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Staffordshire completed Look up Requests / Re: Staffordshire Archives-marriage lookup
« on: Thursday 09 January 14 23:37 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, that is the marriage certificate I have and I had no reason to question it until I saw FreeReg and the Wolverhampton History website (hadn't seen it on the IGI). What threw me is that when Ann died in Australia her son, who was the informant, gave her maiden surname as Harrison, something I had always assumed to be an error. I'm worried that this might be one of those instances where a mistake repeated often enough comes to be an unquestionable fact. I would just be interested to know what the actual entry in the parish register says to put my mind at rest.

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Staffordshire completed Look up Requests / Staffordshire Archives-marriage lookup
« on: Thursday 09 January 14 05:01 GMT (UK)  »
I'm wondering whether anyone visiting Staffordshire Archives would be kind enough to check the parish registers for a marriage. I am unable to do it myself because I don't live in the UK. The transcriptions on the Wolverhampton History website and FreeReg refer to a marriage on 13th August 1848 between John Aston and Ann Harrison (her father is noted as Samuel Harrison). I have a marriage certificate that shows her surname as Harris. I want to discount the possibility of incorrect information being sent to the Registrar because the mother of the groom, John Aston, was also Ann nee Harris. It might be that the information on FreeReg has been taken from the existing transcription resulting in an error being repeated but I need to be certain.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help dating photo please
« on: Tuesday 27 November 12 10:31 GMT (UK)  »
A big thank you to everyone who replied. I've been browsing websites with photos of the Sallies uniforms and it certainly seems to be spot on.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help dating photo please
« on: Tuesday 27 November 12 10:15 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for your comment OR. The bonnet worried me because it reminded me of something, which I just couldn't put my finger on and seemed to be from an earlier period than when I believe the photo would have been taken. The Jane Austen thing completely passed me by but I can see the resemblance to the Sally uniform and it is certainly worth investigating.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help dating photo please
« on: Tuesday 27 November 12 07:54 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry China, the photo is a laminated copy of the original and the person from whom it was obtained is dead. The Jane Austen references are a bit of a hoot but I don't think the family was of the type that would be involved in fancy dress things. Then again, who knows?
The photo is from Australia but surely you aren't all (not you China) suggesting that we poor colonials were that far behind the then prevailing fashions!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help dating photo please
« on: Tuesday 27 November 12 05:43 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks China (you have helped me before). That is all I have but I have emailed my relative to see whether he has the original and will get back to you asap.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Help dating photo please
« on: Tuesday 27 November 12 04:04 GMT (UK)  »
This photo is reputedly of an ancestor born in 1865.  Would that ring true given the style of clothing and any guesses as to a likely date?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help deciphering place name
« on: Tuesday 18 September 12 03:50 BST (UK)  »
My thanks again to those who replied to my querie. I think the Hodnet suggestion will be the first that I follow up, Ruskie. I need a place of baptism to try to get a lead on Samuel's parents whose names I don't know. He died in 1851...so no later census returns to look at. I also haven't been able to identify him satisfactorily in the 1841 census because of a question mark as to the name of his wife (or wife at the time) and by that time his daughter, who is my ancestor, had married and moved away. I had a look at Family Search before doing this and it appears that the place of birth has been transcribed there as "Odnet". Anyway, I will start by looking at the registers for Hodnet (and surrounding parishes if necessary) and hope for the best. At least I now have a few leads to follow up and for that I'm very grateful.
Regards
Ross

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help deciphering place name
« on: Monday 17 September 12 05:33 BST (UK)  »
Hello Ruskie and thank you for taking the time to look at my message. It is from the 1851 census and the person is Samuel Harris. Staffordshire, Parish of Sedgley and City of Wolverhampton. The reference is H0107/2031 and he is the last individual on the page. Hope that helps. It is a bit of a mystery to me but I have no local knowledge.
Regards
Ross

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