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  1. Keith R

    Newspaper article.

    I hope I haven't ask anything similar on here....... A few years ago I traced an ancestors death through a newspaper clipping and I am sure I saved it but I have searched and cant find it on my PC. I have newspaper access on FMP and looked on here and many other places and the article wont come...
  2. Keith R

    Ordinance survey maps

    Since I have updated my PC to Window 11 I have lost the link to the Ordinance Survey maps.......think they had Scotland in the title.....has anyone got a link please so I can get them in my Favourites list. thanks.
  3. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    After years of searching for my fathers War record the recent Ancestry ones added found one.But not as expected as it was for theTerritorial Army from 1945-1959.....Previously I had found many WW2 Army ones for the same name but they were just the single card which gives little info to say its...
  4. Keith R

    Victoria Terrace Kent Street North Hockley

    I have searched the forums and drew a blank......I am looking for any images for Victoria Terrace , Kent St North.I visited here around 1972 and think it would have been called something like a Courtyard.....houses all around a square with toilet blocks in the middle. Thanks.
  5. Keith R

    Prisoners Site.

    About 4/5 years ago I was trying to find info on a relative that had a few spells in prison and found a site that showed pictures as well. I picked out this one and had no idea how to copy and it came out like this. Since then I have tried finding the site again but cannot. From this picture...
  6. Keith R

    1945 General Election

    Are there any records for the 1945 General Election online as I cannot remember ever seeing any. Thanks
  7. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    Its free search weekend on Findmypast and a chance to nail down family members at a property on Cheapside......Charles William Bayley gives his address as 25 Court 8 House on army records...a marriage cert and a couple of birth certs around 1921 but do you think I can find any record for this...
  8. Keith R

    Where is this taken?

    I know this would be a very hard thing to do but would anyone have any ideas as to where my Mother in law would be standing please.....some writing on " hoarding" at end of road and theres a spire thing behind her ( coming out of head). We have no idea of her age in this but she was born in...
  9. Keith R

    Finding schools/records.

    Its hard finding records for our family through the 1920's. They had 1st child in 1920....lost one in 1921.....another in 1923 and finally one in 1924 that died in 1927. The 1st child ended up with father (1939 register) and the last died at Western Road but home address was at Fatheres parents...
  10. Keith R

    My site name

    Just a quickie.....can I change my site name....currently Charli.....dont know how i got it. Thanks
  11. Keith R

    Quinton factory ?

    Hope this is correct place to ask........I was trying to find out where a relative worked.In a Birmingham Mail snippet it says Bulpitt and sons....I have looked all through threads on here and couldnt find what I wanted. I have a reason to ask if they had some premises around Quinto/Woodgate...
  12. Keith R

    Past threads

    Sorry to be a pain but can someone tell me if I can see threads I have started in the past please. I have looked in the section it was in but cant find it. Thanks Keith
  13. Keith R

    BUTCHER family

    Hi Found out my wife could be related to Frederick Butcher and his wife of 8/59 Longmore St - Balsall Heath They moved there in 1937-8 but sure she had family in 3/57 with her maiden name Harris. I can trace them all up to 1965 but it goes cold from there.....in the 39 Survey its husband and...
  14. Keith R

    Longmore Street Balsall Heath

    Found out we have relatives from Longmore St Balsall Heath......They moved in around 1937/38 after getting married but sure her family had lived there much longer.I have been reading older threads with Longmore and adjacent streets and saw a few pictures of the street but it was the ones at the...
  15. Keith R

    St Vincents St Wharf

    Thank you for letting me use your site...I hope I have put this in correct place. I was wondering if you have any information about St Vincents St Wharf and in particular W.Burgan and Son as my Wife has found out her Grand Father worked as a Coal Carter around the1920's for Burgans. Her Mother...
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