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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Two photos - is this the same man?
« on: Friday 27 September 13 20:42 BST (UK)  »
This conversation is three years old, but that's nothing when it comes to family history quests, and I finally have a definitive answer!
I'm now in contact with a cousin from a different branch. She too had a (better) copy of the LHS photo (1), which she knew was Our Man. But she had another picture, also known to be him (3). This photo is *identical* in setting to my one with the hat (2) - taken in the same room - and it's clearly the same man in that he is wearing the same uniform right down to the identical creases and puckers in the clothing - the photos can only have been have been taken minutes apart.
So - 1 and 3 are our man, and 2 and 3 are the same man, so 1 and 2 must, after all, be the same man!
Case closed  :)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1860s Newspaper clipping - what's the word after 'Beds'?
« on: Tuesday 06 November 12 13:45 GMT (UK)  »
I think we can call that sorted, fixed and generally completed.
Thank you!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1860s Newspaper clipping - what's the word after 'Beds'? COMPLETED
« on: Tuesday 06 November 12 13:36 GMT (UK)  »
Good afternoon everybody

Would you care to take a look at this scan? I'm posting it as I received it, scale, res, etc. Can you work out what the word is after 'Beds'? Initial thought was 'Chandelier' but are there enough ascending letters?

Obviously, it's not of eart-shattering importance, but any opinions welcome.

Many thanks

Cloviscat

I'm not certain whether there are any copyright implications in reproducing this, but it was produced by Inverness Reference Library, after a request by me through the website: http://www.ambaile.org.uk/ and was sent to me via this organisation: http://highlifehighland.com/. There was no copyright notice attached.

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London and Middlesex / Re: When a London Marriage is Missing...
« on: Wednesday 21 March 12 13:43 GMT (UK)  »
That is extremely insightful. I have learnt a lot this morning and I'm very grateful.

I shan't jump to any conclusions though! There's a surprising amount of interpretation availble from the tiny bit of information I have, but: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence :-)

And if ever I find out, I will post back...

Cloviscat

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London and Middlesex / Re: When a London Marriage is Missing...
« on: Wednesday 21 March 12 12:38 GMT (UK)  »
FUMOP -
Anglican - a religious choice
not
Anglian - a 70s TV region!

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London and Middlesex / Re: When a London Marriage is Missing...
« on: Wednesday 21 March 12 12:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for this. I'm quite resigned that I won't get further for this record online - I'm quite pleased iwth this little project overall, so I'm counting my blessings :-)

dawnsh - does that mean there is a higher likelihood that this was not an Anglican marriage? How interesting... Alfred's children had Anglican marriages in the Southwark area, so they may have settled on CofE, but I note that Anna Maria Burgess's mother is from Ireland, so I wonder if that was a factor? What about RC marriages?

As my friend is a convert from Anglian to RC, she may find interest in this...

Cloviscat

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London and Middlesex / Re: When a London Marriage is Missing...
« on: Wednesday 21 March 12 10:43 GMT (UK)  »
Nope - that's helpful from both of you - thanks :-)

This is a rush-job, I'm afraid, so I've not had chance to really learn about the wider context (yet!)

And I can't order a cert without - gasp - spending money! It's up to my friend if she wants to take it further on the basis of what I'm sketching out...

I'm checking out whether Anna Maria Burgess is the Anna Maria who shows up as his wife in the censuses later on...

I'd be surprised if it was non-com, but there's plenty of surprises out there ...

Cloviscat

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London and Middlesex / When a London Marriage is Missing...
« on: Wednesday 21 March 12 10:24 GMT (UK)  »
Please forgive me if this is not the right section. I believe Southwark is teshnically Surrey, but as my Q is about London marriage records I thought this might be the place to ask?

And I guess this is a really obvious query, but as I don't usually do London records, I'm a wee bit lost.

I'm doing a basic family tree as a birthday gift for a dear friend (cash-free birthday presents this year!) and I've found the London marriage records - with their high level of detail - so useful. But what does it mean when a marriage is missing? FreeBMD tells me that 1st Quarter of 1878 Alfred Watts maried at St Saviour, Southwark (Vol 1d page 200) but I can't find it in the register transcriptions. Am I missing something obvious? And how might this happen?

Any insights gratefully received!

Cloviscat


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The Common Room / Re: London Gazette, Trustee Act and a death record
« on: Friday 24 February 12 11:32 GMT (UK)  »
Check!
And she's nice and definite in 1911 as well - married with a young family
But 1901...??????

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