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Cheshire / Re: What can I try next
« on: Thursday 04 December 08 09:55 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for all the information Celia and Milly. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.(No computer access!)

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At present I have only the 'short' birth certificate, the original.(I am going to get the full certificate

Ethel's birth was registered in Wallasey. You have helped me discover family members that I didn't know about before and will help keep me out of mischief!!  ;D

I will book the film reader at Wallasey library and explore the 'News'. (I will try not to let myself be sidetracked :))


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Cheshire / Re: What can I try next
« on: Tuesday 02 December 08 15:15 GMT (UK)  »
I am amazed at the information you have supplied millymcb!

I am only in the early stages of tracing the family. I have a number of original birth, marriage and death certs. but as I am realising from reading other people's messages, it is not really surprising when I say there is no consistency about whose documents have survived 'life'.

I know that Ernest was a blacksmith and where the smithy was(there are some photos surviving) and my great aunt told me stories about him shoeing the horses for funerals (and how social rank could be determined by the number of horses) I didn't know that he was born in Acton, Lancs!
I know Ernest's father was Samuel.
I knew that Ernest had a sister Anne. (she died when I was a young child ans she is always referred to as Auntie Anne)
I have never heard of a nephew Edward. (not sure whose child he would be, definitely not Anne's as she was a spinster.
Thank you for the info, it is fascinating. Ethel still eludes me though!

I traced an Ethel Rogers who died in Audley which I thought might fit the info but it turned out to be a false trail.
I had considered that they may have been on holiday, but I know of no reason why they would be in Birmingham.







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Cheshire / Re: What can I try next
« on: Tuesday 02 December 08 10:09 GMT (UK)  »
At present I have only the 'short' birth certificate, the original.(I am going to get the full certificate)
My great grandparents were Ernest Rogers and Maria Evelyn (usually referred to as Evelyn) Rogers (nee Hughes).
Is it worth me looking at burial records for Rake Lane, as Ernest and Evelyn are buried there? (I have no records of the plot being purchased)

Ethel's date of Birth was 13 July 1893. After that she disappears from the family. The fact that my great aunt (younger) knew about Ethel implies that nothing too scandalous happened but we have no known photographs. (only a few of my great aunt and my grandfather)

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Cheshire / What can I try next
« on: Monday 01 December 08 23:02 GMT (UK)  »
I accidently interrupted someone else's thread (sorry!) about historical newspapers.

I am trying to trace the death of my great aunt, Ethel Rogers who was born June 1893. (Wallasey)
Family history (pinch of salt coming up) was that she fell from a window when either she was approx 2 years or her sister (born 1895) was approx 2 years.
To date I have not been able to trace her death in the registers, therefore I wondered if it was possible to search the appropriate newspapers (pref locally)
any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.

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The Common Room / Re: No Historical Newspapers
« on: Monday 01 December 08 16:04 GMT (UK)  »
Not sure if this is the place to ask but ..... (mods please move if not)

Where could I look to track down my great aunt who reportedly died as a young child falling from a window.
(I do not have her death certificate and to date have not been able to track her down!)
Her family lived in Wallasey (Wirral)

 I  am hoping your collective expertise can point me in another direction as at the moment I am in a cul de sac!!

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Durham Completed Look up Requests / Re: M Inscriptions for Lanchester
« on: Monday 24 November 08 11:17 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for that information.  (this is my husband's family and I was wondering how many family members might be recorded on the headstone)
 The family lived in Lanchester for quite a few years. (I know that some of the houses and buildings in Lanchester were built by Luke Thornton (not the same Luke Thornton as the headstone).

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Durham Completed Look up Requests / Re: M Inscriptions for Lanchester
« on: Sunday 23 November 08 12:48 GMT (UK)  »
Could you please look for the inscription(s) for the Thornton family?
Thank you.

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Cheshire / Re: War Memorial Site [ great resource ]
« on: Monday 17 November 08 15:20 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for bringing this excellent site to my attention. :)
I have often wondered whether my great uncle was recorded on a local war memorial and through this link I have been able to find him.
It is great to add another piece to the picture I have of the family.

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Cheshire Lookup Offers / Re: Barony Road All-Saints Cemetery, Nantwich **NEW PHOTOS 3/11/07**
« on: Friday 21 December 07 10:03 GMT (UK)  »
It was fascinating to see the grave of John Steventon as that is my maiden surname.
I have only bare bones of family links at present but hopefully I will be able to fill some gaps.
I am a descendant of Edwin Steventon.

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