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Re: Bruwall (?) England

mi2early — 2009-11-21 23:51:51Z

Doesn't ring any bells with me, but . . .

Try putting the first few letters into GENUKI's gazetteer at http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/gaz and change search type to >Word beginning". Might find it that way.

Bruwall (?) England

bensonrift — 2009-11-21 23:49:56Z

I am trying to find out, for starters, if such a place exists, or if someone might know, as it is barely readable on the original document, it might be something else, somewhere else? The letters are definitely a b r, u, maybe e, then its either w, m maybe, then looks like a l l. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just located the death cert. of my ancestor, born about 1796 and once I know where it is I'm looking, the search for more info can begin. Thank you for your time.

Re: Cheshire View

mi2early — 2009-10-22 12:27:45Z

Hi

You may have original posted your message on the Lancashire board, but without actual mention of Lancashire, it wouldn't be appropriate on that board. Posts on location boards must mention that specific loation.

When you mention Pendlebury, is it the location or your grandmother's surname? If the location, is it in Pendlebury where you've seen reference to Cheshire View?

Providing the information from your grandmother's birth certificate will help someone help you.

Thanks!

Where are Flok or Bogh ?

PippaBinnie — 2009-10-22 12:18:44Z

I am finding this site an increasingly useful tool as more data is added & have found several events for my PIXTON/PICKSTON family.

What I am confused about though is in the residence field for several events it gives the info "Flok" or Bogh" & I am struggling to find out if this is the full place name of somewhere or an abbreviation for somthing else. I have read all the notes on the site for the normal abbreviations used but cannot figure out what these 2 are. "BO__" usually occurs in the for BOTP for "both of this parish" but nothing explains the "gh" bit & it could mean something completely different. The church concerned is St John, Chester. Has anyone else come across these names before & can you help?

Re: Cheshire View

keithrowe71 — 2009-10-22 06:04:03Z

I posted the message under Lancashire.
I have never come across another Pendlebury.
Cheshire View was where my grandmother was born in 1883.

Re: Where are Flok or Bogh ?

PippaBinnie — 2009-10-22 05:58:47Z

Yes you were right, I did mean the Cheshire OPR site & thanks for the info, I had been looking in the wrong section

Re: Where are Flok or Bogh ?

Puddington40 — 2009-10-21 20:12:43Z

You don't mention it in your post, of course, but presumably the site you have found an increasingly useful tool is the free on-line Cheshire Parish Register Propject site?

If you go to :-

http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/Live/v3.3/

and select 'Glossary' in the list on the left, then the letter 'R', you'll find a translation of all residence codes used in the database - including FLOK and BOGH.

Re: Where are Flok or Bogh ?

PippaBinnie — 2009-10-21 18:17:22Z

I know I am replying to myself (lol) but possibly Flok stands for Flookersbrook, Can anyone confirm this?

Re: Cheshire View

mi2early — 2009-10-21 13:07:50Z

A search on Google gives several Cheshire Views as well as several St. Peter's churches throughout England.

Perhaps if you give more information, such as in which county you expect to find Cheshire View or where you've seen it mentioned, someone may be able to help.

Cheshire View

keithrowe71 — 2009-10-21 12:36:16Z

Can anybody enlighten me as th where abouts Cheshire View was situated. I thought it might be near St Peter's PC.
Can they confirm if this was the name of a house or a road.

Re: Distance/travel time in 1901

kristy_mac8 — 2009-10-13 09:17:51Z

Thanks :)

Kristy

Re: Distance/travel time in 1901

djl79ewing — 2009-10-13 08:52:42Z

Yes, ample time.

Distance/travel time in 1901

kristy_mac8 — 2009-10-13 05:29:27Z

So, I have a possible passenger on a ship to Australia. My problem is, I don't know if he could have made the ship or not. He was living in Essendine, Rutland, and the ship left from London. Mapquest tells me that it is around 95 miles. It's possible he came by rail, as I know it went through Essendine. He was present in the 1901 census on 31st march 1901, the ship left 5th April 1901. Would he have been able to make the journey in this time?

Thanks in advance.

Kristy

Wrock Wardine Wood, England

thecube1 — 2009-10-08 20:10:39Z

If anyone knows the location of the above mentioned area, or what it,s located nearest to please let me know. As this place was the birth place of my mother in-law and we would like to find other relitives.

Re: county is Dillington in?

DougAllen43 — 2009-10-08 12:56:54Z

Hi Sonya;

Dillington is a very small community, just one lane through it, about a mile north of the village of Gt Staughton in the county of Huntingdonshire, England. England reorged its counties in 1972 (or close?) and Hunts got swallowed up and vanished into what is now Cambridgeshire county.

If you go on Google Earth, and search for Staughton Highway, Cambs, England you'll find a little village there. The road through the village is called the B645. Coming down B645 from the east and driving west, take a gentle right on Green Lane, then a sharp right onto The Green (B661). Follow down to the first intersection, turn right. All of the little homes and farms along this road are Dillington. it turns into Cage Lane and if you keep driving on Cage you'll come back out onto B645 on the east end of Staughton.

If you search for Gt Staughton, Cambs, England you'll see the old village proper. The church is just up the road towards Staughton Highway on the south side. g grandmother Mary Ann is buried in the graveyard directly across from the church on the north side of the highway. It called the old town cemetery. g grandfather Joseph and second wife Lucy are buried in the new town cemetery which is just west of the church on the north side of the road.

Doug

Re: Holderness? 1946 where is this?

bapkas — 2009-10-04 15:38:31Z

Holderness is in the county of Hull East Yorkshire.

Re: General Register Office

Calocybe — 2009-10-03 11:35:54Z

I was a regular visitor at the Family Records Centre searching the civil registration index volumes (and weren't they heavy - you needed strong arms to lift them up and down all day). The information you describe was never in the indexes - you had to obtain the certificate for that.

The civil registration indexes on microfiche are images of the original paper volumes, so they are exactly the same. The searchable indexes online are transcriptions of the full entry in the original index and also give exactly the same information (barring transcription errors of course and there are many of those - always check the original image before applying for a certificate).

I hope this clarifies things for you. It is frustrating when there are several possible entries in the index and no way to tell which is the right one. 20 years ago I ordered what I thought was my gt grandfather's birth certificate and researched several generations of people who turned out not to be my ancestors after all. My gt grandpa did not have a birth certificate at all as he was born before 1875 when birth registration became compulsory - before that many births were not registered. (Hope this saves someone else making the same costly mistake).

Re: Holderness? 1946 where is this?

Calocybe — 2009-10-03 11:08:01Z

If you are searching the civil registration indexes on freebmd, you can click on the district name and the District Info page will open telling you which county/ies that district is in. If you then click on the blue word 'here' at the end of the line, you will get a list of all the parishes in that district.

The volume numbers are also a clue: 9d is Yorkshire, 5a covers Dorset and Wiltshire, for instance. The volume numbers start in London with 1a being central London, 1d is south of the river Thames, then the numbers radiate out to cover southern England. The volume numbers then get higher as you move north, up to 10 at the Scottish border. Wales is last, being covered by volumes 11a and 11b.

Re: General Register Office

mi2early — 2009-09-30 13:30:47Z

Whether you order from the Register Office (preferred because it is more accurate and may be an actual photocopy of your ancestors' handwriting) or order from the GRO, you can always stipulate that the certificate contain certain information.

None of the registers I viewed at the Family Records Centre contained the father's occupation.

General Register Office

chriscoombes911 — 2009-09-28 20:55:55Z

With the sad demise of the Family Record Centre and the opening of General Register Offices around the country with information now on microfiche. Does anyone know if the details held on the microfiche contain, in the case of births and marriages the details of the father and his employment like the old Family Record Centre records had, or does it just tell you the volume and page of the record, like the index does and get you to order a certificate, just to find out that you got the wrong person?

Re: How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

shirleyannnewman — 2009-09-20 09:55:49Z

You can get access to divorce records in the UK, It's £25 a search (or was).

Re: How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

breneto — 2009-08-14 07:32:35Z

Usually 3 years of seperation before applying for divorce, the written proof of adultery. Each party had to write down and hand to court any that had occurred. Thank goodness this never happens now.
It was usually left to the magistrate's dicretion and not made public.

birth, death and marriage records

2009-08-10 15:37:37Z

If I know people were either born, died or married in England but not sure as to where, what county, where do I start? We're talking 1840 to 1890 about. I'd like to obtain birth, death and marriage records but I was told you need to know the county. I don't have a clue.
Can someone help??????

where is Forest Gate

tadprince — 2009-08-10 15:22:01Z

Can anyone tell me what town or parish Forest Gate would have come under in about 1860? I am researching a wife of an ancestor and on the census she says that she was born in Forest Gate but having searched all of the birth records online from 1858 to 1870 have not come across one person from that area.

Thanks
tad

database of marriages in England 1846

joy29351 — 2009-08-04 14:46:57Z

hello friends
this site has the March quarter if 1846 marriages for the whole country
happy hunting
Joyce

http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/StCathsTranscriptions/#Comple...

Re: English Marriage Banns Records

iolande1 — 2009-07-27 07:42:19Z

Hi - a couple of questions-

how would we transcribe? Would you send out images etc? Do you have a deadline or would it be as long as it takes?

English Marriage Banns Records

StevenHill59 — 2009-07-24 12:59:29Z

Marriage Banns is a new project it is a new website and all records are free, not all parishes have Banns records, it is hoping site will cover all English parishes why not Volunteer to do Transcriptions it a worthwhile project and is totally free to view records have a look at the site.
www.marriagebanns.co.uk
Steve

Re: Where is Ollerton Hall?

victoriacolledge29 — 2009-07-21 10:28:41Z

The Ollerton Hall I have heard about is in Cheshire located between Knutsford and Chelford. Hope that is of help
Victoria29

Re: Holderness? 1946 where is this?

pok4r — 2009-07-20 13:10:09Z

hi, thanks never thought of that,, brain does'nt work right sometimes
tony

Re: Holderness? 1946 where is this?

Susan2670 — 2009-07-20 13:09:51Z

Google Holderness, Yorkshire and you will see its on the coast.

Re:Holderness? 1946 where is this?

pok4r — 2009-07-20 13:09:12Z

so is/was this just a district or a place do you know, as its not on any map i have

Re: Holderness? 1946 where is this?

Susan2670 — 2009-07-19 21:46:20Z

The district Holderness is in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Holderness? 1946 where is this?

pok4r — 2009-07-19 21:27:40Z

Holderness where is/was it? sounds Scottish to me,, index shows 9D in 1946. any ideas plz

Re: How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

chmorrisuk — 2009-07-07 12:27:14Z

Hi,
Prior to 1971 it was quite difficult for the non rich to obtain a divorce. There was no "mutual" divorce. A man could divorce his wife for adultery and she would get no maintenance because of her bad behaviour. Until 1923 a woman could only divorce her husband on the grounds of adultery Plus one other i.e. cruelty. Unless it was incestuous adultery.i.e with his sister-in-law, that is a woman he could not legally have married if his wife was dead. The law regarding the marrying of your dead wife/husband`s sister/brother did not change until about 1921.If couples colluded together to obtain a divorce and it was discovered the divorce would be over-turned. After 1971 you could divorce by mutual consent having lived apart for at least 2 years.

Re: How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

mi2early — 2009-07-01 16:30:34Z

The Research Guide from the National Archives may be of some help. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?s...

Re: Benjamin Denton & Ellen Maude

eworld_2 — 2009-06-28 22:30:19Z

I see that these two people are of interest to two or three members of GenesReunited so it looks as though there may be some lost cousins on the same track.

Re: How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

alberta24 — 2009-06-21 05:33:56Z

Divorce in 1956 took longer than today even with grounds.
Straightforward divorces meant that couples had to be living seperately for 2 years and each must consent ,without this consent the marriage was not over until the seperation was 5 years then one party could petition.

Re: How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

eworld_2 — 2009-06-20 22:13:11Z

The innocent party had to want a divorce and could show grounds such as desrtion,adultery,cruelty. If the innocent party did not want a divorce or could not show good grounds it was very difficult. If you could show grounds and could afford good lawyers it could be fairly short time. Divorce decrees were usually published in the local paper.

Re: Where is Ollerton Hall?

graham19362 — 2009-06-19 22:06:09Z

Can u send me the details where ollerton hall is please.

How long to get a divorce in England in 1956?

jenniferwalsh116 — 2009-06-16 13:44:14Z

Hi there, I have a question in relation to divorce in general, how long would it have taken to get a divorce in 1956? The wife would have been at fault, adultery, though it may also have been through cruelty on behalf of the husband.

We have suspicions that hubbies half sister may really be his full sister, the mothers first husbands name is on the birth certificate, but the dates just dont add up.

We have not contacted his sisters as yet, we have only known that they even exist for a week and a bit, so it is still very raw and hurtful for him.

Thanks
Jen

Re: Marriage on Christmas Day 1721

duncanwood69 — 2009-06-14 14:19:45Z

My in laws were married on Christmas Day 1921. There were 12 couples married that day in the Church, done in 'batches' of six at a time, I was told.
I was also told that this was the only day in the year that people could have a day off work without losing pay (I think that one may have needed a special licence to be married on a Sunday, but not sure about that)
regards
Duncan

Re: Looking for "Stanstead Abbey" either in Essex or Herfordshire in the 17th c.

duncanwood69 — 2009-06-14 12:48:12Z

Just a further note, Stanstead Abbots is near Ware in Hertfordshire. The current All Nations Christian College is situated in the building used for the St. Trinians films. A further 10 miles east is Stansted Montfichet (Note the "a" is not there!), This village is between Bishops' Stortford in Hertfordshire and Saffron Walden in Essex. This village gives it's name to Stansted Airport, the third London Airport.
Regards
Duncan

Re: need help finding county

karenlawler28 — 2009-06-11 16:43:39Z

thank you both for the help. now i will see if i can find anything out on my ancestors.

need help finding county

2009-06-11 16:43:18Z

i neeed to know what county plymouth and portsmouth is.

where was Barhaugh - 1700's

2009-06-11 16:31:06Z

BRICK WALL! I would like to know where 'Barhaugh' was in the 1700's to continue research on the name Featherston.
Thanks
Jean Gibson

Re: County Boundaries - Historical & Modern

GiselleFrank — 2009-06-09 18:53:19Z

If you have no joy from the suggested links then you could also have a look at 'Phillimore's Atlas and Index of Parish Registers' to give it its full name. The maps are very useful. It is published by CR Humphrey-Smith.
Your local reference library may have it, check with them before travelling.

Re: Abbreviation H.W.K in England marriage cert?

charlottelovie — 2009-05-31 18:03:46Z

Thank you so much for replying. I checked the writing against examples on this site and was sure it was an 'H' but Frame Work Knitter would fit, as the family were from Basford in Nottinghamshire and in the census he is listed as a 'cotton' something, possibly 'stacker'. Thanks again for your help.

Re: Abbreviation H.W.K n England marriage cert?

jlester1581 — 2009-05-30 17:00:24Z

Without seeing it it's hard to say, but could it be F.W.K. (Frame Work Knitter)? It's a standard abbreviation in parts of the Midlands. Just a thought.

Re: Abbreviation H.W.K n England marriage cert?

jksdelver — 2009-05-30 08:38:22Z

Could you recognise it from his occupation in the 1861 census?

Re: Maxwell's buidlings

mordecaimuthui — 2009-05-28 12:39:43Z

I think Maxwell's buildings in Israel if i'm not wrong.