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    Thomas Badger and Martha Wright. Marriage? Records?

    This couple reared children in Newcastle upon Tyne during the 1840s and 50s. Thomas is reputed to have been born in Ireland about 1819, making him likely to marry about 1837 to 1842, but I cannot locate a Marriage record. Other tree-builders have suggested the marriage might be in...
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    Lost girl, but only reward will be success in finding her

    Cecilia M Ellwood was born to Flora/Florrie Richards and Christopher James Ellwood: GRO ELLWOOD, CECILIA MOLLY RICKARDS GRO Reference: 1912 D Quarter in ECCLESALL BIERLOW Volume 09C Page 864 What happened to her? I cannot find another record for her in Deaths, Marriages or the 1939 Register...
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    More Jukes/Jewkes/Jacques etc, usual trouble

    I have a Mary Ann Jukes who married a William Hugill (bootmaker) in England, had a few children, then went to Canada and had a few more children. Problems: 1) Cannot find a birth record for Mary Ann, said to have been born around 1802 in either Yorkshire or Birmingham (according to Canadian...
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    Baptism for Richard Holmes born about 1836, Haworth, Yorkshire

    Cannot find a baptism record in either Family Search or FreeReg for this fellow. Parents Joseph Holmes and Susan Sutcliffe, whose other early children were baptised in Bradford. Not found as Richard, Rick, Joseph Richard nor even Frederick. He is on the 1851 England Census with new mum Sally...
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    Benjamin Jaques SWALES b. 1845 Yorkshire

    Benjamin is shown in England Censuses 1851 to 1911 as the son of William and Eliza Swales (no clue about Eliza's maiden name thus far). However, there does not appear to be a Birth record nor Baptism that I can locate in his name. However there is a Birth record on GRO for a Benjamin Jaques in...
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    Dade Parish Registers - a brief introduction

    Apart from the obvious privilege of having ancestors from Yorkshire, many genealogists are doubly blessed in finding that their ancestors came from a parish which used what have become known as Dade Registers. These follow a format devised by a clergyman called William Dade, and the Archbishop...
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