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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Question about Family Tree Maker.
« on: Friday 01 May 09 12:22 BST (UK)  »
I have WDYTYA FTM. It's a few years old (for Windows98/ME/XP.) I need a new FTM as my new laptop uses Vista. I have lots of info entered into my existing FTM. I've seen the Ancestry FTM at a reasonable price at Costco and am considering buying it.

My question is: Will it be easy to transfer the WDYTYA FTM data to the Ancestry FTM? Or would I be better just buying the latest WDYTYA FTM?

The Ancestry FTM is cheaper than the other and offers twice as much free ancestry use (6months instead of three.)

FeeJay

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Alexander DAVIDSON m Elizabeth BOOTH, Aberdeenshire
« on: Tuesday 03 February 09 17:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
I was interested in your post as I have Peterhead Davidsons in my tree. I am related to the Davidsons listed by ev in the 1841 census (my 4x great grandparents.) I was curious since the Elizabeth listed in this census was also a Booth and I too wondered if your Alexander was also called John.

I had a quick look and couldn't seem to find much about Alexander but I did find a reference on the IGIs to a Christening of a James Davidson on 06 Apr 1826 in Peterhead with the parent's name given as Alexr Davidson. Could this be your relative?

Coincidentally, John and Elizabeth are living in the same street as James and Janet in the 1851 census. Families did tend to stick together and I've found many other of my Davidsons born and living in North St. I'd be thinking that John and Alexander are the same person.

Feejay

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Completed Census Requests / Re: Any GR member who could help me please? PROBLEM SOLVED, thanks.
« on: Friday 01 June 07 12:24 BST (UK)  »
Ambers

I have already had an offer from another Rootchatter. Thanks for offering.

FeeJay

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Completed Census Requests / Any GR member who could help me please? PROBLEM SOLVED, thanks.
« on: Thursday 31 May 07 18:16 BST (UK)  »
I was a member on Genes Reunited and got absolutely nowhere with finding relatives. I actually paid to join to contact someone who sadly turned out not to be a relative

Now my membership has lapsed I have just seen a new name posted that could be a relative. Money's a bit tight so I really don't want to pay out if this doesn't lead to anything.

Could someone send a message for me please?
PM me if you could.

Thanks

FeeJay ;)

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Technical Help / Re: help........"genealogy.org" prompt
« on: Friday 03 November 06 17:04 GMT (UK)  »
I'm so glad I found this post. I thought my laptop had come down with some sort of virus. Every time I look at another page this geneology.org log in box pops up. It's driving me round the bend!  >:(

FeeJay

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Armed Forces / Re: Lookup offer for crimea and indian mutiny
« on: Friday 13 October 06 13:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kev
I wonder if you could help with a rather vague question. I'm researching my husband's family as well as my own and have a problem finding one man.

This man's surname was Lee but we have no idea of his first. Legend has it that this man was a sergeant in the Norfolk regiment and was in the Crimea (around 1855 so I'm told.) He was from Great Yarmouth if that helps.

Thanks
FeeJay

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Need help with my Jaffrays and Davidsons, please.
« on: Monday 18 September 06 13:47 BST (UK)  »
Monica
You are an absolute genius. Thank you so much for finding that information. I was looking and looking and I think after a while you can't see what you're looking for.

I'm really pleased to find some information about Jessie Jaffray, especially as there were two ladies of that name, I was beginning to think I was imagining mine.

I'm also pleased that I have an ancestor with a different occupation. That's the first flesher and one of the minority of my family who were not ag labs. 

I've contacted Scotland's People about my unreadable downloads. Thanks for telling me about that.

FeeJay :)

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Need help with my Jaffrays and Davidsons, please.
« on: Friday 15 September 06 13:21 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Grothenwell and Monica for your replies.

The death certificate information I got from Scotland's people is very poor quality reproduction, with parts of it unreadable. (I really think they should change 2 and 1/2 credits for it rather than the full 5.) Because of this I didn't think to look at William's parents' names.

After much scrutiny I think William's father was John/James/or possibly Iain. And his mother's name is most likely Elizabeth. Hopefully this will narrow it down a bit. I'm going back to the IGIs right now.

This can be such a frustrating hobby. After watching 'Who Do you think you are?' I really wish I could get someone else to do this for me - they make it look so easy on the telly!

Thanks

FeeJay

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Aberdeenshire / Need help with my Jaffrays and Davidsons, please.
« on: Thursday 14 September 06 14:30 BST (UK)  »
I hope someone with Jaffrays or Davidsons can help me with this.

I'm (pretty) certain my great great grandparents were John Davidson and Isabella Birnie, who lived Peterhead and  married 1 Dec 1882 in Lonmay. My problem is with his parents. On John's marriage cert they are described as William Davidson and Jessie Davidson (M.S. Jaffray), both deceased. I've found a birth cert from 1859 that matches John's details. This describes William as a ship's carpenter. Unfortunately there was no info on the parent's wedding.

Next I found William Davidson's death cert in 1870 - the details matched, ship's carpenter, married to Jessie Jaffray.

I also found a marriage OPR on Scotland's People showing a marriage between a Jessie Jaffray and A WM Davidson in 1854, in Fraserburgh.

On censuses Jessie's birthplace is given as Kincardine O'Neill but I can find nothing of her birth either on SP or the IGIs.

To confuse matters there is another couple with the same names as William and Jessie (including M.S. of Jaffray!) This means I've found 13 children on the IGIs with the same parents' names.

I cannot find anything more on Jessie, no birth or death record. (I also looked on SP to see if she remarried - no luck.) I found her as a widowed washerwoman, along with her children in the 1881 census. She must have died between 1881 and 1882.

Also, just using census records, I guess William's birth to be around 1828ish. On SP there are 2 Williams born 1827 and one in 1828. No idea which is which!

I'm beginning to think this is brick wall time. I hope someone can give me some ideas on where to search next.

FeeJay ??? ???

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