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The Common Room / Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« on: Wednesday 05 November 25 09:47 GMT (UK)  »
It's good to see the effort that has been made to tidy up the plot.

I was at Brompton last week, walking around with a fellow FindAGrave volunteer over from the USA. She was a little unhappy that so much is overgrown because the Royal Parks have determined it being good for the local wildlife. Don't get me wrong, it is full of birds and insects, but the plots just look messy and unkempt.

On the subject of old soldiers, there are lots of Chelsea Pensioners at Brompton before the move to Brookwood was made. The majority are in common plots. I've been working on the burial registers for a couple of years now, adding the missing plot numbers. I bet there were some stories they could have told.

Good luck with your project.


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The Common Room / Re: Robert Gann Brompton Cemetery :
« on: Wednesday 05 November 25 00:25 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Iain

Section AK and all those on the Brompton map (linked by rosie99) below the central avenue in the western side are identified as common or public graves and generally do not have headstones. There are exceptions to this generalisation but the headstones tend to be for more recent burials as in post ww2. This plot is also an exception as it is a private grave with 2 (unrelated) burials, Charles Judd and Robert Gann. The record for who owned or paid for the plot is not online but could most probably be found at the National Archives.

There are 2100 plots in AK, each plot averaging 5 or 6 burials, the first at 12ft. There are still plot numbers missing from memorials on FindAGrave, this is a diminishing number though, but it is the only site that records the plot numbers. While FindMyPast and Ancestry have transcriptions and images of the burial registers, their transcriptions do not have the plot numbers.

The memorials on the Royal Parks website can be mis-transcibed, the handwriting being hard to decipher, and there are many pages missing that can be found on FindMyPast & Ancestry. Not 1 site is currently the most complete but FAG has memorials for deaths after 1997, which is when the older registers were deposited at the National Archives.

Hope this helps.

Dawn

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Australia / Re: G J FALKINER Western Australia
« on: Friday 08 August 25 10:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi SaraPaton

Another suggestion would be to wait for a couple of days to see if they return to the forum. They should receive a notification that you have posted.

If not, you could try sending a personal message in the hopes that their email address hasn't changed in the 5 years since they were last online.

Fingers crossed.

Dawn

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England / Re: Family Records Centre
« on: Tuesday 17 June 25 12:11 BST (UK)  »
Marriage to a man already out there because of an army career or trade connections

Employment as a nurse or governess

Maybe an older lady's companion

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Cumberland Completed Lookups / Re: *COMPLETED* Confusion over death dates, Hetherington family of Brampton
« on: Saturday 17 May 25 10:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi Janet

Welcome to Rootschat  ;D

As you have discovered, old topics posted here are never deleted and contacts are made many years after the initial post.

sirsimon, who started this topic, and robbiesmum  have both been online here recently and should receive notifications that you have posted, just as I did. Hopefully they will come back soon and reply.

Dawn


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The Common Room / Re: Why no mother's name on birth certificate?
« on: Friday 16 May 25 10:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi NicDaw

Welcome to Rootschat  ;D

A shorth form birth cert only has the child's name, date of birth and town or county of birth.

The usual bigger sized cert has the full details.

If the short form cert does not match up with an entry in the GRO birth index, this can infer an adoption has taken place but will require further research. Some entries are known to be missing or badly transcribed.

Dawn

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Adoption or not in 1918
« on: Tuesday 06 May 25 18:00 BST (UK)  »
Welcome to Rootschat  ;D

I'll answer your last sentence first.

If the headstone is an official Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial, then the CWGC take responsibility for their maintenance. Please contact them if you feel his memorial is neglected.

Cause of death should be given on the death certificate, see reply 24, the cost since gone up
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/faq.asp

The burial at High Halden may have been to do with his place of death.

I looked at the previous posters and the main ones have not been online here since 2014.
However, as long as their email addresses haven't been changed, they may still get an email notification to let them know you have posted and may come back.

Good luck with further research.

Dawn



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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to track Kathleen Saunders after 1964
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 10:44 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Saunders11 on Tuesday 25 February 25 06:42 GMT (UK)
I’m blocked again

You have enough posts to be able to use the personal message system.

Maybe try logging out and back in again.

I'll send you a test pm.

Dawn

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: John & Tabitha Downes 1861 - asking again
« on: Sunday 23 February 25 19:34 GMT (UK)  »
Topics merged to keep information together.

New eyes looking again would be appreciated.

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