1y6vB7FJSMwOtPGunlVU8rmRqhyzR-F5DDxDnoFuVGhYaHh8DhVGt8pT1Cnn0c2U_xVCj1_gahX5YIKoXO38KdMpr4GX9lP5JdEiE.BpR0stOSJRdhGmSpL6KYHMKfJ9Efdttq9UMFtBHX0Z4&dib_tag=se&keywords=usb%2Bto%2Busb%2Bc%2Badapter&qid=1762850379&s=electronics&sprefix=Usb%2Celectronics%2C99&sr=1-2-spons&aref=4Nn7v0bgcY&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

ShrinkLink (make long links short)
https://www.rootschat.com/links/

No you just need to only copy out the part up to the ? mark.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adapter-Charger-Connector-Mini-Led-Generation-Black/dp/B07Z662186/ref=sr_1_2_sspa

The garbage on the tail tells Amazon where you found the link, what your Facebook friend's name is, what you had for lunch, typed in as a search term, what you already visited on their site, whether you're a regular customer or some list like that.
I always test the URL (on any address with a long tail like that,not Amazon specfically) shortened to the part before the ? , then if it leads to the right place I will post it.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Birth certification in old Russian
« on: Wednesday 29 October 25 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Marian, I had one more look at your document.
Firstly, the date of the document is 16th September not December.  So he was 6 months not 9 months late in registering.

And then, the words towards the end are something like "The lateness in declaration of the birth was due to the carelessness (neglect?) of the father".

The names of the witnesses aren't easy to interpret, one is M. Mangel and the second (who signed) is S. or Z. perhaps Parasol.


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Birth certification in old Russian
« on: Tuesday 21 October 25 10:11 BST (UK)  »
Hi, you're right about the signature which does appear as "M. Fridle" or similar. But the burgomaster or whoever wrote the document definitely wrote Fridman.  The other signature is one of the witnesses S. Para... but can't make out the rest.

And where I put [Sara] in brackets, based on your giving her name, it appears as "Sura".  I found a reference saying this was a variant of the name Sara.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Birth certification in old Russian
« on: Monday 20 October 25 23:27 BST (UK)  »
Something very approximately this

I certify that in the town Bendin on 16th day of December 1891 at 7 in the evening there appeared Mendel Friedman merchant 28 years resident in Bendin in the presence of witnesses ?? Paras?? and Ma?? Mandel 55 merchant resident in Bendin and presented to Us a [child] of female sex born in Bendin the 18th of March of this year at 2 in the day of his spouse [Sara] née Feldman 21 years. The child was given the name Chaja

There is a bit more which I will try to work out tomorrow.

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Surrey / Re: John William Banks 1787 East Ham - 1868 1 Melior Place, Surrey
« on: Saturday 11 November 23 22:57 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: K Rees on Saturday 11 November 23 21:48 GMT (UK)

How to confuse amateur researchers!

Name   Samuel Cooper Banks
Sex   Male
Father's Name   John Banks
Father's Sex   Male
Mother's Name   Sarah
Mother's Sex   Female
Event Type   Christening
Event Date   13 Apr 1817
Event Place   St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham, Newham, London, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)   Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, London, England

Can someone advise or can someone produce evidence from Parish church at East Ham that he was baptised there as well?
Keith

Where does that record come from?  Why do they have a field for "Father's sex" etc?

Given the coincidence of church names, I would suggest it is overwhelmingly likely that whatever artificial NON intelligence created that record had no interest in distinguishing between different St Mary' Magdalen churches in London.  Family Search by any chance?

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Surrey / Re: John William Banks 1787 East Ham - 1868 1 Melior Place, Surrey
« on: Saturday 11 November 23 19:36 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Friday 10 November 23 05:43 GMT (UK)
Providence Buildings, Mill Street, Bermondsey:

James Banks 35 Waterman
Rosina 30
James  7
Thomas 4
Ann 3
Rosina 3 months

Just a reminder that in 1841 :
"35" means anything from 35 to just under 40
"30" likewise is 30 to 34+.

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The Common Room / Re: Missing GRO Record
« on: Tuesday 18 July 23 18:57 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Tuesday 18 July 23 13:01 BST (UK)
Thank you to jonw65 and AntonyMMM I'd never have thought of trying a dash in the surname field.

I got nosey about this and checked 1861, by vol for death entries that use a dash. LOTS and that's just one year (see attached image, deaths only)
Boo

Births and Deaths are two different cases.
A Birth with no given name may be a child that didn't survive, or one who was registered before being given a name.
A Death with no name on the record is not necessarily a deceased infant.
It could be a dead body found in a field, a person lost at sea, a vagrant whose name nobody has ever known, or several other possibilities.

But if the register contains a surname, I can see no reason why that entry shouldn't be indexed as such.

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The Common Room / Re: Bizarre Electoral Roll entry
« on: Friday 24 March 23 22:17 GMT (UK)  »
"Women did not have the vote " we are often told, in the 1890s.
That is true of elections to Parliament.

But certain women of substance could vote for county councillors and similar.

What you may have found is a supplementary Electoral roll listing those women who had a vote for local elections.  So your Thomas is perhaps listed in a different section of the register as he could vote for Parliament too.

Just a guess,  so (if you have images not just text) try scrolling the pages backwards until you find an introductory page or table of contents.

None of which explains the apparent inclusion of a baby.

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The Common Room / Re: What does 'se'nnight' mean
« on: Tuesday 13 December 22 18:02 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: AllanUK on Tuesday 13 December 22 14:13 GMT (UK)
When talking about a price of something that ends in a penny or pennies, I was always taught that a single penny would be 'a penny' and multiples would be 'pennies' -- these days it appears that the use of 'pennies' when talking plural has disappeared.

The plural of 'penny' meaning a specific coin is 'pennies'.
The plural of 'penny' meaning a unit of currency is 'pence'.
So I could buy something costing 50 pence by handing over fifty pennies.  (but the shopkeeper might get annoyed).

And I am old enough to remember sixpences (not sixpennieses)

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