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Hi  Karen,
                  Nice to hear from you, am sorry to know that Michael,mum and dad
                  has passed away. I did read the notices, your mum was well loved and liked.
                  Was surprised to read that Michael died at a young age.

                  Your correct I do have a twin sister Madge, younger brother Bobby.
                   Alan passed away July 2024.
                   If I can ask, did you get a private message I sent? Only became I didn’t
                   get any notification of posts you have sent.

                   Will send you a pm.  I married and left Belfast  the same day in1974.
                   Now living in Shropshire.   Take care and will look forward to hearing
                   from you.     Billy.


             

Hi djam,
                  Thanks for your message about Jane Isabella Richards nee Coward, Aitchison.
                  I’am trying to link to family members with Jane Isabella c1887 is as follows.

                  Her father was Frederick c1862 & Anne Mary Davison c1866
                  Brother to Elizabeth Aitchison c1843 who married Gibson Rankin in 1866
                  in Belford.  Moving to  live in Newcastle where a daughter got married in 1898.

                  The family moved to live in Belfast and my Grandmother was born 1899
                  but was baptised in  St Nicholas Cathedral.
                   
                  Any information you can help would be appreciated.
                  Best regards,       Billy.

                 
                 

                   

Hi Leon47,

              Try searching on Proni Historical Maps, check the tool bar for layers
              same places but different years.  More help on the left.
              You can even do a split screen which gives you old and new.
               Best regards,   Billy.

Hi John,

              I’am down in the Library, have asked about newspapers and sorry
              to say the Shropshire Star started about 1964.
              They told me the place to look would be Oswestry Library.

              I have taken a few things down, Elizabeth’s
              Marriage 27 May 1899.      Elizabeth Harriet Skelton. 26.     John Chettoe,  21.
              1939 REGISTER,   
              1911 CENSUS,   Birth Cardiff, Glamorganshire.

             Let me know if his links in your search.
             Best regards,   Billy.
             
           

Hi Leon47,
                   24 years apart, I think they might be family or computer fault.
                    Don’t think that they can use someone’s plot that soon.
                    You can get in touch with the cemetery’s office.

                    The old papers can be search for free in the Newspapers Archives
                    just around the corner from the Belfast Central Library.
                    It’s best to check times of opening also take a memory stick for
                    what you find.

                    I have Shropshire Archives Library here and use them for free
                     Find my past, British Newspapers, Ancestry.
                    When I use this archives, I logged into the Newspapers set up
                    my account “ free” at home.
                    Then log in down there and save anything I find, at home you
                    open the account and go to saved.

                    Ancestry finds can be sent to any Wi-Fi address.
                    Best of luck, let us know if they are family.
                                    Billy.