Recent content by Brigitte L.

Hi Mark, I haven’t, but that’s a great lead—thank you!

Thank you! Yes I’ve used that website but I’m still wrapping my head around how it works! It seems really useful though—I’ll have a bit more of a play around on it. Btw do you know of any maps on that site that show house numbers? Besides the one we’re looking at from 1940s? It’d be good to...

Btw thank you all for your replied so far and also sorry for the late reply on my part! I’m not used to getting such thoughtful replies so quickly on forums! I can tell you all love what you do and derive enjoyment from helping others with these queries, so that is very much appreciated on my...

Yes I noticed that stretch of road had previously been Thomas Street and wondered if that might affect the numbering—there’s so much to wrap your head around when working this stuff out, isn’t there!

Thank you for looking into this for me! So what I’m hearing is that the depot was likely built over the area where 266 was (in or around 1913, as noted above) and previous or subsequent re-numberings have muddied where the original position of the house and backhouses were. I really wish they...

Ahh, yes I see! I thought the chapel was part of that address 278, since the line that it’s written on is a continuation of the family above it in no. 6 Bk. 266, and the person on that same line is a baby boy, which wouldn’t have lived alone in a chapel? But idk, I get confused a bit...

you’re right, now that I look at it like that I can see my mistake. I was trying to line it up with that x on the road where it marks “388”, coz that seemed like the nearest “landmark” to use to align the buildings—if you look at the other map I marked the number 248 on, the x 388 is very close...

Hmm, thank you! I must have misread the census—the handwriting can be a bit difficult to understand for me sometimes!

Hi Lyn, Yes of course, no worries :) My second great-grandfather-and-mother George Dean Norton and Elizabeth Annie Norton (née Crosse), and their children William Dean, George, Lily Annie, Ada Emma, and Amy Elizabeth Norton.

Hello all, I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. :) I’ve never posted here before but I’ve browsed a lot and found a lot of helpful info whilst researching my family history, so I figured I’d see if anyone here is able to please offer me some guidance? I’m currently...