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    Getting into service

    Can I ask of members how the daughters of a local farmer might secure their places as domestic servant in a tradesman's house in Birmingham? Would this be by word-of-mouth, responding to an advertisement or even perhaps by their school placing them or any of the above? I ask because all...
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    Marriage Look-up

    Many thanks to both
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    Marriage Look-up

    Can anyone confirm a marriage between Samuel Elvins and Ellen/Eleanor Milward on 13 May 1833 in St Martin’s Church. any additional details on the record? Thanks P.
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    Marriage Look Up

    Many thanks Can you suggest why this church would have been the one they were married in? What Parish did the church cover in the 1839s? Paul
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    Marriage Look Up

    Can you confirm a marriage between Stephen Aldington, a farmer born in Moreton Bago and Sarah Smith from Cleeve Prior in Worcestershire, on 12 October 1835? Any other details listed? Paul from Canberra
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