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Essex Lookup Requests / Re: Look-up - Charles George Brooks - Essex Burial
« on: Saturday 02 April 16 00:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks Jackie, I've sent you an email.
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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register up and running
« on: Tuesday 03 November 15 09:10 GMT (UK) »
I shared my opinion. I'm fairly sure Findmypast would like each household to be viewed multiple times. The only family of mine in the 1939 Register are Greats and Great Greats Gramps and Aunts, Uncles and their offspring. Not all of us have lots of info about our families, and some families are complicated and big. One of those families has 10 children and 2 halves... imagine how many descendants come from that one cluster. This same family have multiple family trees on Ancestry suggesting that multiple people are interested in researching and finding out. Many of the people died after 1991 so are seemingly redacted (their common single first names and common surname complicates it further).
I also do not have the death certificates for the ones I'm talking about. Not everyone can afford to by certificates for everyone they research, especially when you do not live locally to the UK (ie the exchange rate makes costs rather astronomical).
Also researchers use the resources for many other purposes... surname studies; social demographic work; local and regional research; occupation research... just to name a few. Due to it's significant timing on the eve of war and the fact that there are no Census' after 1921 for research this resource will be heavily utilized in time by a wide range of researchers and they, I imagine, won't bother until the data is 'more complete'.
I also do not have the death certificates for the ones I'm talking about. Not everyone can afford to by certificates for everyone they research, especially when you do not live locally to the UK (ie the exchange rate makes costs rather astronomical).
Also researchers use the resources for many other purposes... surname studies; social demographic work; local and regional research; occupation research... just to name a few. Due to it's significant timing on the eve of war and the fact that there are no Census' after 1921 for research this resource will be heavily utilized in time by a wide range of researchers and they, I imagine, won't bother until the data is 'more complete'.
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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register up and running
« on: Tuesday 03 November 15 05:50 GMT (UK) »
It seems somewhat cheeky for there to be a charge to view a household and a charge to get a redacted record unredacted for the household (in some cases this is multiple people who are now dead) when by going through this whole process we are actually doing a large component of the work for the provider who will continue to earn money of every view of the household by others who would be more inclined to pay to view when there are more members visible (or unredacted).
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The Common Room / Re: 1939 Register up and running
« on: Tuesday 03 November 15 00:10 GMT (UK) »
I can't make this work either... "Just hover over the free preview button and the full reference should be displayed at the bottom left of the screen"
Talk about an expensive resource. Nearly all my family appear to be redacted, combined common names so even a preview can't always clarify if you've found the right record.
looks like I'll just have to wait a couple of decades until others have unredacted the records and the novelty factor has worn off so it's just incorporated into a normal subscription.
Talk about an expensive resource. Nearly all my family appear to be redacted, combined common names so even a preview can't always clarify if you've found the right record.
looks like I'll just have to wait a couple of decades until others have unredacted the records and the novelty factor has worn off so it's just incorporated into a normal subscription.
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World War Two / Re: Army posted to Theydon Bois, Essex WWII
« on: Wednesday 27 May 15 01:02 BST (UK) »
Thank you philipsearching for the link. I do wonder if that's it or not as it says it was 'occupied by 1st and 2nd Battalion The Welsh Guards during the Spring of 1940 before leaving for the Hook of Holland'. If you are more familiar with military history do you think that others were also in the camp eg York and Lancaster Regiment?
Kind regard,
Samantha
Kind regard,
Samantha
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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Loop-up request JEWSON Burial
« on: Wednesday 27 May 15 00:46 BST (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your help.
Thank you for facing the freezing rain for me Chris Doran I really appreciate it. I lived in London many years ago and remember the bitter rain hahaha and also how many old landmarks etc modernity has replaced. I do greatly appreciate knowing that there is nothing to see rather than continuing my search.
Thank you for the link and explanation Bookbox and StevieSteve.
Kind regards,
Samantha
Thank you for facing the freezing rain for me Chris Doran I really appreciate it. I lived in London many years ago and remember the bitter rain hahaha and also how many old landmarks etc modernity has replaced. I do greatly appreciate knowing that there is nothing to see rather than continuing my search.
Thank you for the link and explanation Bookbox and StevieSteve.
Kind regards,
Samantha
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World War Two / Army posted to Theydon Bois, Essex WWII
« on: Tuesday 17 March 15 01:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi there,
I'm trying to find out when during WWII members of the York and Lancaster Regiment were posted at Theydon Bois in Essex.
Also what was the name of the camp at Theydon Bois?
Thank you and kind regards,
Samantha
I'm trying to find out when during WWII members of the York and Lancaster Regiment were posted at Theydon Bois in Essex.
Also what was the name of the camp at Theydon Bois?
Thank you and kind regards,
Samantha
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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Burial Look-up Request for BROOKS
« on: Sunday 22 February 15 00:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi Paco,
Thank you for looking into it for me. Unfortunately it isn't the right person as I'm after a Charles George Brooks. Its looking like those 2 death entries aren't who I'm after. Back to the drawing board I guess.
Thanks again,
Kind regards,
Samantha
Thank you for looking into it for me. Unfortunately it isn't the right person as I'm after a Charles George Brooks. Its looking like those 2 death entries aren't who I'm after. Back to the drawing board I guess.
Thanks again,
Kind regards,
Samantha
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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Burial Look-up Request for BROOKS
« on: Sunday 22 February 15 00:44 GMT (UK) »
Hi Rosie99
Yes after Charles George Brooks, these 2 deaths were suggested as possibilities I should follow up.
I guess it's looking like it might not be them. Though the Mary Annie name is about right she died first (apparently her daughter was very upset how quickly her husbands moved on after her death).
Thanks for your help,
Kind regards,
Samantha
Yes after Charles George Brooks, these 2 deaths were suggested as possibilities I should follow up.
I guess it's looking like it might not be them. Though the Mary Annie name is about right she died first (apparently her daughter was very upset how quickly her husbands moved on after her death).
Thanks for your help,
Kind regards,
Samantha