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    Bensons' Hardware Shop

    I hope this is the correct thread.  Does anyone remember a shop called Bensons', it was a traditional old hardware shop that sold everything from paint to china tea sets.  I think it also sold furniture from the upstairs room.  The problem is I can't remember where it was!&nbsp...
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    Smith - Smith marriage 1851

    Hi, according to family search my husbands 2 x great grandmother Maria Smith [that was her maiden name] married William Smith on 8 November 1851 at St Martins. I wonder if anyone has any more information especially her fathers name. Many thanks Jan
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    legal/illegal marriages

    Hi, could I have your advice/comments on this puzzle I have come across in my research. I have an ancestor who married in 1782/1793/1800, his three wives all had the same surname and they all came from the same small village. The first two marriages were at that village and the resulting...
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    Beechcroft House 15 Belle Walk Moseley

    Hi, I wonder whether anyone out there has any memories or knowledge of Belle Walk, Moseley. I am most interested in the time around 1956 and in particular number 15, which I believe is no longer there. I am wondering whether it was a private house / rented house / bed and breakfast or...
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    Church Service before burial

    Hi, as this is my first post I hope I am doing it correctly. Does anyone know if a person was buried in one of the Birmingham cemetaries between say 1870 and 1930 would they have had a church service first ( and be listed in that churches register) or would they have just had a service at the...
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