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    Owen, James the bloody steps murderer

    Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me, my ancestor James was hung in 1840 for murdering a passenger on his Pickfords' canal boat so he is a very interesting person in our family tree. (Also a horrible piece of work) I have his mother and father Joseph and Avis and his brothers and sisters but...
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    Tonks,Sarah Whitmore

    Belive she may have made a marriage in her youth and this prevented her from marrying again although she lived with a man for 28 years and had 8 children all taking her name. She was born 1857 father John Tonks a railway guard. Or it could have been her partner Harry Short born 1857 mother Emma...
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    Whitmore Tonks - Sarah

    The above lady was my great grandmother and a lady of mystery. I have found out a lot about her but would most like to know why she lived with a man for 28 years and had 8 children with him but they never married. The children where even baptised late in life and his name changed to Harry Tonks...
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    Charles Short

    Charles was my Great uncle and I have only recently found what I believe to be his WW1 records on the forces Genealogy site. Only problem is that the info I have on him from the family is that he was captured in the Balklands and sent to a salt mine as a prisoner of war died there. problem is...
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    R A F querry

    Hello, can anyone please tell me what rank an AM in the RAF was. I have found a Great Uncle on the Absentee Voters List (thanks to a member on here) and don't know if he was an Airman or an Air Mechanic. This is the entry at 8 court 3 house Howe Street Harry...
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    HOLTOM Richard 1855

    Hi Sue, have tried that before both with BDM and familysearch but ended up with too many to order certs for. Richard Holtom seems to be quite a common name as I found out when I tried to trace his birth cert and parents. I found that only by accident, as I got hold of his military records...
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    The pitfalls of Genealogy

    Thanks Carolina, I was even lucky enough to get in touch with another branch of the tree who were my G Grandfathers ancestors, they lived in the same villiage for decades and had done lots of research which they were happy to share. Lots from Quaker records and old family letters,and as they...
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    The pitfalls of Genealogy

    Just wanted to say that I use a well known site to research my family tree, I do have a private one but also a public in order to connect with others who are researching the same names. I was very lucky recentley to get into contact with my great Aunts branch of the family who emigrated to...
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    HOLTOM Richard 1855

    Hello all, have just found out that my G Grandfather is not buried in the family grave. The death of a relative ment that the deeds were gone into and his wife is the first person to have been buried there quite a few years after his death. There is a family story that he won the grave in a...
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    bargee wedding traditions.

    Please does anyone know anything about the wedding traditions of the boatmen of the westmidlands. We have an old photo of a member of the family taken durring the first war in the back of a court house in Witton we believe and have identified the couple. However the photo is taken on a mat...
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    Thumbnail images

    Sorry Phill I don't get any pictures at all just a grey box which says something like thumbnails attatched. Am I clicking on the wrong thing?? what should I be clicking on?
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    Tonks, Harry

    Hello, I am trying to find out what happened to my Great Uncle Harry Tonks b1884 in Aston Birmingham.I have folowed him through the census and I belive I have him on the 1911 as a GPO telegraph linesman and I know he must have been in the Great War. However can not find a record of him and...
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    Thumbnail images

    Hello, I am afraid I don't get any picture at all, it looks like others have as they have posted about them. The one thread I was looking at was about buildings, and the Lewis's department store. Is it because you got hacked as a poster said or am I just doing something wrong? Regards Maria
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    Chamberlain Charles, Chas

    Dear Alberta Thank you so much we didn't have any of that, even my relatives in America. We had no idea about Mary Montgomery, it may explain why they emigrated and whey they chose Fairmont, it was a mystery. There is a family story that Edgar was the result of an affair with a cousin so...
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    Thumbnail images

    sorry but can I ask a silly question? How do I view photos in posts shown as thumbnails. Have tried, clicking on them to no avail,please help.
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    Chamberlain Charles, Chas

    Hello, I am trying to help a relative of mine from America with his search for an ancestor. His G Grandmother Sarah Ann Montgomery from Aston Birmingham emigrated to America in the late 1800s and married a mystery man called Charles (chas) Chamberlain. The family are unsure of his background...
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    Bailey Emma

    Emma was born in 1826 in Birmingham I belive and first married Samuel Short and had two children, Clara and Harry but Samuel died when they were young and she went on to marry a drapper called Francis English and have another son, John. She is listed on the 1851 with Samuel and from then...
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    Tonks Harry 1884

    Hello everyone, am trying to find some records on Harry Tonks, my Great Uncle. He was from Aston Birmingham and his mothers name was Sarah Witmore Tonks. So far have only found him on a census as a child and a possible death record if he were born 1888 (possible as some of their dates and info...
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    Charles Tonks B.1887

    Charles I believe was a Private in the Hampshires 2nd Battalion 28805 Enlisted in Birmingham, he was my Great Uncle and the family believe that he was captured and sent to work in the Salt mines (ypres perhaps) He died in June 1918 and we are trying to find out any info on him and to check out...
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    Holtom Richard or William Richard

    Re: Richard or William Richard Holtom Dear Alberta, Thank you so much, I have spent hours searching and can't belive how fast you found that. I feel sure that this is my Richard, Holtom has been incorrectley written in the family records before, Rebecca became Dolton at one stage. The...
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