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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1841 Census - Foad - Look Up
« on: Friday 29 August 08 08:50 BST (UK)  »
I'm really sorry to disappoint Susannah but I have already examined this record (it is the one I mention in my original post above) and believe I have posted about it under another topic.  Unfortunately this is my first foray onto this site this year.  Since my Mum died 8 months ago and my sister has been extremely ill with cancer and a myriad of other things (traumatic) that have occurred Family History has taken a back seat for a while.

Anyway to cut a long story short - not only is this NOT the Stephen Foad that belongs to me - it isn't even a Foad!

Having sucessfully completed a course in Palaeography and also a research module using old documents I am fairly confident that the initial letter is a J not an F. Take a look at the top entry - the person's first name is James - the letter is the same as that on the line 3 down Stephen ... Joad.  (Sorry the transcriber has got it wrong and I don't know how to get these sites to change them).  Also to confirm the theory look at the facing page lines 8 & 9  the first is a Jane Collard and the next Fanny Cramp.  You can see quite clearly from that what this particular scribe's Fs looked like so I am afraid that this is not one of the Foad family after all!

Kind regards
Jane

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Armed Forces / Re: Birth of children to Army Personnel
« on: Monday 10 March 08 13:39 GMT (UK)  »
Jacky,

Thanks very much for that link.  i was disappointed though - it says searching the records are free but when I got the hits I couldn't view the records until I'd signed up as a member and yes - elected to pay for a subcscription of some kind.

However I was successful - I found my father in law's birth exactly where I expected it to be and then baby Vera in 1931 at a station called Abbassia (or similar - the typeface is very spoldgy).

I couldn't find her death though!  I even tried the BMDs for the UK thinking her mother might have brought her home if she was ill.  The closest I could find was a Vera Richardson dying Bradford 1936 - the area would be right for 'home' but the age given is 0 -  she would have been 5 then.  2 thoughts I have just had - as these are the dates of registration rather than event is it possible they forgot to register the death in India for some reason and the second if she died on the voyage home would that be under marine deaths - i didn't look at those!

Many thanks for the link though.

Jane

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Armed Forces / Re: Birth of children to Army Personnel
« on: Sunday 09 March 08 19:09 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou jebber

How amazingly quick your reply was!

I'll give it a go!

Jane ;D

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Armed Forces / Birth of children to Army Personnel
« on: Sunday 09 March 08 18:56 GMT (UK)  »
I apologise if this subject has been discussed before but I am looking to find out how I can get the records/certificates of children born to Army personnel abroad.  I am particular interested in the late 1920s to early 1930s when my husband' grandfather was serving in India (now Pakistan) on the North West Frontier.  We know my late father-in-law was born in Peshawar 14th Feb 1929 but don't have the record.  I have just come into possession of grandfather's photo album from these years.  I was amazed to find two photos of a baby girl 'Vera' dated 1932 and no more.  The only other sibling my father-in-law knew about was his younger sister (still alive) June who was born in this country after Granddad came home.  I suppose what I am looking for apart from my father-in-law's birth is that of Vera and possibly an infant death.  Can anyone help?

Jane

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World War One / Re: 7.7.1916
« on: Monday 11 February 08 16:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jane,

Firstly BEF stands for British Expeditionary Force.

The main Royal Engineers Barracks was at Chatham. Rainham is near Chatham.  I found an old photo of my Great Uncle Jack just over a week ago.  he had written on the back some details of his service in R.E. throughout WW1.  As it was the day before I was going to the National Archives anyway - I took his details and was lucky enough to find his record in the 'Burnt-Out' series. Was really pleased as we also found my husband's grandad who like your man, had been gassed.  He couldn't smell or taste properly for the rest of his life and when he died as an old man still had a piece of shrapnel in him.  Back to my Great Uncle Jack - he was in the Cable Company so don't know whether he would ever have met yours.

If you like reading, and if you haven't already read it - I thoroughly recommend to you Birdsong by Sebastien Faulkes.  It is an excellent novel, and there is a fair bit in it about the tunnellers who as previously mentioned on a post above were often miners in civvy life.

Best of luck with your research.

Jane

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The Common Room / Re: Latin anyone?
« on: Sunday 10 February 08 18:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there,
I have done a course in palaeography and am about to embark on a second module examining wills and probate documents.  However I was under the impression that by the 17th century these documents were usually written in English with only bits at the beginning and end.  My Latin needs a lot of refreshing particularly as medieaval Latin, in England differs from  the text book stuff we did at school.

If you want to send me a copy I'll try and transcribe it and maybe get a bit of help from my university tutor who is an 'expert'.

jane

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: dr barnardo's homes
« on: Tuesday 05 February 08 18:59 GMT (UK)  »
Very interested in this post - Wondered how I could find out about a grandfather that was 'given' to Barnardos because his step-father didn't like him.  He was illigitamate - born in West Derby Workhouse, Liverpool in 1908ish.  We hear that he was probably sent out to Australia but made his own way back again!

Will try this site - thanks for the info.

Jane r.

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Armed Forces / Re: where to look for census
« on: Sunday 03 February 08 18:23 GMT (UK)  »
Just to let you know that we made our very first trip to Kew National Archives on Friday and had a great time.  We didn't get the chance to look in the boxes as described above because by the time we'd done some other stuff all the tables were taken (there are a limited number at the moment due to the renovations) BUT we found not one but two relatives in the 'burnt out' records.  Surprising as one of them shouldn't have been there.  He rejoined the army in 1924 and apparently all his records should have been transferred to his new regiment then.  We only had the bit in the middle - Dorset regiment where he went after repatriation in 1919 following b eing a P.O.W.  There are no records of his early WW1 service in the Yorkshire Regiment or his subsequent service in the KOYLI.  I am guessing that they did transfer the Yorkshire bit and somehow left behind the middle regiment.

Also struck lucky with medal cards and part of my Grandad' naval service pre 1929 - he actually served right through from WW1 to the 1960s.

Many thanks again for the encouragement.  We shall return!

Jane

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Family Tree Software for modern society
« on: Sunday 03 February 08 18:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Downside

Just to say - thanks for your help.  As our computer kept crashing/sticking and doing nasty things.  I saved my FTM data as a GEDCOM file on a memory stick and went the whole hog - bought a new computer and Family Tree Maker New Platinum version.  It was easy to transfer my data and although it needs tweaking - seems to think all the occupations previously stored are locations! it is brilliant. It does exactly what I want with the unmarrieds etc.  Just wondering what it will do though when I put in two marriages for the same guy, with no divorce or death in between! 

Many thanks again :) :) :)

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