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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Cornelius Fortune
« on: Wednesday 10 December 08 18:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, Dave.
In Peterborough there is a building called "Fortune Buildings", in Cowgate.  There is a photo in Francis Frith's book about Peterborough of Cowgate in 1904.  The caption says it shows Cornelius Fortune Thomson's Burlington Stores.  I think that the Burlington Stores building is not the same as "Fortune Buildings".  The Burlington Stores building has been demolished.
By the way, your request for information includes the line:
The family had it's Roots in Innerwick.
I hope you don't mind, but I have to point out that ' it's ' is an abbreviation for 'it is' or 'it has'.  The word you should have used is the possessive adjective ' its ', which never has an apostrophe.

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Family History Beginners Board / Difficulty registering
« on: Wednesday 10 December 08 18:42 GMT (UK)  »
I have just registered at the fourth attempt.  I could not find a 'contact us' button so I am posting this here and hope that someone at head office will read it.  I entered the code I could see (which consisted of numbers and upper case letters) three times, only to be told that there was an error.  It was only when I took a chance and entered the letters as lower case that I registered (successfully).  The instructions reinforce the use of upper case letters since they say: 'You must read and type the 6 chars within 0..9 and A..F' [And why abbreviate 'characters'?]

So could someone please sort this out.  Thanks

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