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1813 And All That
A comment on Twitter this morning in response to a tweet of mine about George Rose’s Parish Register Act got me thinking. My original tweet suggested that the post-1813 printed burial registers introduced by Rose’s Act were “somewhat lacking in … Continue reading
Don’t Believe The Hints
We’ve all been there. We’re following a line back, we’ve got our ancestor in the census, and we’ve found her marriage. We know the four key pieces of information that we ideally need to formulate a search for her birth; … Continue reading
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Tagged census, documents, family history, genealogy, registration, research, tna
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False dawns and first cousins
This is the second of a three-part blog, telling the story of how I broke down a 30-year old brick wall in my research. Read Part One here… The information that my grandma passed on to me had allowed me … Continue reading
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Tagged census, documents, family history, old photos, registration, research
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A mystery wedding photo
Every now and then, I dig out some old family photos and see if I can work out who’s who. I usually vow, then and there, to sort them all out, scan them and begin the process of identifying as … Continue reading
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Tagged bmds, documents, family history, old photographs, old photos, registration, research, wedding photo
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1874 And All That
“Of course, it wasn’t compulsory to register births until 1874…” Oh dear. There it goes again. Every time you think it’s dead, back it comes, rearing its ugly head once more. And somehow, despite the compelling evidence that emphatically debunks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1837, 1874, bmds, civilregistration, documents, family history, registration, research
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