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    Town Criers of Birmingham

    Hi, Can any one tell me any information about the Town Criers of Birmingham during the 18th Century. I was told that my ancestor Richard Wooldridge (or Woolridge, or Woobridge, or Woodbridge) was Keeper of the Prison, Licensed Victualer, and Town Crier. Thanks for any Information, Tippin
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    Christening 1832

    Hi, Could any one do a christenening lookup for St Martin's for me? I am looking from a record I found on the IGI. I need to know where the family was living, and their father's occupation. The record in question happened on the 9th March 1832 at St Martin's. Their names are William Hill...
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    Perambulator Factory

    Hi, One of my ancesters was a Blacksmith working in a Perambulator Factory. I was wondering if any one could help me indentify the name of the factory he would have worked at. He lived on Lower Essex Street and Tillingham Street, so I quess that it would have been around that area of Brum...
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    St Margarets Ward End Lookups

    Hi, Would any one know where I can look at the Parish Records for St Margaret, Ward End. I am trying to find Edward Jorden, who ran the mill at Ward End, and would have been born around 1692. Thanks for any help, Stephen
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    Burial 1753

    Hi, Can any one help me find a burial at St Martin, which I have been told took place in the year 1753. It was the burial of May Wooldridge (or Woldridge), wife of Richard Wooldridge. Can any one help me? Stephen
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    Albert William Smith, Lance Corporal

    Hi, I am looking for information on my Great-Grandfather who served during the Boar War, and the Great War. The only information I have on him is from family legions, and from a single picture I think was taken around 1915. I have been told that he ran away to join the army, and that he was...
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    Pictures of Ward End Mill

    Hi, Would any one know where I would be able to obtain a picture of Ward End Mill? My ancester's used to own the mill in the mid 18th Century. Stephen
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    Where is the Tippin family buried

    I have been trying to locate the last resting place of my great, great-grandparents, Henry and Rosannah Tippin, but have so far failed to find them. Rosannah died on the 25th August 1886 at Lower Essex Street, they had a daughter who died in the December quarter 1886, proberbly in Lower Essex...
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