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Norfolk Completed Look up Requests / Re: Norfolk, Aldeby Marriage Records Metcalf and Futter
« on: Friday 22 April 16 08:37 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all concerned and my profound apologies for leading you astray. I need to go back to NRO as I was led to believe otherwise

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Norfolk Completed Look up Requests / Re: Norfolk, Aldeby Marriage Records Metcalf and Futter
« on: Thursday 21 April 16 07:33 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: suzard on Wednesday 20 April 16 19:36 BST (UK)
Marriage reg FreeBMD
Dec qtr 1841
Lodden
names on same page
Henry metcalf
Eleanor Futter?
13 471

Suz
Yes this is the problem as the book of marriage indexes supports a marriage in that quarter  while there is no entry in the parish church for a marriage dated 13th October 1841 taking place between Henry Metcalf and another as far as I can tell. This brings me back to my original notes and the apparent loss of the parish records.

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Norfolk Completed Look up Requests / Re: Norfolk, Aldeby Marriage Records Metcalf and Futter
« on: Thursday 21 April 16 07:24 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: amondg on Thursday 21 April 16 06:58 BST (UK)
Possibility for Henry's baptism recorded at Upton.
Henry Metcraft bap 25 January 1817 of Robert and Sophia Metcraft, Labourer

Eliza bap 27 September 1818 of Henry and Sophia Metcraft, labourer

Check original records re: parents names they appear to be the same couple yet the fathers name is different could be a transcription error.

Added, checked bishop's transcripts the parents are Robert and Sophia Metcraft of both Eliza and Henry
  Yes Metcraft as written in the parish register somewhat more understandable than Madcap in Sprowston 1768-1809 with various events.

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Norfolk Completed Look up Requests / Re: Norfolk, Aldeby Marriage Records Metcalf and Futter
« on: Thursday 21 April 16 07:17 BST (UK)  »
Yes sorry the surname error was mine I glanced sideways and saw Turner while the copy of the alleged marriage indicated Eleanor Futter. While I have edited out the wrong surname wherever possible this is turning into a shambles so I'd better stop.

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Norfolk Completed Look up Requests / Norfolk, Aldeby Marriage Records Metcalf and Futter
« on: Wednesday 20 April 16 18:58 BST (UK)  »
From certified copy of marriage certificate dated 6th May 2015 according to the Registration Index of England and Wales Marriages, 1837-2005 the marriage took place in 1841 while Family Search appears to dispute this.

However according to my notes taken in 1988 from the actual parish records the Church ceremony was on 13th October 1839 between Henry Metcalf and Eleanor Futter. Parish records for the period 1588-1840 appear to have been lost post 1988.

However this is a long shot from an archived thread on this same forum dated between 2005-2011
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=39085.0
someone named Moira appearing as Moys claimed to have access to the very same records. Whether she was transcribing those records is not known.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA company recommendations - any good experiences?
« on: Wednesday 24 June 15 09:17 BST (UK)  »
On a number of other forums elsewhere and in at least one magazine there have been grumbles of discontent  following DNA testing. This would appear to be due to the results not clearly defining Iceni origins or the expected Saxon heritage. This expectation presumably arose from the participants understanding of what happened and when in English/British history. DNA testing may indicate British origins which for the purpose of argument can be termed Celtic it is not however precise enough to indicate tribal differences such as Icenic or Ecenic as it is now assumed to have been. While some Germanic markers now indicate which area ancestors came from, across the wider scope there is uncertainty between Danish and Germanic origins so unless the specific area has markers, Germanic is the best definition you will get. But if you have a Yorkshire heritage then the odds point towards Danish Viking if you fancy it? Personally I'm kind of interested but not really enough to want confirmation of my suspicions for 200 quid. Though looking up this thread I have to acknowledge the value of DNA testing in other instances.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA results
« on: Saturday 16 May 15 07:16 BST (UK)  »
I do not really want to erase peoples perception about their origins but it needs to be realised that the DNA markers and strands have been given a classification based upon our current understanding which is changeable. A Saxon origin is largely impossible to differentiate from a Viking origin due to the Germanic subcultural influences. Although given that Ireland was a Viking slave trading base the Viking influence was most likely a dominant feature.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: WW1 Service Record
« on: Friday 15 May 15 22:22 BST (UK)  »
Ok then so Tattoo looks unlikely unless it was an abbreviation for being generally confined to base rather than as a punishment? Ok it seems it was the right word...

http://www.afamilystory.co.uk/desborough/armed-forces/world-war-1-punishments.aspx

or later...

http://www.private-art.com/scrapbook/furlough/page4.html

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Australia / Re: George METCALFE Born in England 1916
« on: Friday 15 May 15 22:10 BST (UK)  »
Cheers for the info Neil ... His name was George Metcalfe as far as I know though even on official docs the E at the end is generally ify depending on the inclinations of the writer in my experience.

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