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The Common Room / Re: Does anyone know of any current Ancestry special offers?
« on: Wednesday 31 December 25 22:06 GMT (UK)  »
Biggles50 has just posted an Ancestry 12 month offer that (slightly) beats this one, £88 Worldwide, £58 UK.  Offer ends 12 Jan 2026.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=895858.msg7704299

Mine expires tomorrow so hopefully it will work for me.

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Worldwide £88 until 12 Jan 2025
« on: Wednesday 31 December 25 22:02 GMT (UK)  »
Even cheaper than the special offer many of us have been using for the last few years.
See this thread https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=832955.msg7702894#msg7702894

Mine expires tomorrow  ;D

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: For people who like puzzles
« on: Monday 29 December 25 18:53 GMT (UK)  »
It wasn't uncommon for people living together to lie about being married in order to "appear respectable".  Maybe Joseph William Chitty was still married to someone else, have you traced him back?

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The Lighter Side / Re: Genealogical novels on offer on Kindle
« on: Monday 29 December 25 17:42 GMT (UK)  »
I agree with Roobarb and Chrissie, Hiding The Past is a good one to start with.  It was the first Nathan Dylan Goodwin book I read and it got me hooked on the Morton Farrier series.

I haven't read The Marriage Certificate by Stephen Molyneux, but my Kindle tells me I have partially read one of his other books, The Death Certificate.  I seem to remember I was enjoying it but must have got distracted by another book, I must get back to it.

I haven't read anything by Beth Farrar or M. K. Jones.

If you enjoy the Morton Farrier series I think you will also like the Jefferson Tayte series by Steve Robinson.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Genealogical novels on offer on Kindle
« on: Sunday 28 December 25 18:48 GMT (UK)  »
I'm waiting for a price drop too  ;D

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The Lighter Side / Re: Genealogical novels on offer on Kindle
« on: Sunday 28 December 25 18:15 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Roobarb on Sunday 28 December 25 09:21 GMT (UK)
The Chester Creek Murders is currently FREE on Kindle!

Sorry Jool, no sign yet of the other Morton Farrier books, I'm still keeping an eye out for them.   :)

Thanks for keeping an eye out for me Roobarb :).  I have downloaded The Chester Creek Murders, hopefully the DNA side of it won't baffle me. I have very little understanding of DNA, maybe the book will help me grasp it a bit better  :-\

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help deciphering info in the 1939 Register
« on: Thursday 11 December 25 17:44 GMT (UK)  »
I was just looking at the same article...

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Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Fatal accident on railway line Croft on Tees 1964 Thomas SNAITH
« on: Saturday 29 November 25 03:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Keith, I cannot post the full article here as you have posted on a "lookup requests" board which doesn't allow attachments.

I can add this to what maddys has already posted.   Thomas Snaith was described as a retired ganger and the accident happened near Croft Railway Station.  The driver of the train, a London-Edinburgh 70mph express, said he first saw the man on the track 400 yards away, blew his horn, but the man's attention seemed to be distracted by a train coming the other way.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 23rd November 2025
« on: Tuesday 18 November 25 17:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hmmm, I think it may be staying where it is, Roobarb.  I wanted to move it with 2 cuttings I have in pots to the other fence to deter any pesky intruders as that fence borders a road rather than a neighbour's garden.  I will let you know how I get on if I decide to attempt it  :-\

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