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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help with understanding Rootschat better
« on: Sunday 04 January 26 11:20 GMT (UK) »Just checked, the Reply button is above the posts rather than at the bottom.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Help with understanding Rootschat better
« on: Saturday 03 January 26 17:45 GMT (UK) »
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: For people who like puzzles
« on: Monday 29 December 25 19:02 GMT (UK) »
Although he is stated as single it would need further research to prove (or disprove) that. It would not be unusual for a man living apart from an estranged wife to claim single status.
I have one in my own lineage who lied about every aspect of his life.
I have one in my own lineage who lied about every aspect of his life.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: For people who like puzzles
« on: Monday 29 December 25 18:56 GMT (UK) »
As said, Social stigma forced couples living together to claim a marriage where there may have been some other impediment to an actual marriage (or they just didn't want to go that route).
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The Common Room / Re: Census and the homeless
« on: Wednesday 24 December 25 19:57 GMT (UK) »
The responsibility to account for the homeless in their area fell to the local police
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Enumeration of the Homeless
Methodology: Unlike the general population who filled out household forms, the enumeration of the homeless was a policing issue at the time due to the Vagrancy Act of 1824, which criminalized homelessness. Police officers patrolled their districts on the night of June 19, 1921, and recorded the details of those sleeping rough, including in police station cells, on census forms.
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Stirlingshire / Re: 1585 Raid on Stirling
« on: Thursday 18 December 25 19:56 GMT (UK) »
There doesn't appear to be that much information available, although https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle/timeline.html does have some.
Basically a group of Scottish Nobles opposed to James VI captured the castle in 1584 but subsequently returned it to the Kings forces in May of that year. In 1585 the rebel group returned and again captured the Castle and after negotians returned it to the Authorities.
There is little to no information coming up about who they were -although it might reasonably be considered that they were supporters of James mother Mary.
According to "Scotland's Story" by H.E Marshall Prior to this James had been held prisoner by some of his own nobles. After some time he escaped and waited patiently before he began exacting his revenge - some of the nobles involved were killed and James' favourite Arran was freed from prison and also began a killing spree. Many of the nobles fled to England but later returned at the head of an Army and marched to Stirling to force James to listen to their grievances. he apparently did and Arran was banished.
Basically a group of Scottish Nobles opposed to James VI captured the castle in 1584 but subsequently returned it to the Kings forces in May of that year. In 1585 the rebel group returned and again captured the Castle and after negotians returned it to the Authorities.
There is little to no information coming up about who they were -
According to "Scotland's Story" by H.E Marshall Prior to this James had been held prisoner by some of his own nobles. After some time he escaped and waited patiently before he began exacting his revenge - some of the nobles involved were killed and James' favourite Arran was freed from prison and also began a killing spree. Many of the nobles fled to England but later returned at the head of an Army and marched to Stirling to force James to listen to their grievances. he apparently did and Arran was banished.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: James the Dryster - female name or error?
« on: Monday 15 December 25 08:46 GMT (UK) »Coal mining.
Early 1700s Seems a bit early for coal mining to be the main industry, the Industrial Revolution was still on the horizon. A quick search shows that salt and various agricultural trades were still the predominant jobs around
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Durham / Re: Old Maps of the Consett area (Pre-1848)
« on: Thursday 11 December 25 16:02 GMT (UK) »
Sorry - correction surveyed in 1857 and published 1862
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Durham / Re: Old Maps of the Consett area (Pre-1848)
« on: Thursday 11 December 25 15:40 GMT (UK) »
According to Google the first OS maps of County Durham did not appear until at least 1854.
The National Library of Scotland Map section has many older maps of the county but nothing like the detail on an OS map. The earliest OS map on the NLS site appears to have been surveyed around that time and published in 1857.
https://maps.nls.uk/
The National Library of Scotland Map section has many older maps of the county but nothing like the detail on an OS map. The earliest OS map on the NLS site appears to have been surveyed around that time and published in 1857.
https://maps.nls.uk/