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    St Clements Church Nechells

    Hello can any one help me find a picture of St Clements Church Nechelles, cant seem to find one. I know yhe church was demolished in the 1940s and my grandparents were married there in the 1920s. Ta Adele:)
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    Charge of the light brigade

    Thankyou both for that I will pass on the messages, Does anyone know any good web sites about the battle or how my friend might find out more about the survivors. Adele
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    Charge of the light brigade

    Ok got some of that info wrong. I think he joined the army in 1849 1850, he wasnt born then. Adele
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    Charge of the light brigade

    Hello to all you good folks out there. Im trying to do a favour for some one over seas who had a relative who served and survived the the charge of the light brigade. She has no ideas where to try and find out more about him, can any one help . His name was Weneslaus or Wenzel Vaclaz Preucil...
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    Online family tree makers

    Hello and thankyou to everyone who has replied. I wanted a programe thats on my computer not the internet, i dont mind moving all the bits, although it may take a while. I will look at the sites recomended by all and maybee purchase the family tree maker when my subscription with Ancestry is...
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    Online family tree makers

    Didnt realise that, would still like to put the info safe. Im spending hours at the library researching records, dont mind sharing most of it but bits i want kept a bit more private. Adele
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    Online family tree makers

    Hi anyone recomend a good family tree maker, i have been doing the family tree on ancestry but if i stop the subscription i wont be able to get to my records. So im after a family tree maker that i would be able to put the tree on and well i dont really know what else you can do on them. All...
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    Book: In and around aston (through time) by Rudge & Houghton

    Hi John sorry didnt get back sooner, the kids havent been well. I would love a copy of the book, is it any easier if i sent my dad out to get the book, hes a goos one and wont mind. Adele
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    Book: In and around aston (through time) by Rudge & Houghton

    Hi John i live on the Pheasey, not far away. How much is the book and would you mind if i collected one if i arranged a day. Dads side nof the family all came from Cowper street by the dairy, two brothers married two sisters. Adele
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    Book: In and around aston (through time) by Rudge & Houghton

    hi John With two young kids i rarely get to meetings,where are you based if i can collect one. By the way i have very much liked your site on Aston for many years. Adele
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    Book: In and around aston (through time) by Rudge & Houghton

    Hi Is this book available from WHSmiths, My family came from Aston originally and i would love a good book to read about the area. Adele
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    US Base Pheasey Estate

    Hi Woodie38 Welcome and enjoy this fantastic site, i have found so many wonderfull people who are willing to help look up details for you. Im not sure where the officers sayed i do know that the first house in Romney Way was the guard house and there used to be a fence to stop the kids getting...
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    Aston Juxta Lookups

    Hi Ladylinda Well done thanks. Im giving up on predicting where a marriage may have been in future. I did look on the same records as yourself but missed that marriage totally. I would dearly like it to be them. Could i be a bit naughty and ask if there are any children christened to them. Many...
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    Aston Juxta Lookups

    Hello Anyone able to look up a marriage for a John Thomas to Ann. I have a son Edward Thomas who was born in 1822 so it would be between 1800 to 1822. I have just had the marriage certificate back for Edward saying his father was a Jeweller and dead by 1866, at least that narrows the churches...
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    The Richmond pub on Richmond Rd.

    Its not that all of the uk is turning t total, the supermarkets are making acohol so cheap to buy many people stay at home and have a few or lots. The pubs cant afford all of the bills and running costs if locals dont support them, the land that most pubs stand on is worth lots of money when...
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    Ancestry World War I Service Records

    Hi its a wee bit chilly now isnt it. any way i have found George on pension records like you did, he obviously lied about his age as you think they wouldnt have allowed a 15 year old to have gone overseas. My grandfather was signed up aged 17 to the army as a steam wagon driver he was easily...
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    Ancestry World War I Service Records

    Hi men still joined up at 35, some of them were put into minning and laying down explosives. Saw a documentrary on it last year. I guess all proffessional people were needed to do day to day work, older chaps most likely did the day to day donkey work behind the lines whilst the youngsters got...
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    Ancestry World War I Service Records

    Hi Hay you guys, i turn the computer off to do erm kid things, ok i did play in the snow with my 4 year old. When i come back youve found out plenty haha. Do you still need a look up on Ancestry or are you ok now, its no problem looking although you have found some great people to help. Adele
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    Ancestry World War I Service Records

    Im not sure where your going to go with this one, it could be as you most likely think that the records are gone. Im going to pay £30 for the records to be searched but they might have been destroyed, its a lot of money to pay but i want to know. My other grandads ww1 records are great, 33 pages...
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    Ancestry World War I Service Records

    Hi there is further history if your relative served after the war, my grandfather stayed a reserve until 1927. Im getting the forms ready to send off to Glasgow, i really do hope his records survived as he did many jobs from signals to pulling the big guns with horses in the artillery. He came...
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