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Hi My 5xgreat grandfather was Matthew Bradford who was born in about 1764 somewhere. He wed Susannah Watty in 1798 in Southchurch, Essex. Susannah was of the parish and born there in 1780. The marriage entry says they were both of the parish and the witnesses names dont ring any obvious bells. Matth...

Are you sure that the one in Rochford Workhouse in 1891 is your one, LondonLover? Hi Yes I am absolutely sure. The place of birth in 1891 is given as Saffron Walden which is the nearest town to his actual birthplace and as he lived in Canewdon from about 1851 onwards he was buried there in Canewdon...

Hi I have the ultimate challenge. My 3xgreat grandfather was William Taylor born in Wimbish, Essex about 1821. He was baptised in February 1824 son of Allen and Ann Taylor. He died in May 1898 in Rochford Workhouse and was buried in Canewdon, the village he lived in from about 1845 onwards. His wife...

Also having cousins can be a night mare. You have to get the birth certs to be really sure.

Sometimes two cousins with the same surname were born days apart in the same village even and registered the same day or within days of each other.

There have been many, many times when two cousins were born within days of each other and both given the same names and baptised on the same day. It can lead you on a merry dance.

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I have a direct biological ancestor who emigrated and lived in America.

4 years ago I sent off for the birth cert of George Musgrave born Mar Qtr 1856 in Auckland district in Durham. I though it was of my ancestor George the son of Thomas and Ann Musgrave born Evenwood, Durham in 1856. My George was baptised 5th April 1856 son of Thomas and Ann Musgrave. George is on th...

OK then here is this for a miner who moved. My 3xgreat grandfather moved to the USA in 1886 after his wife died. He was a miner in County Durham. he emigrated to the minefields of Pennsylvania. Talk about moving around. 4000 miles.

Ben

Hi I think I have found him at last. It is hard to prove 100% but I am 95% sure he is the right George. So far that is the only burial of the right age and time frame in the whole of London that I have come across. Now with LMA records online finding London records is a lot easier now. The database ...

Hi My 4xgreat grandfather George Coombs and his wife Sarah had their last child William Thomas Coombs baptised at St James, Piccadilly, London on the 4th March 1830. George was a coachman and the family were of 7 Husband Street, Soho. I have mentioned in my success story on here that Sarah Coombs ha...

Hi Yes I am elated. I am well pleased. Censuses are very good and track someones movement. I actually have a direct ancestor on a US historical record which is the 1900 US census. His wife died in December 1885 and he emigrated shortly after. Probably had enough of England and wanted to start afresh...

I think it says he was not naturalised. I will have to try local records such as burial record or obituaries or write to the PA archives.

Hi My 3xgreat grandfather was Thomas Musgrave born in 1827 in Darlington, Durham. He wed Ann Stuart in 1851 and they had Elizabeth Musgrave born 23rd April 1852, George born 1856, Thomas in 1857, William in 1860, Edwrad in 1864, Mary in 1869 and Margaret born 1st March 1871 in Coundon and Auckland D...

Hi Yes, I am really pleased that my Roberts case turned out good. As said because it happened 145 years ago, it can be difficult to get absolute cast iron proof of anything in genealogy but that baptism of the baby as his daughter is enough evidence to prove my case beyond all reasonable doubt. Thom...

Hi Linell Yes that was a way of naming and shaming them if the father denied paternity or ran away. The mother could reveal all to a registrar or vicar or poor law authoritarian. I think in my case, ThomasRoberts was planning to marry Mary when he could so Mary didnt have to shame him as he probably...