I have been looking into my family's past and have found many, many holes in our past and no one to fill in what is missing. I have learned that the origin of my name was do to it being used by my ancestors to let people know they were from the...

Feb 10, 2010 03:51:22     Replies: 0 Question closed

Has anyone heard of this? One of my relatives died there, but I can't find any record of it.

Feb 6, 2010 23:27:06   sablett   Replies: 0 Question closed

How would I find out about the origin of the last name "Kellythorne"? All of the Kellythornes that I have found are related to our family, but I can't go back any further than about 1797

Feb 6, 2010 23:25:59   sablett   Replies: 0 Question closed

In researching my past I have found that in circa 1800 in Trawden, Lancashire my relatives lived in Beggers Hall. Accepting what the name suggests, can anyone give me any more detail on what was such an address

Feb 2, 2010 13:39:57     Replies: 0 Question closed

Where can I find a parish and county map for Berkshire c.1700-1880?

Feb 1, 2010 11:31:12     Replies: 0 Question closed

I have an ancestor who was a coachman at 20 Rutlands Mews. I have a pass from 1871 to allow his wife and children to go to Fontainebleau. I wonder if he went with the owner of 20 Rutlands Mews and want to know who he is. Thanks.

Jan 28, 2010 18:08:18   Holcomberogue   Replies: 0 Question closed

I am trying to trace Moors Alley, Norton Folgate, Shoreditch, London in the 1700/1800's, but cannot find it on any maps of that time. One of my family of that time (Huguenots) was born there. Does anyone know of it and its location at that...

Jan 25, 2010 18:09:19   GerryW   Replies: 0 Question closed

I am planning a trip to Wales in July 2010. My relatives we murdered in 1878 in Llangibby [Monmouthshire]. They were William Watkins, his wife Elizabeth and children Charlotte, Frederick and Alice. The convicted perpetrator was Joseph Garcia, a...

Jan 15, 2010 21:53:53   rulowatkins   Replies: 0 Question closed

[email doesn't work] How do I make a correction to information which I consider incorrect (and have documentary evidence of that fact)?

Jan 13, 2010 09:31:49     Replies: 1 Question closed

Can you tell me if the River Tyne has ever been frozen at North Shields? I can vagely remember it being frozen in 1960-61.

Jan 6, 2010 21:00:19     Replies: 0 Question closed

Is it true that the British Government discussed if the "Indians" of north America (Canada) were animals or human? This determined that the British Government would not kill them off? Thank you

Dec 31, 2009 03:20:15     Replies: 0 Question closed

I am working on a reconstruction of the trip of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) to London in 1791/1792. According to my historical information he stayed during this time in the house, 21, Leicester Square, London. According to my historical...

Dec 25, 2009 12:18:38   norbertklatt   Replies: 0 Question closed

I am an archeologist working in Texas. We have come across a broken piece of an Anthony Shaw plate with the Royal Coat of Arms at Burslem. It is important that we identify the specific earliest date this plate could have been made. Almost...

Dec 24, 2009 23:13:18   tomashmore   Replies: 0 Question closed

How do you obtain a photocopy of an original record? I am looking at the calender of state papers Colonial, American and West Indies Volume 25. December 1710. entry 574. Account of subsistance of the Palatines at New York (chiefly 1710).

Dec 19, 2009 19:49:15   rhondabrent   Replies: 0 Question closed

When I was young I would cross my fingers and say vane knights for protection. Does this orignate from Sir George Vane Knights? How was the cross protection?

Dec 17, 2009 08:52:22   laurajanehill   Replies: 0 Question closed

Is it possible to secure the places of origin in Britain of the English governors and principle Planters of Suriname?

Dec 8, 2009 03:23:04   Sherriah   Replies: 0 Question closed

Can anyone help with this please:- On the 1861 Ord.Survey Map of London, Upper Phillimore Place is shown starting to the west of Argyle Road. However, a further map, Cross's New Plan of London also dated 1861 shows Upper Phillimore Place starting...

Dec 7, 2009 17:40:31     Replies: 0 Question closed

Were those newly released from from prison during the Great War subject to be conscripted into the Armed Forces during the First World War? Or were they exempt? Were there any exemptions for conscription?

Dec 6, 2009 07:48:22   Sepulchre   Replies: 1 Question closed

What do abbreviations like Mich. and Hil. mean on the site?

Dec 4, 2009 12:06:41   Peter.Webster   Replies: 1 Question closed