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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Gravesend Shipping Question
« on: Friday 28 February 25 02:33 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: KGarrad on Friday 28 February 25 02:29 GMT (UK)
Quote from: haliared on Friday 28 February 25 01:47 GMT (UK)
The Burlings were what British seamen used to call the Berlengas islands off the coast of Portugal but I don't know if that voyage went in that direction?

What other route is there?

The first part of any voyage UK-Aus is Bay of Biscay, Spanish/Portuguese coast.
Then Med and Suez, or Africa and Cape of Good Hope.

I didn't know it was going to Australia. I just read Gravesend to The Burlings and remembered the part I had heard about sailors calling them that so posted to help.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: How to find birth certificate of adopted person
« on: Friday 28 February 25 02:01 GMT (UK)  »
If from England and Wales then this link should help you know where to go next:

https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Gravesend Shipping Question
« on: Friday 28 February 25 01:47 GMT (UK)  »
The Burlings were what British seamen used to call the Berlengas islands off the coast of Portugal but I don't know if that voyage went in that direction?

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Technical Help / Re: No sound on laptop
« on: Friday 28 February 25 01:41 GMT (UK)  »
You might need to change where the sound comes out of, the previous owner may have had it connected via HDMI to TV or monitor etc.
Right click the speaker symbol on the bottom tool bar.
Select 'Sound settings'
Where it says Output choose where to play sound - Click the button that is the laptop name.
Slide the volume bar up to 100.

See if that works. Good luck.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with deciphering a surname please
« on: Saturday 16 November 24 09:42 GMT (UK)  »
I was way out, I thought it said Gannam!

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: WW2 abbreviation query?
« on: Saturday 16 November 24 09:28 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Tgapitbull on Saturday 16 November 24 06:07 GMT (UK)
Thanks haliared for your posting - SSR-3 is very clearly stamped so I don't think it would have been USSR.  I had heard from my MIL that he might have been a 'sniper' but she was not certain?

Thanks also Spades - I have sent a message to the National Army Museum and await their response.

My FIL's file does not contain alot of info.  I plan to check the 24 Battalion War Diary for any additional info. 

A shame the files were purged in 1949!

TPB

SSR is an abbreviation used for sniper support rifle I found out but can't seem to see any more than that, and I don't think that for WW2.

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The Common Room / Re: Find My Past
« on: Friday 15 November 24 22:11 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Sloe Gin on Friday 15 November 24 21:57 GMT (UK)
Thanks. They had better do more than "look into it".
This is clear enough.

It is really annoying, I agree totally.
I sent them URL's and screenshots, so they had better fix it soon!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Looking for grave
« on: Friday 15 November 24 22:04 GMT (UK)  »
Burials cost money. When families were struggling to feed their living children it would be unusual, just from my personal family tree experience, for them to be able to pay for a newborn baby burial and is far more likely the option suggested in previous posts.
Once I did find a burial in a mass grave though, so you may be lucky and find that happened in your case.

I also found this which is interesting....
https://www.1900s.org.uk/1900s-funerals-cost.htm

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The Common Room / Re: Find My Past
« on: Friday 15 November 24 21:40 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Sloe Gin on Friday 15 November 24 21:35 GMT (UK)
I am not very happy with them as I currently have a 3 month Premium sub which is supposed to include newspapers. But having just found a newspaper item of interest, it is telling me I must upgrade or pay to view  >:(

It seems they have changed the subscription range. They should honour the terms I subscribed under.

I have a premium account too and this keeps doing it to me, I contacted them about this, and they agreed I have access to the newspapers. If you contact them they will look into it.

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