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    MWS reacted to devonjim's post in the thread ChrisM RIP with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A favorite ChrisM posting
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    MWS replied to the thread ChrisM RIP.
    Sad news indeed. This site will be a poorer place without him.
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread ChrisM RIP with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Such sad news. I am so glad MWS and I were able to give Chris an insight into his family history. I will light a candle for him at...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread ChrisM RIP with Appreciate Appreciate.
    it is with great sadness i have to let you all know that our friend chris suddenly passed away peacefully in his sleep at the end of...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It was County Mayo. Think MWS found her but then I did - 1871
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    MWS reacted to mrbluesky1957's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I dont know how you do it Pam. I might be attempting Irish ancestry . I've screenshot all the info from yourself, Mark and Lyn. Half my...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think I think this is her baptism at St Chads. Agnes Connor born 23 March and baptised 2 April 1848 Daughter of Patrick and Mary...
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    MWS reacted to mrbluesky1957's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Mark, as you say 1838 so doable. Yes, agree hard to decipher. Thank you, got a couple of certs to work on. O' Connor was as bad...
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    A couple of bits of luck - Agnes' parents, Patrick & Mary married just after registration began, Jun 1938 Bham. And on the 1871 census...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The reason you can't get PDFs for marriage certs is to do with their legal use. If a woman uses it as proof of change of name, for...
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    Her birth is reg. as Agness Connor, Jun qtr 1848 mmn O Hara - vol. 16 page 334.
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I said you needed good Latin. The names are latinised. Filium means son of - so Frederick Moore was the son of Frederick Moore. Filiam...
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    Sorry, I meant findmypast not Ancestry. Not sure if it's on Ancestry but here it is (bottom listing)...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Bordesley
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    No, Agnes' parents appear to be Frederick Moore (as per marriage certificate) and Agnes Connor/O'Connor. She is listed as Connor and...
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