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Durham / Re: Burkes peerage
« on: Friday 03 October 25 09:03 BST (UK)  »
From Posting Guidelines in the HELP pages-
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As you can see we have divided the site into different Counties, Countries with some extra boards including the Common Room, One Name Studies and Events etc.
This is a simple framework to help you find the right place to put your post to find the best chance of a reply. You may find that your research "straddles" County or Country border, if this is so, pick one and see what happens................! If you do not get a reply after a couple of weeks we can quite easily "move" your post to the other County or Country to see what response you get.
There is no need to duplicate this information >, as the Moderators can move the post to whichever board the poster requires.

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Durham / Re: Burkes peerage
« on: Thursday 02 October 25 15:05 BST (UK)  »
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I noticed earlier that somebody had criticized this for being one of three identical requests in different parts of the forum. I can understand this, but I'd also like to make a reasoned counter-argument in favour of posting the same question in more than one place. Here are some points:
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Any idea of the chaos this would cause if everyone, or even lots of members, posted multiple times on various boards?
Yes, there are times when a topic spans more than one area but linking threads then getting all but one locked cuts down on confusion with people posted the same information in different places.

In this case number 2 (time sensitivity) does not apply. The poster Could have posted ONE topic on England-General board and avoided any duplication.

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United States of America / Re: Help finding William O'Donnells death
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 11:34 BST (UK)  »
That 1971 death is also online-
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1972/04113/4042279.pdf
Usual residence was Cappagh, death in Waterford, married.' Congestive cardiac failure' listed as cause of death rather than heart attack.

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The Common Room / Re: Book: "Rolfe Family Records"
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 10:22 BST (UK)  »
Its been along time since the original post.

I have access to copies of the book.

Can I help?

Lady Di hasn't been online since 2022.

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Dublin / Re: CULLEN/COLEMAN Crumlin Dublin
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 10:20 BST (UK)  »
Welcome to Rootschat  :) Popsie58 who started this thread hasn't been online since 2011.

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United States of America / Re: Help finding William O'Donnells death
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 10:14 BST (UK)  »
There is a William O'Donnell who died in 1971 in the US Consulate in Dublin Ireland but not way to identify if this was him. It would have been a career change from travelling salesman.

Does the Consular death record not give an exact date of death?

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The Common Room / Re: Grave photo or memorial?
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 10:07 BST (UK)  »
Another thing to be aware of it blatant error on Find A Grave.
Our present church was built in mid-1800s and the first burials were a little bit later (the previous one had no burying ground). No burial register was kept and probably the first attempt to make a record of plots (not burial, just plots) was in the 1950s when the minister took the old (retired) sexton about the ground any wrote down what he could remember.
Now, we know there were no burial at the church until the 1840s (it was part of our farm before that) but someone has entered dozens of 'burials' there in the 1700s for families that left in 1718! Quite a few times I have seen photo requests for these phantom headstones and have contacted the person to explain these burials are incorrect. I have contacted the couple that put the details into Find A Grave but they said they will not make any changes until I send proof!

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United States of America / Re: Help finding William O'Donnells death
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 09:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone, am new here and been doing some research on William O Donnell.
I need help on any info that people may know of his time in New Zealand.
We know that Jacob came to look for his father William O'Donnell around 1800's so would appreciate any info about Jacob's son William O'Donnell and his time in NZ

Welcome to Rootschat  :) The William O'Donnell in this thread was born 1899 so I'm not sure if this is the same one you are looking for.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Charles Brady
« on: Wednesday 01 October 25 09:46 BST (UK)  »
I think you can't go by what your friend has 'remembered' to trace Charles Brady. So far they seem to have claimed he was born on a certain date in 1898 (based on death index perhaps?), a younger sister 'Rosaleen' (I have failed, so far, to find a her in census records or suitable match on Irish Genealogy for her death (or birth) using Ros* as the first name) and now a father called 'Patrick' which is a totally different family than the Charles born in 1898.

Usually one would work back through available records but since the death isn't quite clear-cut it might be better to start with Charles' marriage- if name of wife is already known- to see father's name and occupation.

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