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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA for everybody?
« on: Yesterday at 23:55 »
Paternity at birth was my first thought as well. It is an obvious extension of this.

And a generation later, the parents DNA will be in the system already.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: deleted name on 1911 census
« on: Friday 20 June 25 08:59 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: chempat on Friday 20 June 25 06:43 BST (UK)
Does it read 17 children born and 6 still living - which should make 11 died?

I puzzled over that... I wondered if she counted stillbirths in the "children that have died" column.  :'(

Going back to the original family, is there anything else we can help with? The two questions implied are- their actual children and mother's maiden name?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: deleted name on 1911 census
« on: Thursday 19 June 25 22:33 BST (UK)  »
On an unrelated note, I was flicking through other neighbours and came across this- I think I feel unwell  :'(


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: deleted name on 1911 census
« on: Thursday 19 June 25 21:58 BST (UK)  »
There's a birth for a William INSTANCE 1909 Southampton with corresponding death in 1994- so the surviving child of the three just not at home that night?

(William and Joseph appear to be twins, with a death of a Joseph 1909 in South Stoneham?)

That said, there is a census that could be the above William, living with his father (Mr INSTANCE...), a widower. (Any chance your people didn't marry because she was already married...?)

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OK, the father of the above William was Joe Joseph INSTANCE. Perhaps the William on the census wasn't a child of hers, but they looked after William for his widowed father, accidentally put him down on the census when he was at home that night, and crossed him out?

They were neighbours. The DICKSONs lived at no10, INSTANCE at no13.

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Somerset / Re: Admiralty Shipyard in Bath
« on: Wednesday 23 April 25 20:01 BST (UK)  »
By annoying a lot of the wrong people over the course of many years until I found the Defence Business Services. I'm at least glad that I got an answer about where the records were and that at the time they were destroyed I was still knee-high to a grasshopper so I had no chance of ever finding them.

Their actual response:
"Further to your request for information relating to your great grandfather, I am sorry to have to inform you that despite an extensive search having been carried out of our Civilian archive records, there are no documents held by the Department. Records relating to civilian employees are only retained for 100 years from date of birth (following guidance from The National Archives) and unfortunately after conducting an extensive search for any additional records, there are no records held. Civilian employee records are only retained for 100 years from date of birth and then destroyed without copy, however it is possible that National Archives may hold some information and hopefully you will receive a response in due cause." - DBS Information Records Management

The National Archives didn't give me any response whatsoever.

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Antrim / Re: Recent death (Larne 2019)
« on: Wednesday 23 April 25 19:56 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your message. Goes to show how fragile life can be sometimes. One moment you are doing tasks in life, then everything takes a turn.

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Somerset / Re: Admiralty Shipyard in Bath
« on: Tuesday 22 April 25 08:54 BST (UK)  »
Hi!

I'm still here.

Unfortunately I've since had confirmation that my great grandfather's admiralty records were destroyed in 1990 (100 years after his birth, per instruction). So there's a lot I'll never know.

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The Common Room / Re: Young Genealogists
« on: Wednesday 16 April 25 19:45 BST (UK)  »
We have a big pile of old photos and someone somewhere along the line has helpfully written things like "my mother" on the backs... I don't know who wrote it  ;D

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The Lighter Side / Re: Unusual First Names
« on: Saturday 12 April 25 23:20 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Forfarian on Saturday 12 April 25 21:48 BST (UK)
I surely can't be the only one to have come across a Phanuel in their tree?

Reminds me of the old joke about the name being spelled "Steven with a ph" - Pheven


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