Just in Case Old John is already on his bike LMA = London Metropolitan Archives Paul 2627 On 14/11/2014 17:31, John Woodger via wrote: > John, Registers of Master mariners at LMA? What is LMA? John (Master > Mariner) > > -----Original Message----- > From: goons-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:goons-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of John P Laws via > Sent: 13 November 2014 20:32 > To: goons@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G] A Hint for those addresses you can't read on the census > > Hi One-Namers everywhere > > How often do you look at the census and can't make out a street name? > > A hint for you when this happens is find a neighbouring street you can read, > then do a lookup on Google maps, then you can search the surrounding streets > for the one you want. > > This works well especially when you are following the US Federal census > where the street names are written up the left-hand margin of the form, they > are best read by rotating the image if possible or rotating your computer 90 > degrees to the right in doing so, knocking everything on your neat little > desk flying in all directions. > > I recently had a most annoying case where images of registers of Master > Mariners held at the LMA they or whosoever copied the documents with no > regard to the rotation of the pages including one page that was inverted, of > course if you are a contortionist and can type while standing on your head > it'll be ok for you. > > John P Laws > > Registrar > Laws Family Register > Putting Flesh on the Bones of History > > http://lawsfamilyregister.tribalpages.com > http://lawsandlawes.blogspot.com > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4213/8566 - Release Date: 11/13/14 > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message