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Naff mistranscriptions of placenames on census
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Unknown | Report | 21 Feb 2006 00:01 |
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Put yours here - first offering Sprodpro, Yorkshire! |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 21 Feb 2006 00:09 |
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Bormegston Yorkshire (Must be something in the air, Nell) Jay |
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Unknown | Report | 21 Feb 2006 00:23 |
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Deu - [no county given] |
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Unknown | Report | 21 Feb 2006 00:23 |
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Even better, just A Smith abt 1788 N Inmate |
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Unknown | Report | 21 Feb 2006 00:25 |
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But there's obviously something about Yorkshire Burtersott, Yorkshire, |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 21 Feb 2006 00:34 |
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Just been given another Nell - Sowellington - Yorkshire Sounds a bit wet to me - mixture of souwester & wellingtons? jay |
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Andrew | Report | 21 Feb 2006 01:07 |
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Is it possible that none of those people on Ancestry were really born in English-sounding towns in Somalia?! Is it even possible that Bristol isn't actually in West Africa?! |
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sandbach99 | Report | 21 Feb 2006 01:57 |
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I have Sewpbitewd Somerset |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 21 Feb 2006 04:36 |
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Nell - it must have been that Yorkshire accent: Fanny Hesrlewood abt 1867 Fsodglinper, Yorkshire, England Annie Reed abt 1867 Hrinlogt, Yorkshire, England Mary Young abt 1861 Fhrintof, Yorkshire, England |
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Pam | Report | 21 Feb 2006 08:34 |
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Epelefetic, Liverpool - was really Liverpool and the poor child was epeleptic! Pam |
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Dea | Report | 21 Feb 2006 08:38 |
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I know it's not a place name but I found a lovely one yesterday - 'ADAPTED son' - Do you think he may have started off as a daughter and they wanted a son?? - perhaps the first sex change operation ??? Dea x |
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Helen | Report | 21 Feb 2006 09:25 |
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Just try looking up all the people born in Hungary on any census (yes we once thought hubby had Hungarian blood!) Suprisingly St Ives seems to be the main place in Hungary where everyone lived. |
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Vicky | Report | 21 Feb 2006 10:00 |
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I have a few Irish rellies living in Lancashire who come from Poland |
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Unknown | Report | 21 Feb 2006 21:38 |
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Grop Throp, Nottinghamshire |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 21 Feb 2006 21:56 |
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Salford, MARS! |
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Ma Baker ♫♫♪ | Report | 22 Feb 2006 00:21 |
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Water, Yorkshire should be Wales Lesley |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 22 Feb 2006 09:32 |
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Magde and Kepney in Middlesex (Aldgate and Stepney) on same page. Mind you it is a diabolical image! |
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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ | Report | 22 Feb 2006 10:21 |
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Holme on Spaldy Moor, Yorkshire Lesley......there is a Warter in Yorkshire not far from me! |
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Jess Bow Bag | Report | 22 Feb 2006 13:11 |
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Name: Emily Bacon Age: 42 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Relation: Wife Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: >>Long Arse, <<Middlesex, England Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter County/Island: London Country: England --------------------------------------------------------- this one reduces the options a bit Name: Blanche Barnard Age: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1869 Relation: Granddaughter Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: Nowhere, Norfolk, England Civil Parish: Blatherwick Holy Trinity Ecclesiastical parish: Weldon Town: Blatherwick County/Island: Northamptonshire Country: England |
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