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Apps is short for applications. Some as you suggest are sort of links. For instance Rightmove is a search engine for finding a house. Now on your phones internet which usually is set to go to googles home page - google automatically loads up and you search for rightmove, and it takes you to their si...

Perhaps a brother? Ashford Wren and Owen Family Tree Public Member Tree 4 attached records, 4 sources NAME: Samuel Daw BIRTH: About 1810 - Frampton On Severn, Gloucestershire, England MARRIAGE: 8 September 1831 (8 Sep 1831) - Warwickshire, England PARENTS: Edward Daw, Sarah SPOUSE: Jane Skyrm ------...

Worst - I have two - one was in the 80's. We used to as a rule visit Walton On the Naze and go to a pub called The Walton Tudor Inn. This was a New Years Eve tradition in my family. It was run by Ron and John a gay couple. Since sadly departed. All my Uncles and Aunts would go and the only stipulati...

Northern Lass wrote:Sit up straight or you will get a hunched back.........think that has actually happened...call me quasi

If you dont turn that tele off you will get square eyes

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So you can iron your shirts properly

Other superstitions - Robin flown in the house - means death in a year fro a loved one or family member. I have had this happen to me twice and twice someone died within two months. Totally unexpectedly as well. Never knock down a swallows nest its bad luck. Our neighbour did this and she had a kitc...

I hope you don't mind me asking this Storm but what are those letters after the name "Storm"? Your keyboard has a set of characters that are held within it. One of them is the trademark symbol. These days when joining forums or websites virtually every name has been taken. If ou want to k...

"Don't put new shoes on the table" this stems from when someone in the family died. They would be laid to rest if possible wearing new shoes, in their coffin - open, for all to pay respects, on the table. This would probably be the largest table and flat surface in the house. "Salt ov...

I found this on the Huminex index - dont know if your familiar with it but its aim is to provide stuff for free through the help of volunteers. It can be found here - m Anyway it occurred to me that possibly Thomas was the son of someone who was not married. So I searched on the illegitimate orders ...

Move away lol, but I have found the answer now with its criteria and here is what I found Warwickshires lists - m In the mid 18th century with the Industrial Revolution illegitimacy began to rise sharply with around 3 in every 100 births in 1750. By the early 19th century this had risen to nearly 7 ...

What are they. I mean I know what the word means but what is an illegitimacy order. I have found two possibles for my Richard and Mary and I need to understand what these were in order to eliminate these as possibles.

don't get this one Pees - green nuts - true or am I being naieve and how do you spell that Ahhhh sorry didnt explain that one fully, because it went something like this: Mom - Eat your pees Me - Dont want to they are green Mom - You eat nuts dont you, and like peanuts and monkey nuts etc Me - Yeah ...

yes but with the Dob you could get a birth cert and it would give you a maiden name for mary but would give you a occupation for richard might be worth sending for to rule in or out ? Right, well on the marriage certificate that I already have - Thomas is 22 - so that means he is born 1833 but obvi...

Hi Peterd

Is this one of the Mary and Richards mentioned in the original post?

This is my family and Rocky confirmed the 1861 details as well. 1861 - 44 Lister Street, Aston, RGG 2178/7/7 COX, Thomas Head Married M 27 1834 Brass Caster Birmingham Warwickshire COX, Jane Wife Married F 25 1836 Percussion Cap Maker Birmingham Warwickshire COX, William Son M 4 1857 Aston Warwicksh...

As a lad from essex you have to imagine these said with an essex accent, or rather , sed wiv an Essix Acksent. Dont sit so close to the fire you'll get corn beef leg - true the blood vessels dilate and over time do stay that way and ends up looking like corned beef. Dont sit on a cold floor you'll g...