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Oh I can't wait for this. It will make things so much easier.

Ros

You can view census records on the internet, which are very useful for tracing your family. However, it would probably not be possible to use only the census. At some point you will need to verify a place of birth, a father's name, or mother's maiden name - and this is where you do need birth or mar...

Actually, the occupation of "keeping a mangle" meant that she would have hired it out to other women for a small sum. This was very common among the poorer classes.

Ros

Hi One thing that readily comes to mind is how to trace female members of the family once they marry and change their surname. David W Hi David - welcome to the forum. Not sure about your question - if you are working backwards, then you will know the married name - it's the maiden name you need to...

Hi I think this is the GRO reference for the marriage: Charles Noons Year of Registration: 1842 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Lewisham County: Greater London, Kent, London Volume: 5 Page: 409 There is a Louisa LOCKS on the same page, so I think this probably the right one. There can...

Did anyone see the American version of WDYTYA with Sarah Jessica Parker on Sunday night? What an interesting programme it was. Amazing to have the Gold Rush AND the Salem Witch hunts in your genealogy. I found it particularly interesting because I think one of my Lancashire ancestors may have come f...

Does anyone here have access to Dublin archives and would look up a marriage for me? I am searching for the marriage of Thomas Reid In 1871 census he was living in Manchester with wife Mary Ann. His first children were born in Dublin, and the first child was born in 1856. Thomas was born about 1835,...

Hi John

If you can't find what you're looking for online, it would be worth employing a local researcher. There's a list of them at the back of Family Tree Magazine or Family Tree Monthly.

Ros

Do you have a marriage certificate for Thomas and Annie? - this would verify the father's names.

Ros

You do have to be careful about occupations. One of my ancestors has been described both as a "farmer" and then as a "tinker of no fixed abode". He turns up in a later census as a milkman. I have a feeling that the "farmer" description was a slight exaggeration! He was ...