A common abbreviation for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island; a member country of the European Union. Great Britain is made up of the (once separate) countries of England, Wales and Scotland.
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Could 'Annie' be a Pseudonym for Augusta
There is a branch of my paternal grandmother's family that I am currently trying to document. I have a copy of her grandfather's (my great grandfather) birth certificate.
I apologise for that ...
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Interpreting UK Census
On a UK census the 1st column is the Schedule Number. The 2nd column contains the street name or name of house but rarely the house number. Where there are several families living on a street is there ...
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Brick Wall: What happened to John White & his Brother or Sister?
All information below was obtained through ancestry.co.uk
My Great Grandfather, Thomas White was one of 6 children born to Baldwin White, b1862 in Salcombe, Devon & Rachel Arminia Fox, b1864 in ...
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Can anyone decipher the name of this Royal Navy ship in Beruit in 1861?
Can anyone work out what the name of this ship is for me please it is from the 1861 census reference RG9/4441/232/30
Thanks for any suggestions
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WW2 Royal Navy Patrol service records mystery
I have a copy of my Great Uncle's sevice record and I'm really stuck on finding out one of the base/ship he is listed as serving with. He sadly died due to illness while on active service in 1943 and ...
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WW2 Royal Navy Records
Are there likely to be records to access for more information for my father (deceased in 1993)? He served aboard a number of ships (land sites) from 1943-46. I have his certificate of service which ...
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UK Marriage Witness Index
In the 1990's, Ted Wildy of New Zealand created an index of marriage witnesses, which had contributions of the names of the witnesses of many marriages in the UK (as well as Australia and New ...
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Applying a corrected relationship to a census on Ancestry
Ancestry.com provide a way of applying per-user corrections to census records. However, this only supports changes to a personal name, place of birth, or date of birth. I would like to report a ...
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How to lookup a UK census reference
I have the parameters of a UK census page in a citation and I would like to go directly to it in Ancestry. However, I cannot find the feature any more.
For instance, series=RG13 (i.e. 1901), ...
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Do passenger lists for departures from the UK exist pre 1890?
Findmypast.co.uk has passenger lists for ships departing from the UK beginning in 1890. What about dates before 1890? Do the records exist anywhere? I'm particularly interested in departures to the US ...
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When (if ever) is it acceptable to drop “shire” from a UK county name?
This question is sparked by an amendment made to a previous question made by ColeValleyGirl (for which I thank her).
I "believed" (possibly from seeing it on birth records, but I cannot cite an ...
