On 2015-01-21 07:51:51 +0000, melanie chesnel said: > On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 8:36:49 AM UTC+1, melanie chesnel wrote: >> On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:28:46 PM UTC+1, Tickettyboo wrote: >>> On 2015-01-20 19:34:51 +0000, melanie chesnel said: >>> >>>> thanks for this - I have just looked up my great uncle Thomas >>>> LLewellyn> > > Vaughan but the link didn't go to the right image. I >>>> have reported it >>>> regards melanie >>> >>> Sorry, but I 'do' get nosey about things. >>> >>> Was your G Uncle's service number 200749 (Herefordshire Regt), died> > >>> 22.03.1918 ? as that is the only one I can see on the CWGC site for a> >>> > soldier of that name. >>> >>> If so, the image that turns up on ancestry when I search for him, >>> looks> > right (though whoever wrote the original record has missed the >>> 'n' from> > the end of Llewellyn) It says the payment was made to his >>> mother,> > Lilian, which agrees with the CWGC record. >>> -- >>> Tickettyboo >> >> Yes that is the one but when I connected it didn't go to that image - >> I'll try again >> regards melanie > > Found out what the problem was. I have a touch screen and the page when > opened doesn't move using the touch screen it only scrolls using the > touch pad for some reason. As the page opened with only the bottom > three soldiers records showing on the screen, perfectly filling it, and > didn't move when I touched the screen to scroll I assumed there were > only three soldiers per page not 4 and as mine was the first one it > wasn't there as far as I was concerned! I could only see it by zooming > out. I should have known better as this is not the first time I have > had problems with Ancestry not working well on a touch screen; thanks > for your help > regards melanie Glad its sorted and you now have the record you wanted. -- Tickettyboo

Roger Mills wrote: > > Yes, sorry - I misinterpreted the reference. > > If it was a couple of hundred years later, it makes it more possible that it could have been Episcopal - > although the original image doesn't look like that, definitely starts with a 'A'. But if people wrote down > what they heard, it could have sounded like 'Apiscopal'. On reflection, however, if it were the Episcopal > Church, it probably wouldn't have appeared in the Non Conformist register - unless "Non Conformist" is defined > differently in Scotland from its English definition. It is very definitely the South Shields *Associate* Congregation - there are numerous contemporary references on Google, including https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xOsRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA381&dq=%22south+shields%22+%22associate+congregation%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ou2-VPOJKKXOmwX4oYKYDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22south%20shields%22%20%22associate%20congregation%22&f=false -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

Norfolkman wrote: > I have an image of a will on my pc which I am reasonably certain could only have come from Ancestry quite a > few years ago, however, I can no longer find it on there. How likely is it that some which were on a few > years ago are now missing? The only other possibility is the old IGI (Family search) but I can't see any > wills on there. > > The will concerned was for Ralph Gabey (AKA Gaby or Gabie} The will was dated 1734 in Downham, which is > variously listed as either Norfolk or Cambridgeshire. As I only have part of the will, I would love to be > able to find it again. > > Any ideas would be much appreciated. > > Geoff I don't know that Ancestry had copies of wills a few years ago - I seem to remember getting some from British Origins, which I think is now Findmy past. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

> I have an image of a will on my pc which I am reasonably certain could only > have come from Ancestry quite a few years ago, however, I can no longer find > it on there. How likely is it that some which were on a few years ago are > now missing? The only other possibility is the old IGI (Family search) > but I can't see any wills on there. > > The will concerned was for Ralph Gabey (AKA Gaby or Gabie} The will was > dated 1734 in Downham, which is variously listed as either Norfolk or > Cambridgeshire. As I only have part of the will, I would love to be able to > find it again. Ancestry have only had wills indexes plus images for PCC wills relatively recently (plus certain other counties) Some years ealier, The National Archives offered an on line index to PCC wills, from which you could buy a copy of the actual wills. However, I have checked under Gabey/Gabie/Gaby and there is no Ralph as described in PCC. I have also looked at the Norfolk index`(rather more complex to access) and they claim no Ralph Gabey either. I didn't check Cambridge) Possibly you got this will from a solicitor's collection deposited at one of the two local archives. There may be an on-line catalogue from the office, or something included in TNAs 'Discovery' catalgue of material in Archives nationwide. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

Hi all, for a long time now I have been trying to find my 4th great grandfathers birth certificate or any info on his parents. His Name is Philip Wright and he was a Verger at the Sub Deanery of St.Peter The Great, Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex, UK. The only information I have is as follows:12/03/1777 marriage between Philip Wright from Burwash married Ann Hasler at Rumboldswhyke Parish Church, the witnesses were John Habin and Sarah Francies. I cannot find his Birth Certificate so I assume he was born in Burwash. East Sussex until I know further. Philip was the Verger of the Sub Deanery of St. Peter the Great, Chichester Cathedral, Sussex, England. He died sometime in 1808 and he is buried in what is called "Paradise" in the Cathedral Cloisters. He lived in the Cathedral Close with his family, his wife Ann and their three children Ann, Philip and George. He was born around 1750. I have emailed the Cathedral sometime in the middle of last year but have not heard from them since. I would like to know where he was born and his father and mother. If anybody can help or suggest where I go from here please do. Much appreciated Mike.

This man married one of my great great aunts, Martha Jane Brown on the 25th of May 1912 in St James Handsworth. I have a copy of the wedding photo on the back of which my great grandmother, her sister Clarice, has written the names of all her sisters, their spouses and children who attended the wedding. Those who are not named are, I presume, his family who my great grandmother, who did not attend the wedding, didn't know. The photo is on my Ancestry tree for those with a subscription - http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/5308959/person/-1449614323 If any of William's descendants without a sub want a copy of the photo, I think he had two children by a previous marriage, I can send them one if they contact me. If anyone else can help identifying the unnamed people I'd love to hear from you regards melanie

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 8:36:49 AM UTC+1, melanie chesnel wrote: > On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:28:46 PM UTC+1, Tickettyboo wrote: > > On 2015-01-20 19:34:51 +0000, melanie chesnel said: > > > > > thanks for this - I have just looked up my great uncle Thomas LLewellyn > > > Vaughan but the link didn't go to the right image. I have reported it > > > regards melanie > > > > Sorry, but I 'do' get nosey about things. > > > > Was your G Uncle's service number 200749 (Herefordshire Regt), died > > 22.03.1918 ? as that is the only one I can see on the CWGC site for a > > soldier of that name. > > > > If so, the image that turns up on ancestry when I search for him, looks > > right (though whoever wrote the original record has missed the 'n' from > > the end of Llewellyn) It says the payment was made to his mother, > > Lilian, which agrees with the CWGC record. > > -- > > Tickettyboo > > Yes that is the one but when I connected it didn't go to that image - I'll try again > regards melanie Found out what the problem was. I have a touch screen and the page when opened doesn't move using the touch screen it only scrolls using the touch pad for some reason. As the page opened with only the bottom three soldiers records showing on the screen, perfectly filling it, and didn't move when I touched the screen to scroll I assumed there were only three soldiers per page not 4 and as mine was the first one it wasn't there as far as I was concerned! I could only see it by zooming out. I should have known better as this is not the first time I have had problems with Ancestry not working well on a touch screen; thanks for your help regards melanie

On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 9:28:46 PM UTC+1, Tickettyboo wrote: > On 2015-01-20 19:34:51 +0000, melanie chesnel said: > > > thanks for this - I have just looked up my great uncle Thomas LLewellyn > > Vaughan but the link didn't go to the right image. I have reported it > > regards melanie > > Sorry, but I 'do' get nosey about things. > > Was your G Uncle's service number 200749 (Herefordshire Regt), died > 22.03.1918 ? as that is the only one I can see on the CWGC site for a > soldier of that name. > > If so, the image that turns up on ancestry when I search for him, looks > right (though whoever wrote the original record has missed the 'n' from > the end of Llewellyn) It says the payment was made to his mother, > Lilian, which agrees with the CWGC record. > -- > Tickettyboo Yes that is the one but when I connected it didn't go to that image - I'll try again regards melanie

On 18/01/2015 17:46, eve via wrote: >> On 17/01/2015 20:16, eve via wrote: >>>>> On Monday, 8 September 2014 23:42:02 UTC+1, Tickettyboo wrote: >>>>>> RG4 Piece 1581: South Shields, Apsceate Congregation (Scotch Church),> >>>>>> 1783-1813 >>>>>> I am not very au fait with the various flavours of Non Conformists and> >>>>>> though I have Googled till my fingers are worn down I can't find any> >>>>>> explanation of the term "Apsceate" >>>>>> >>>> >>> I thought that when this query first appeared a few weeks back, it was clearly >>> identified, and although i have zapped the emails, i think probably as >>> Associate. > > The only thing is, I'm not sure that that existed as early as 1581. > > The date is not 1581 - that is the RG4 (nonconformist registers) piece > number > Yes, sorry - I misinterpreted the reference. If it was a couple of hundred years later, it makes it more possible that it could have been Episcopal - although the original image doesn't look like that, definitely starts with a 'A'. But if people wrote down what they heard, it could have sounded like 'Apiscopal'. On reflection, however, if it were the Episcopal Church, it probably wouldn't have appeared in the Non Conformist register - unless "Non Conformist" is defined differently in Scotland from its English definition. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked.

On 20/01/15 17:49, Norfolkman wrote: > The will concerned was for Ralph Gabey (AKA Gaby or Gabie} The will was > dated 1734 in Downham, which is variously listed as either Norfolk or > Cambridgeshire. As I only have part of the will, I would love to be able to > find it again. Ralph Gabey, yeoman, of Welney left a will dated 1734 proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich, and is register "Smith 11". I'm not aware that these wills are available on-line, but it's outside my area of expertise and I may be wrong. Welney is one of the chain of parishes along the Cambridgeshire / Norfolk border that straddled the border of the two counties until 1895. The parish was then divided into West Welney (Cambs) and Welney (Norfolk). It's a small windswept place in the Fens on the Hundred Foot Drain. The large Cambridgeshire parish of Downham borders Welney to the south, and its main village, Little Downham, is about eight miles from Welney. The Norfolk town of Downham Market is maybe eight miles to the north-east. Downham Market is much the larger place, and if the will just says Downham, it is more likely to mean Downham Market. Richard

On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 19:28 +0000, Brad Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tuesday 20 Jan 2015 17:49 in message <[email protected]>, >Norfolkman wrote: > >> it on there. How likely is it that some which were on a few years ago >> are now missing? > >They may have had a contract that allowed them the images for a finite >period of time, and not renewed it. So, it's possible. Whether that >applies in your case, IDK. Same applies to FMP, of course (from where I've >acquired images that are no longer findable). > If it was from Ancestry then could it have been from a now defunct tree ?

On 2015-01-20 19:34:51 +0000, melanie chesnel said: > thanks for this - I have just looked up my great uncle Thomas LLewellyn > Vaughan but the link didn't go to the right image. I have reported it > regards melanie Sorry, but I 'do' get nosey about things. Was your G Uncle's service number 200749 (Herefordshire Regt), died 22.03.1918 ? as that is the only one I can see on the CWGC site for a soldier of that name. If so, the image that turns up on ancestry when I search for him, looks right (though whoever wrote the original record has missed the 'n' from the end of Llewellyn) It says the payment was made to his mother, Lilian, which agrees with the CWGC record. -- Tickettyboo

On Tuesday 20 Jan 2015 17:49 in message <[email protected]>, Norfolkman wrote: > it on there. How likely is it that some which were on a few years ago > are now missing? They may have had a contract that allowed them the images for a finite period of time, and not renewed it. So, it's possible. Whether that applies in your case, IDK. Same applies to FMP, of course (from where I've acquired images that are no longer findable). -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" This disease is catching Into The Valley - Skids

I have an image of a will on my pc which I am reasonably certain could only have come from Ancestry quite a few years ago, however, I can no longer find it on there. How likely is it that some which were on a few years ago are now missing? The only other possibility is the old IGI (Family search) but I can't see any wills on there. The will concerned was for Ralph Gabey (AKA Gaby or Gabie} The will was dated 1734 in Downham, which is variously listed as either Norfolk or Cambridgeshire. As I only have part of the will, I would love to be able to find it again. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Geoff

"Jenny M Benson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Trying to discover who was a Hannah Paul whose death record I had seen, I > searched FindMyPast "Hampshire Marriages" collection, using the Search > terms Surname = PAUL and Spouse's First Name = HANNAH. One result was > returned, a marriage in 1830 and at that point I realised that in editing > an earlier search I had omitted to delete a time period from the Search > terms. > > I repeated the search using only the Surname and Spouse's First Name and > got no results at all. When I repeated the Search for a 40-year time > period (either side of 1800) there were 5 results returned. > > There is no indication on the Search page that Date is a required field. I > wonder how many times in the past I have failed to get a result because I > was searching on minimum criteria and omitted a Date. > -- > Jenny M Benson I have found this before Jenny, and the similar case of a name being mandatory. In that name case, it gave no indication that an absent name was invalid rather than the norm of implying "any will do". I think this is just a case of bad programming, and not by design. You'd think that their QA team would have found these during testing...? Tony Proctor

On 20/01/15 11:13, Graeme Wall wrote: > On 20/01/2015 03:59, Mary Lou via wrote: >> >> Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to >> American dollars at 1916 rates? >> >> I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would >> have been worth. >> >> Thanks much..... >> > > Off hand it would have been about $4 to the pound, as a youth I > remember half crowns (2s6d or 12.5p) being referred to as half a > dollar. Close to $4.8 to the pound: https://www.creditwritedowns.com/2014/02/long-decline-great-british-pound.html So £20 12/4d would have been almost exactly $100. Richard

Trying to discover who was a Hannah Paul whose death record I had seen, I searched FindMyPast "Hampshire Marriages" collection, using the Search terms Surname = PAUL and Spouse's First Name = HANNAH. One result was returned, a marriage in 1830 and at that point I realised that in editing an earlier search I had omitted to delete a time period from the Search terms. I repeated the search using only the Surname and Spouse's First Name and got no results at all. When I repeated the Search for a 40-year time period (either side of 1800) there were 5 results returned. There is no indication on the Search page that Date is a required field. I wonder how many times in the past I have failed to get a result because I was searching on minimum criteria and omitted a Date. -- Jenny M Benson

Not my family. [STRAY] Agnes BAXTER [nee BOWNESS] d. 19. Oct 1918, 86 yrs, she is recorded as born Orton, Westmoreland, ENG., her MI is at Goombungee, Queensland, Australia Agnes [above] was married to William Charles BAXTER and their daughter Alice c 1869 was also buried at Goombungee. She [Alice c 1869] died 25 May 1961 aged 92 was the widow of Thomas HANDFORD c 1875 of South Molten, Devon, England Mary Ellen BAXTER died 16 Nov 1922 and was buried at Goombungee 17 Nov 1922 aged 63. She is the d/o William BAXTER and Agnes BOWNESS. Her tombstone reads Mary Ellen BAXTER died November 5th 1922 aged 63 [her death date differs from Council burial records] Native of Darlington, Durham, England http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/cemeteries I do not know where William Charles BAXTER got to or where he is buried. Regards Bev

> > Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to American dollars at 1916 rates? > > I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would have been worth. Although I will recheck a possible sourcve onm this (not immediately to hand), my impression is that this was part of the 'five dollars to the pound' era. (and 20 shillings to the £, so in proportion.) EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

On 20/01/2015 12:13, john wrote: > On 20/01/2015 04:59, Mary Lou via wrote: >> >> Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to >> American dollars at 1916 rates? >> >> I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would have >> been worth. >> >> Thanks much..... >> >> mary lou >> > > Lots of different calculators at > http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html The first link How Much is That (eh.net/hmit) is now at http://www.measuringworth.com/