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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Gedcom files and databases
« on: Friday 05 September 25 20:26 BST (UK)  »
I think the current version of Brother's Keeper is 7.5 so you would probably want to download the update before you start importing gedcoms.

It is a good while since I did anything like that, but on my BK if you go to Gedcom > Import that has a big warning about how all the newly imported individuals will just be added and not be checked for duplications, or how to keep them as a separate set. (you need to make a new folder first, before putting the new data in it.) Then whenever you want to change from one line of descent to another you go to 'open database' and pick the other one.

Afterthought - there is a disadvantage to having different families in different databases. Using Edit, Find, Select person will only list the people in the currently open database. It cannot produce a combined list of people.

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Will Gov UK website problem
« on: Wednesday 13 August 25 22:55 BST (UK)  »
Well I have just checked the Franklins on Ancestry and the volume they have scanned for 1884 does not have folio numbers on it. Surely the whole set can't be short of them or it would be mentioned more often?

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The Common Room / Re: Find a Will Gov UK website problem
« on: Wednesday 13 August 25 19:15 BST (UK)  »
Carolyn, because the the probate calendar that you are copying often has the details in the opposite order to the order form, it is incredibly easy to put the date of death and date of probate the wrong way round. I have done that more than once and caught it just in time. Although the only time I got one rejected I had used a date from the entry above!

However - note that your Richard DOES have a folio number. It is 114. (Folio numbers are usually hand written additions to the page.)

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Denbighshire / Re: 3 Central Buildings, Llandudno Junction
« on: Monday 23 June 25 11:04 BST (UK)  »
A former 'not very local' chipping in here. Following on from the above comments, 3 Central Buildings is currently '169 Newsagents' on Conway Road according to Streetview. Despite being bypassed by the A55, it is still on a fairly busy main road. I can't see any reason for it to have ever been connected to Hotpoint so I think we have a case of chinese whispers here which started out as 'near' Hotpoint. (Nearer than the Hotpoint Social Club which was just off the main road further along on the same side as Central Buildings) Half the residents of the junction worked at Hotpoint at one time or another. Perhaps the shop owner at one time worked there as well?

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The Common Room / Re: Young Genealogists
« on: Wednesday 16 April 25 21:12 BST (UK)  »
My late mother in law did not start labelling photos until she was getting on in years. There are pictures of her grandson labelled as her son and other 'inaccuracies'

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Technical Help / Re: Thunderbird email
« on: Wednesday 16 April 25 10:34 BST (UK)  »
The problem with non-microsoft software is that it tends to conscientiously use a different piece of jargon for the same thing, so the word 'backup' does not appear on Thunderbird's menus. If I remember correctly 'Archive' just files the older emails separately but still within Thunderbird. You might find 'export' does what you want, just remember to put the resulting file somewhere you can find it, and repeat the process at intervals. On my Thunderbird, archive is on the Message menu and export is on the Tools menu but your copy will be more uptodate so they may have been re-arranged!
Having said that, I let Windows (10) backup my emails etc. using 'Backup using File History' (which it offers as an alternative to 'back up files to Onedrive') You have the option to add a folder, so you just tell it to back up your thunderbird profile which can be found at C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles . There may be a choice of profiles - I seem to be backing up the one with a current date.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Handwriting help - Birth place
« on: Friday 28 March 25 09:27 GMT (UK)  »
Not that it helps, but I think the unknown word begins with T. Compare it with the flourish on Thomas Eames near the bottom of the page.

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The Common Room / Re: Finding a Second Name
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 19:23 GMT (UK)  »
Was there probate for the mother? It is usual to give full names for children who are mentioned in a will.

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Caernarvonshire / Re: Mary Brown, born Bangor 1890(ish), daughter of James
« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
Jornage -I checked the 1939 register because you said it says Bangor, Caern which it can't do as it does not ask for birthplaces. However there are two couples both called John and Mary Percival in the Wrexham area. John with Mary (born 1890)is a skilled general labourer and has correct children. The other John is with Mary E (born 1888) and is a railway signalman with different children. It looks like the death certificate you mention above in reply 8 for Mary Elizabeth Percival might be the latter one, who is not your Mary.
(A Mary Elizabeth Percival age 63 was buried 1 May 1952 in Wrexham cemetery)

According to NorthWalesBMD John and Mary did marry at the Registry Office, so I take it most of the references to 'Harold' in reply17 should read 'John'.

Acton Hall will just be where John was working, it is only about five miles from Rossett.

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