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What might someone being a "real Object of Charity" in 1753 London indicate about their circumstances?
Today I received a scan of the admission papers of John Smyth (who I believe to be my 4th great grandfather) into Greenwich Hospital School.
The first page reads (with handwritten parts italicized):
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What might letters L.H.M. after name at Chelsea Hospital (London) burial mean?
In Ancestry.com's England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 there is an image from Piece 4330: Chelsea Hospital (Church of England non-parochial), 1691-1765 which ...
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Finding birth record of Pierre Louis Oscar Cordier, Frenchman who married (1869) and died (1882) in London?
I'm researching my girlfriend's family tree and I've hit a brick wall in France as I have absolutely no experience using french records.
I have traced back to Pierre Louis Oscar/Oscard Cordier born ...
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William Miller, private in the Driver Corps
I have an ancestor (William Miller) who on his son's baptism record (Woolwich, London, 1813) is listed as a 'Private in the Driver Corps'.
How can I get more information?
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