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    Vixen replied to the thread Matilda Mayes.
    duplicate info
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    Vixen replied to the thread Matilda Mayes.
    Thanks Lynn really appreciate it. I don't know whether it will reveal anything about Eliza and Matilda but it may say when they were...
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    Vixen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Matilda Mayes with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi vixen having gone through a load of faffing about yesterday and today to register and get a new card for the archives dept i have...
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    Vixen replied to the thread Matilda Mayes.
    I got the info off Norfolk family history site. They had records on it. I think there are two william platfoots so assuming one son...
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    Vixen replied to the thread Matilda Mayes.
    6th August 1826 William Platfoot was baptised in Yarmouth, the son of John and Elizabeth Easter. As above Elizabeth was the sister of...
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    Vixen reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Workhouse Infirmary with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I'm sure it was because of the cost. A bit like why in the US today so many follow the snake oils salesmen / women , peddling rubbish...
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    Vixen replied to the thread D.N.A. TESTING.
    Also Devon and Cornwall and West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire were my main areas under my English percentage. Mums...
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    Vixen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Workhouse Infirmary with Appreciate Appreciate.
    could be vixen but not entirely sure lyn
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    Vixen replied to the thread D.N.A. TESTING.
    Oh my dads On my dads side yes matches came up via an Edith May Norbury. I couldn’t figure out how we were matched at first as I had...
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    Vixen reacted to MWS's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    And have you found that your DNA results correspond to your family tree research?
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    Vixen replied to the thread Workhouse Infirmary.
    Is this also why herbalists were used rather than seeking medical help or was this more to do with wanting to avoid traditional medical...
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    Vixen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Workhouse Infirmary with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1860 nearly 100 years before the NHS came into being...in those days those that could afford it would pay into a doctors fund ie giving...
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    Vixen replied to the thread Workhouse Infirmary.
    Out of interest was there any other hospitals in Birmingham 1860’s onwards other than the western road infirmary? If so why go to the...
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    Vixen replied to the thread D.N.A. TESTING.
    I did ancestry’s DNA and have found relatives 2nd cousins. I also found my dad before taking the test and the dna result confirmed...
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    Vixen replied to the thread its jayells birthday.
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