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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Ged.com disaster
« on: Friday 26 December 25 15:37 GMT (UK)  »
I`ve absolutely no idea what I`ve done, but 3 gedcom files have completely disappeared !

I`ve managed to find a file listed for one of them, but computer says install NETdesktopRuntime to access it.

Is it safe ?

My only other option is to start from scratch using my hard copies.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Researching Family History Can Be So Tragic
« on: Sunday 14 December 25 18:39 GMT (UK)  »
in the late 60s when my grandmother had pneumonia, she had made my granddad promise not to send her into hospital; now I know that her  mother Alice was born in the workhouse I wonder if that was the reason.

I`ve no idea if she knew , Alice was one of 5 illegitmate children.

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Lincolnshire / Re: elizabeth wright
« on: Tuesday 09 December 25 16:57 GMT (UK)  »
Have you tried Freereg ?

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The Lighter Side / Re: Mistranscription
« on: Friday 07 November 25 15:40 GMT (UK)  »
My own birth is mistranscribed. I`ve written about this before, but to cut it short the problem was the Registrar`s handwriting !!

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The Common Room / Re: Cleaning up a gravestone
« on: Saturday 18 October 25 21:31 BST (UK)  »
some years ago I helped with transcribing some gravestones; this was in Wales. I believe permission had been obtained from the relevant authorities.

To clean it  the gravestone was sprayed with shaving foam, the surpuls scraped off with a squeegee type blade. When the stone had been transcribed  the shaving foam was then washed off with clean water.

My mind boggles since I read a tip that shaving foam can be used to clean the grease off an oven door!!

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The Common Room / Re: Doncaster
« on: Sunday 05 October 25 22:03 BST (UK)  »
I don`t know if this will be of any use to you.

It does say it was last updated in January 2023

https://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/marriagesearch.php

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The Common Room / Re: family baptisms on same day
« on: Saturday 20 September 25 22:21 BST (UK)  »
I know of a family where the husband and wife married 1854 in England.
 They were not on the England/Wales census of 1861 but I found them in the 1860 USA census with a child born in New York 1856.

They had 3 other children in USA, before having a child born 1866 in England.

The 4 older children were all baptised on the same day in the south of England.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Sad listings.
« on: Thursday 18 September 25 14:25 BST (UK)  »
I`m sorry to say the last one brought a smile to my face !

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The Lighter Side / Re: Sad listings.
« on: Wednesday 17 September 25 14:35 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: conahy calling on Wednesday 17 September 25 09:46 BST (UK)
https://achilltourism.com/experience-achill/history/kirkintilloch-fire-disaster/

This link tells of the most unfortunate disaster of farm labourers in Scotland, who had been sleeping in a stone barn. This occurred in --1937--
I had not heard of this, one of the worst things to happen to someone.

Quote from: Jebber on Wednesday 17 September 25 14:00 BST (UK)
Quote from: conahy calling on Wednesday 17 September 25 13:24 BST (UK)
Quote from: Jebber on Wednesday 17 September 25 08:58 BST (UK)
Many years ago I came across two very sad entries in some Parish Records (I wish I had made a note of the Parish and when), in the baptisms a  girl  named Not Wanted, then shortly afterwards her burial.
I wonder if the girls name "not wanted" really meant that the name was not required as she had died... not that the girl herself was not wanted.  She may have died before the entry was written in.


No, the incumbent was  quick to point out the sins of his parishioners, he made comments about a number of people, including another baby recorded as ‘
“Born of Fornication” I pity his parishioners.

I always thought baseborn was a terrible description, but "not wanted" how awful is "that" ?

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