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The Lighter Side / Re: Finders International
« on: Monday 29 December 25 02:35 GMT (UK) »
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The Lighter Side / Re: Finders International
« on: Sunday 28 December 25 23:32 GMT (UK) »
The money is in my bank account! Not a large amount by any means but very welcome.
Apparently, there is a bit of paperwork to follow. I was hoping that it might give names of other beneficiaries but imagine, with privacy laws as they are, that is unlikely.
So, shall I lead the conga line........
Jackie
Apparently, there is a bit of paperwork to follow. I was hoping that it might give names of other beneficiaries but imagine, with privacy laws as they are, that is unlikely.
So, shall I lead the conga line........
Jackie
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The Common Room / Re: Census and the homeless
« on: Wednesday 24 December 25 19:55 GMT (UK) »
I have several ancestors who have not appeared in a couple of census records and have always thought that if you didn't want to be recorded in them, you would find a way not to be. If you were homeless, you may not have been aware that they were happening.
There may have been various reasons for not wanting to be recorded.
Jackie
There may have been various reasons for not wanting to be recorded.
Jackie
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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry, a year in review.
« on: Thursday 18 December 25 05:19 GMT (UK) »
Well, mine mentioned that clues from my tree helped 33 people! And I wasn't aware of that!
Jackie
Jackie
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The Lighter Side / Re: Finders International
« on: Tuesday 09 December 25 07:20 GMT (UK) »
Finally got my letter.
So, maybe by the end of the year, I will get my share of the estate. It has taken over 2 years to get to this part.
Still not champagne time.
Jackie
So, maybe by the end of the year, I will get my share of the estate. It has taken over 2 years to get to this part.
Still not champagne time.
Jackie
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The Lighter Side / Re: Finders International
« on: Friday 21 November 25 21:01 GMT (UK) »
Don't crack open the champagne yet!
One of my cousins, who is also involved in this, has just received an email from the solicitors stating details of the estate and the necessary steps we have to take to prove who we are etc.
I still can't see us receiving anything until the New Year but the extra funds will be very welcome.
Jackie
One of my cousins, who is also involved in this, has just received an email from the solicitors stating details of the estate and the necessary steps we have to take to prove who we are etc.
I still can't see us receiving anything until the New Year but the extra funds will be very welcome.
Jackie
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The Lighter Side / Re: Mistranscription
« on: Friday 07 November 25 19:33 GMT (UK) »
I don't think he is in the Howes one-name study but have only had a quick check.
The one in Bethnal Green in 1851 gives his birth year as 1816 and place as Hampshire, wife Eliza.
Jackie
The one in Bethnal Green in 1851 gives his birth year as 1816 and place as Hampshire, wife Eliza.
Jackie
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The Lighter Side / Re: Mistranscription
« on: Friday 07 November 25 04:53 GMT (UK) »
Another one ....
I was looking for the House family who might have been in Bethnal Green for the 1851 Census. I found a Joseph House with his family H0107/1539/573/5 but his occupation had me stumped. It had been transcribed as exedroton.
Checking the original, it reads excavator.
Back to the search,
Jackie
I was looking for the House family who might have been in Bethnal Green for the 1851 Census. I found a Joseph House with his family H0107/1539/573/5 but his occupation had me stumped. It had been transcribed as exedroton.
Checking the original, it reads excavator.
Back to the search,
Jackie
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Australia / Re: What happened to Ethel Pontin?
« on: Tuesday 04 November 25 00:27 GMT (UK) »
Hello, there is a tree on Ancestry which has Ethel remarrying in 1927 to a Graham McNair and dying in Flemington, Victoria in June 1971.
I know that some of the information on ancestry trees is untrustworthy but it might be worth checking it out.
Jackie
I know that some of the information on ancestry trees is untrustworthy but it might be worth checking it out.
Jackie