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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Yesterday at 23:25 »
My last two arrived last week.

The first of the three I'd ordered before the price increase in November arrived over Christmas.

All were announced by an email notification.

Is anyone still waiting?

Tony.

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The Common Room / Re: Government Find a Will Service
« on: Yesterday at 23:12 »
The last two of the three I ordered on 16th November arrived last week. The first had come on Christmas week. I had an email notification each time.

Is anyone else still waiting?

All were interesting and useful, especially the last two that are full of detail and one leads to the truth of what became of my step great grandmother's sister.

Tony.

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The Common Room / Re: Non arrival of certs ordered
« on: Tuesday 03 February 26 22:35 GMT (UK)  »
I put the blame for my missing one on the post.

At the time there was a spate of neighbours' mail coming to me and even some from other streets.

I nip round and push stuff through right doors but perhaps some don't bother or houses are empty.

It felt like an age before I got my hands on the reissued certificate.

Tony.

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The Common Room / Re: Non arrival of certs ordered
« on: Tuesday 03 February 26 15:38 GMT (UK)  »
Hi LM,

I had a marriage cert go AWOL last year and they were able to reissue.

On the main menu or index search page there is a range of options in blue on the right. One of these is "contact us".

Clicking on this gives the chance to use "our online form to send us a message".

Hope that helps.

Tony

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA test £29 + postage until 29 Dec
« on: Thursday 01 January 26 18:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi LM,

As I understand it your two friends will need to register a free account with Ancestry to activate their DNA tests.

Once their results are in they can invite someone else as manager or collaborator on the test and have no further involvement if they wish.

This is what I did with my Mum's test and I am also a collaborator on my friend and her father's test who don't have paid memberships.

Happy New Year, Tony



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The Common Room / Re: Government Find a Will Service
« on: Sunday 16 November 25 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
I've just put in the last three orders on my current wish list.

The site seems very slow and the little wheel spun for ages while payment was being processed.

Have we overloaded them like when the price was reduced to £1.50 ?

Should I be expecting a long wait for my wills? Has anyone had delivery of a recent order?

Regarding the new price I was thinking that it sort of compares with the current cost of a paper marriage certificate from the GRO and likewise is always a bit of a punt on what details might be included. One will I bought contains loads of family detail and what was left to whom and where everyone lived. Another was more or less "I leave everything to my wife".

Tony.








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The Common Room / Re: Question re 3rd to 4th cousins
« on: Sunday 16 November 25 18:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there,

As I understand it third cousins will share 2xgreat grandparents and fourth cousins share 3xgreat grandparents.

Tony.

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The Common Room / Re: Stumped - can you help me find more about Charles pre name change?
« on: Friday 17 October 25 15:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,

Might he be the redacted entry above Elsie at Laughton House, Pickford Green lane, Coventry on the 1939?

The son born 1938 looks like marrying Leicester 1969.

Tony.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link
« on: Sunday 25 May 25 09:42 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: PatLac on Saturday 24 May 25 18:56 BST (UK)
One way of knowing where Lucy Mabel's surname Markson came from is to find her first marriage record to Herbert Sydney (Sidney) Bellamy.

Hannah Lucy Hazel(l) had a brother Mark and a brother Harold. Maybe she used her brother's name to create a new surname (Markson) and gave her first son the other brother's name, Harold.

In 1911 Lucy Hazell (17) was living with brother Mark and wife, and brother Harold in Stockport Third, Reddish, Cheshire. No sign of her after that, unless she is one of two H. Hazell who emigrated to Canada.

If Richard Gilbert Pritcher was Gordon Roland Markerson/Markinson, he might have borrowed from her the idea of faking his name.


A picture of the certificate is on one of the Ancestry trees.

21st April 1914 District Registry Office Whittlesey.

Lucy Mabel Markson, Spinster

Father: John Markson, Undertaker (deceased)

 ???

Tony.

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