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Carmarthenshire / Re: Dame Street Carmarthen
« on: Sunday 27 August 17 10:13 BST (UK)  »
Thank you. Various family born/lived there between 1800 and 1860, so helps place it in my mind !

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 15:18 BST (UK)  »
Oh- and I'm a her, not a him, and didn't expect anyone to go to enormous trouble- it was a light hearted request (as per the 'Lighter Side') just in case someone could say 'Oh it's such-and-such'. I shall know better in future.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 15:15 BST (UK)  »
Hello again- I really appreciate all the helpful comments, but- having had a major problem with identity theft, which has taken me years to sort out properly, I am following advice. I have always had decent security programmes on my various computers, but if you have a problem like the one I'm just recovering from, they are not enough. I don't want Google recording my doings and sending me targeted adverts etc- in fact I have a good adblocker as well, but the problem, without going on too long, is that Google-and some other sites confuse the issue when there is a problem with computer hacking. In my case the problem started in the real world, where my details were passed, by a crooked 'professional' after a legal matter, on to the nastier bits of the internet. For this reason, having just about got things sorted out again, I just don't want to confuse anything or risk anything going wrong again. Nowadays I always think very carefully, and triple check sites like this, for instance.

Anyway, this has all got protracted which I didn't intend- I have copied the links from the original message and will follow them up when I can use an anonymous computer. It's really only of passing interest and not worth taking any risks over.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 14:38 BST (UK)  »
Yes thanks- will access the link via the library which should be OK.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 13:22 BST (UK)  »
Further to my last- I'll see if I can get at the link next time I'm in the library, via their computers.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 13:17 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Carol- I'm not doubting Stan, but am unhappy about google as a result of previous problems too complicated to go into here. if anything comes up with the google 'we need to tell you about privacy policy before you go any further' message I just stop there.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 12:15 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Stan- I know this sounds awkward but I avoid google whenever I can (I have my reasons, honest). Do you know if the subject is actually covered in the link you sent, or is it just a link to a very good book on the subject of organs ? If it's the first I might bite the bullet....

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The Lighter Side / Finger Organ
« on: Thursday 27 July 17 11:25 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me what a finger organ is or was ? I've found someone listed who made the things as his listed occupation (early/mid 19th C). You get connected with some very odd sites if you look it up online...

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Carmarthenshire / Dame Street Carmarthen
« on: Wednesday 19 July 17 16:00 BST (UK)  »
I assume that Dame Street Carmarthen no longer exists, but would be grateful if someone could tell me roughly where it was in relation to surviving landmarks, and when it ceased to exist.....

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