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Genealogy in Great Britain and the islands.
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News extracts: Dec. 9, 1823: Executions in London [Crisp, Hogan, Scott, Smith]
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Names: Crisp, Hogan, Scott, Smith. Transcribed from the 9 December 1823 edition of The Strabane Morning Post newspaper, by permission of The British Library: Executions in London. On Wednesday morning John Smith, aged 24 years, for uttering a forged £5 Bank of England note; John Crisp, aged 29 years, for a... more »
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Historical Global Temperature Table
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The tables promised by the Met Office in response to the recent controversy are now downloadable from [link] and might be of interest to anyone wanting to know how hot (or cold) their ancestors had it. The year range depends on location, e.g.... more »
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News extracts: Dec. 8, 1846: Mr. Muir, of Kirkaldy, and a speaking lark
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Transcribed from the 8 December 1846 edition of The Armagh Guardian newspaper, by permission of The British Library: A Speaking Lark.--We often heard of speaking parrots and speaking starlings, but we have never before heard of such a rara avis as the bird which "soars to heaven's gate" changing its melodious warbling to... more »
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Family Tree Maker
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Hello, For a few years now I have been using FTM software & at present I am using V.10. My problem is that I've just changed operating systems from XP Pro to Windows 7 Ultimate. which doesn't allow me to use V.10. does anybody know which Version I would need to work with my new operating system? Or... more »
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News extracts: Dec. 7, 1824: Earthquake felt at Portsmouth, Hayling Island, and Chichester
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Transcribed from the 16 December 1824 edition of The Enniskillen Chronicle & Erne Packet newspaper, by permission of The British Library: Portsmouth, Dec. 7.--Yesterday, at a quarter before two o'clock, a slight shock of an earthquake was felt in this town, which, we are informed, was sensibly felt by many persons in Hayling Island, and by... more »
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Birth descriptions in familysearch
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I have started researching my GGGG Grandfather, Samuel Wingfield, who appears in FamilySearch IGI as born "About 1751 Of, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England". The issue I have is what "Of" could mean in this circumstance. Do LDS use this terminology if there is some evidence that the birth of Samuel was in Sheffield or is it just signifying that, at some point... more »
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FARMER, HOLLAND, MOORE, DAY: Bermondsey & Deptford
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I am hoping for contact with descendants of Ethel Annie FARMER (b 26 Jan 1881 in Deptford), who married her second cousin, Frederick Hamilton HOLLAND (b 6 June 1881 in Rotherhithe) , on 21 August 1911 at St Peter, Deptford. Frederick was a schoolmaster (elementary) in 1911, was gazetted temp 2nd Lt in the Army Ordnance... more »
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News extracts: Dec. 5, 1820: James Watson, musician, of Dundee
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Transcribed from the 5 December 1820 edition of The Strabane Morning Post, by permission of The British Library: Method of playingu pon [sic] the Violin and Violincello at the same time.--Mr. James Watson, a blind musician from Dundee, has invented a method by which he can play upon these two instruments at once, with... more »
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