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    Census 2021

    Staff have/are being recruited to visit householders who have not submitted their Census (either online or by post) in order to help them complete it. I am not sure when these visits will commence. William.
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    Thomas Archer Susanna Archer grave or memorial Info

    Further to my previous post (4) - I have also found a burial on Ancestry for Susannah Archer - 1811 (August 16th) at St Nicholas Church, Kings Norton. No further details are given re age or address. William.
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    Hannah MacDonald from Birmingham

    On Ancestry - England and Wales Criminal Registers - In 1877 in Birmingham a Hannah MacDonald was charged with Larceny and received a 3 month sentence, no age or residence is given. I have just found a further report on the above - UK Calendar of Prisoners which puts Hannahs age as 37, so born...
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    Thomas Archer Susanna Archer grave or memorial Info

    On Ancestry there is a burial in 1815 at St Nicholas in Kings Norton for a Thomas Archer. His address in the burial register is given as Perry Barr, aged 67 years born c1748. William.
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    Uniforms of WW2

    AMW Many thanks for posting the newspaper articles of Alberts motorcycle accident. After I had posted my request looking for information on the uniforms - and knowing absolutely nothing about Alberts accident I did start searching for the same, but didn't find everything that you had found...
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    Uniforms of WW2

    Chris, if the rider in the photo is my uncle he was born in Cheshire Street, Aston in 1904. All I know is that he had been home on leave in 1940 and was on his way back to his camp when he was involved in a motorcycle accident. He was taken to Cheltenham hospital where he died of his injuries...
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    Green family, boat family Rowley Regis

    Greenfamily The information on Williams birth certificate is a little too small for me to read, but doesn't it say 1876 at the top and not 1867 as in your post (5). William.
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    Uniforms of WW2

    Thank you everyone for your help. Although none of my family recognise either of these 2 young men, we did have an uncle who served in the RAF - Aircraftman 1st Class. Sadly he died in 1940 in a motor cycle accident returning to his ?regiment in Gloucester after being home on leave. So he...
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    Uniforms of WW2

    MWS I thought the same thing. It appears to have come loose - hence could be the same badge. However even with my magnifying glass I could not see clearly. William.
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    Uniforms of WW2

    My sister found this photograph in our cousins belongings. Our cousin doesn't know who the men on the bike are. We think the pillion passenger is wearing a RAF uniform but unsure of the riders uniform. If any member can identify both of the uniforms it may help us identify the 2 young men...
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    Green family, boat family Rowley Regis

    Greenfamily, you say they had a son - William - born 1867 - but i cannot find a William Green born in 1867 with a mothers maiden name of "Round". William.
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    Green family, boat family Rowley Regis

    Do you know the names of William and Anns children. William.
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    Birth Certs

    I always save my PDF copy from GRO and then print off and file in my family tree folders. William,
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    Birth Certs

    I ordered a death certificate online through GRO as a PDF just a couple of days ago and received it this morning. William.
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    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    Thank you Brian for responding. I was told that "it should have" but "may not" - so would need to purchase a copy. However if those details are not recorded, I still will not know. So between a rock and a hard place. William.
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    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    Does anyone know (or can confirm) whether a burial record for December 1853 Warstone Lane would definitely give the age and address of the deceased. I have found a burial for someone I believe to be an ancestor at Warstone Lane. I have his death Certificate - died 21st December 1853 and...
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    Bordesley Green

    Chris I remember the Dipple family and Dennis (they lived at number 18). I used to work at the bank (see post/photo 508) - Barclays Bank - and then we had new premises built few a few yards away - very large glass fronted building. William.
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    HS2 Archaeology

    Having watched last nights episode can anyone tell me if Park Street cemetery was connected in any way to St Bartholmews Church Cemetery. William.
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    Bagot arms

    It looks exactly the same as in the photographs posted last year - January 2019. It would appear work has not been started. William.
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    Oxford Dictionary of Family Names

    Sparks My Shrive family also moved from Northampton to Aston. A relative spent a number of years researching the Shrive family. They are spread across the globe, often their surname got mis transcribed. Shrieve, Shribe, Shrove etc for example. William.
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