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The Common Room / Useful surname book on Kindle
« on: Monday 04 August 25 07:08 BST (UK)  »
Hi all
Just found this in my Kindle recommendations on Amazon for £0!
Not sure if it's already been posted.

The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
1st Edition

I think it is usually prohibitively expensive

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The Common Room / Re: Identifying "medals" on teenage milkman London 1934
« on: Thursday 31 July 25 06:58 BST (UK)  »
A relative worked for United Dairies and I seem to remember he mentioned they had a football competitions and awarded medals. The boy does seem to have a lot though:)

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The Common Room / Re: Query re names and titles on Paish Record
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 14:51 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for the replies.
Something for me to consider when working out if he is the correct person.

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The Common Room / Query re names and titles on Paish Record
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 12:14 BST (UK)  »
I have an ancestor who died in 1756. In the parish register he is listed with the title Mr
Every other entry just lists the persons name or son of or daughter of.
Would the title of Mr have denoted status of some kind of?

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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast subscription levels
« on: Thursday 24 July 25 12:04 BST (UK)  »
I thought they had some Hertfordshire parish record images that I could plod through and find some baptisms, but unfortunately, as I said they sell a subscription without making it clear what you can or can't access. I searched, found a record I thought would help, and got the subscribe to view message. It offered the monthly Family Tree sub, so foolishly I thought that would allow me to access the record. It didn't :(
Back to Ancestry and Family Search.

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The Common Room / Re: Findmypast subscription levels
« on: Thursday 24 July 25 11:34 BST (UK)  »
Quite agree Biggles.

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The Common Room / Findmypast subscription levels
« on: Thursday 24 July 25 11:18 BST (UK)  »
Morning all.
Does anyone know what records you can view  with the Family Tree subscription on FindMyPast?
I subscribed to the site yesterday but I can't view anything. I just get the upgrade to view message.
I did message them to cancel and ask for a refund, but they said "
On this occasion you are not eligible for a refund of this payment as you have already used this subscription so the cooling off period no longer applies."
Not sure how searching but being unable to view counts as using a subscription, but there you go , lesson learned.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: drownings in the thames
« on: Tuesday 10 June 25 08:45 BST (UK)  »
https://digupyourancestors.com/2020/04/04/a-person-unknown-drowned-in-the-thames/

This makes interesting reading. I found it whilst looking for a couple of my ancestors who committed "suicide" in the Thames.

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The Common Room / Re: Where to look - Shared matches
« on: Sunday 11 May 25 14:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi jorose
All matches in question are on my maternal side. My  cousin and I   share my mum's maternal grandparents.
I shall take a look at WATO as you suggest.
Thank you

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