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Genealogical Annoyances - things that make our liv

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Tawny

Tawny Report 3 Mar 2014 21:10

People switching between their first name, abbreviation of the first name and middle name on census, marriage and children's birth records. My gg grandfather was christened John Henry but used John, Henry and Harry depending on his mood.

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Kim Annette

Kim Annette Report 3 Mar 2014 22:21

John.. then first son Thomas second son John
Then Thomas has first son John second son Thomas
and so on... so I have so many Thomas and Johns... till my dad..

He is ROY.... I wonder what happened there???? :-)

Sonya

Sonya Report 3 Mar 2014 23:40

Doing a newspaper search for someone with the surname Convey is frustrating. You get several thousand examples of the word being used as a verb!! :-D

Researching:
Needham/Bagshaw in Derbyshire, Calland in Lancashire, Rudd in Hull/Norfolk, Wallace/Guinan in Ireland

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 4 Mar 2014 19:02

Or how about this one...

Bloke turns up out of nowhere in 1920 (no birth reg to be found, and no previous census listing). He marries grandma (I've got the marr cert, yay :-) ) and they have my dad.
A year later the bloke naffs off, forever, never to be seen or heard of again. Granny refuses to have his name mentioned EVER, so nobody in the family knows anything.
Can't find his death reg. Can't find him on ships passenger lists, military, or anywhere else.

In other words, he came from Mars, spent a few years on earth and returned to Mars.
And as a consequence i have ground to a halt only one generation back on my (lopsided) family tree.
Thank you to the bloke who is my grandfather.

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania

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