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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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Technical Help / Re: Issue with Editing Search information on Ancestry
« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 09:53 GMT (UK)  »
I have had it do that intermittently for a while. However I have found that if you are trying to fill in an empty box it is more likely to freeze at only a few letters. Whereas if you fill in the new name in front of the old name and then delete the bit you don't want it is more likely to work. (Windows 10 with Firefox )
I hope that helps.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: noc 46-66
« on: Monday 24 March 25 20:53 GMT (UK)  »
The rest of the page seems to be farming occupations but I can't think of anything agricultural for 'private NOC'. I think it must be the initials of his regiment or military organisation. 4566 will then be his regimental number. (I think it's the top of a five not a hyphen)

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Caernarvonshire / Re: Mary Brown, born Bangor 1890(ish), daughter of James
« on: Sunday 23 March 25 22:17 GMT (UK)  »
They married in Wrexham. The other Bangor would be nearer. (Bangor on Dee/ Bangor Isycoed) Perhaps her husband filling in the 1921 just assumed it was the bigger place. Where did she say she was living on the marriage certificate?

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Technical Help / Re: No sound on laptop
« on: Sunday 02 March 25 16:29 GMT (UK)  »
See if you can find the original specifications/instructions for your exact model of laptop online. My elderly HP laptop had a diagram showing all the various sockets round the edges (that I don't use) and all the keyboard combinations that substitute for the missing function buttons. It also has a pair of very useful buttons with tiny lights on them at the top  of the keyboard -Wifi on/off and sound on/off. Yours might have something similar?

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