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Canada / Re: Interpreting Canadian Census entries
« on: Thursday 02 October 25 20:02 BST (UK) »
OK, that makes sense. Later censuses have actual place names in that field.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Canada / Interpreting Canadian Census entries
« on: Thursday 02 October 25 19:29 BST (UK) »
I have obtained a number of images of Canadian Census records via Ancestry.
In some, in the column called "Country or Place of Birth" I see entries like US, England, Ireland etc. These ones all have a corresponding year in the adjacent "Year of Immigration to Canada" field.
However I also see lots of large "O" marks, without a year in the adjacent field. Do these mean "Canada" - indicting that the person was a Canadian National by birth?
Why "O"?
Edit: See section attached (I now see that later Censuses don't have "O" entries).
Thanks.
In some, in the column called "Country or Place of Birth" I see entries like US, England, Ireland etc. These ones all have a corresponding year in the adjacent "Year of Immigration to Canada" field.
However I also see lots of large "O" marks, without a year in the adjacent field. Do these mean "Canada" - indicting that the person was a Canadian National by birth?
Why "O"?
Edit: See section attached (I now see that later Censuses don't have "O" entries).
Thanks.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Translate surname on Dublin Birth Reg?
« on: Sunday 21 September 25 21:14 BST (UK) »
Thanks folks and Kiltaglassan for that marriage reg.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Translate surname on Dublin Birth Reg?
« on: Sunday 21 September 25 20:08 BST (UK) »
Can anyone translate the mothers maiden name on entry 238 on the attached?
For info, the child is Christina, the father is William Mullan (transcribed as Mullen), the mother is Mary
?
Also the profession of the father?
Thanks.
For info, the child is Christina, the father is William Mullan (transcribed as Mullen), the mother is Mary
?Also the profession of the father?
Thanks.
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Antrim / Re: Anyone know anything about this website - Ros Davies?
« on: Sunday 14 September 25 10:34 BST (UK) »
Thanks.
I had tried your suggestion but it simply saves the image item as just a number - 8302, with no file extension. So it wouldn't then open as an image.
However, after reading your reply I thought of just adding .jpg to the end of the number while saving and that has worked. I now have an image, fairly low 480 X 640 pixels but good enough.
It's very hard to read but seems to say "Here Lies The Remains of Gxxxx". No immediate mention of the woman's name I was expecting.
I'll check Billiongraves.
I had tried your suggestion but it simply saves the image item as just a number - 8302, with no file extension. So it wouldn't then open as an image.
However, after reading your reply I thought of just adding .jpg to the end of the number while saving and that has worked. I now have an image, fairly low 480 X 640 pixels but good enough.
It's very hard to read but seems to say "Here Lies The Remains of Gxxxx". No immediate mention of the woman's name I was expecting.
I'll check Billiongraves.
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Antrim / Re: Anyone know anything about this website - Ros Davies?
« on: Saturday 13 September 25 19:50 BST (UK) »
Thanks for this Jon_ni. Very useful.
I used the last link you provided and through a search found grave details and a gravestone image of the person I'm interested in. The writing on it isn't legible however and I can't download the image. I tried using the UHF database you mentioned but it can't find my person by Surname.
So I now need to see if FindaGrave covers that cemetery and if someone can help with transcribing it.
Edit: I've found it on FindaGrave and have requested an image of the gravestone and also asked if the writing on it can be transcribed.
I used the last link you provided and through a search found grave details and a gravestone image of the person I'm interested in. The writing on it isn't legible however and I can't download the image. I tried using the UHF database you mentioned but it can't find my person by Surname.
So I now need to see if FindaGrave covers that cemetery and if someone can help with transcribing it.
Edit: I've found it on FindaGrave and have requested an image of the gravestone and also asked if the writing on it can be transcribed.
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Antrim / Re: Anyone know anything about this website - Ros Davies?
« on: Sunday 07 September 25 18:16 BST (UK) »
Thank you. Your suggested site gives a better email for Ros.
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Antrim / Anyone know anything about this website - Ros Davies?
« on: Sunday 07 September 25 16:49 BST (UK) »
I found this site while researching and saw that it could potentially supply some detail of a burial on the Blaris Old Graveyard, Lisburn. I sent the author an email but it bounced. Perhaps the site is now too old and is unused/supported.
Does anyone know anything about it - how to get the information suggested?
Here is a link to the page I mean:
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/genealogy/PHOTOSwords/BlarisAll.htm
Thanks.
Does anyone know anything about it - how to get the information suggested?
Here is a link to the page I mean:
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/genealogy/PHOTOSwords/BlarisAll.htm
Thanks.
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Ireland / Re: The Most Recent Census covering Northern Ireland
« on: Friday 22 August 25 15:01 BST (UK) »
Well, I've had a reply about my FOI request.
The text of the reply email said they could find nothing based on the information I supplied - a persons name, DOB and last address. They said the person couldn't be found in the Register unless I knew her address at that time (which is one of the things I'm trying to find out).
However there were two attachments, one was a letter saying that they did find some related information. The other attachment was four jpgs worth of pages headed "TRANSCRIPT OF APPLICATION FOR RATION BOOKS Northern Ireland", each dated 27/9/1939 and one of them is of the same address as I stated in my request (but doesn't show the individual concerned, so I at least know that she wasn't living at the family home in 1939).
It's good to have those documents because they confirm some things I know and adds people/details I didn't. Although they don't give household status (husband, wife etc) they do give full dates of birth which is very useful.
So, all in all it was well worth the asking and PRONI did actually do some general searching for me.
The text of the reply email said they could find nothing based on the information I supplied - a persons name, DOB and last address. They said the person couldn't be found in the Register unless I knew her address at that time (which is one of the things I'm trying to find out).
However there were two attachments, one was a letter saying that they did find some related information. The other attachment was four jpgs worth of pages headed "TRANSCRIPT OF APPLICATION FOR RATION BOOKS Northern Ireland", each dated 27/9/1939 and one of them is of the same address as I stated in my request (but doesn't show the individual concerned, so I at least know that she wasn't living at the family home in 1939).
It's good to have those documents because they confirm some things I know and adds people/details I didn't. Although they don't give household status (husband, wife etc) they do give full dates of birth which is very useful.
So, all in all it was well worth the asking and PRONI did actually do some general searching for me.