Many thanks, one and all! The weather forecast suggests there may be a sunny period this afternoon. This would be a first for my birthday which...
Looks fine on FreeBMD.
You've stumped me there! I've never come across a birth certificate marked "Adopted" without an annotated GRO entry. Don't forget that if the...
But what about the GRO index? If this is the birth certificate of the person you originally mentioned, the GRO index doesn't seem to have any...
I can't help with the specific case but this caught my eye. What exactly do you mean by "birth record"? Do you mean the birth certificate? If a...
"He joined the British Army and was stationed in India" Not so. He joined the army of the East India Company. This was not the "British Army". I...
Don't forget that the 1939 register is only partly a snapshot of the position in 1939. The register continued to be used for other purposes...
The overseers were responsible for local administration of the Poor Law - collecting rates and allocating relief in accordance with the law. The...
I wouldn't think so. That would be like giving money to the social security authorities. The overseers administered the Poor Law which was...
We live in mealy mouthed times. I cringe when someone says "passed" instead of "died". It is interesting to read this extract from the 1881...
What certificate? Surely you have the death certificate. For information on what coroner's records you might find, please read the London...
Google "your search term" site:rootsweb.com Note that there is no space character in site:rootsweb.com
Where was this event? Practice in the UK isn't likely to illuminate cases that occurred in the USA (say).
All service records, including those of conscripts, are obtained the same way. https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records
Senilis means old age. It doesn't imply dementia.
Before you visit, make sure you check the Reading Borough Council website for opening hours of the cemetery and of the office. I assume someone in...
FSAA Fellow of the Society of Accountants and Auditors (this body was later known by the names: Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors,...
The answer is Henley Road Cemetery - All Hallows Rd, Reading RG4 5LP I don't know what you're going to do with that information :)
Many thanks everyone. Here's to another year of brickwall smashing!
He's not listed here... http://www.policerollofhonour.org.uk/forces/national/ministry_of_defence/mod_roll.htm#war_department
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