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by Mick Loney
25 Oct 2023, 16:10
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Southwark Workhouse Records
Replies: 29
Views: 3368

Re: Southwark Workhouse Records

Norfolknan,
In case you are not aware, the 1921 census can be a bit more specific when stating place of birth. My ggmother was shown variously as being born in Ireland, or Cork. It wasn’t until 1921 that her place of birth was stated to be Skibbereen, (a parish in Cork). :D
by Mick Loney
26 Sep 2023, 19:17
Forum: DNA
Topic: DNA match solved
Replies: 4
Views: 851

Re: DNA match solved

Hardwork,
Not too uncommon! The husband of one of my 1st cousins, is also related to me via one of our (my cousin and I) GGAunts! :lol:
by Mick Loney
25 Sep 2023, 07:33
Forum: DNA
Topic: DNA match solved
Replies: 4
Views: 851

Re: DNA match solved

Do you feel relieved to have the answer? Well, before we found the common ancestor, it did cause me to doubt the efficacy of DNA testing :D It does annoy me when people publish their DNA without linking it to a tree. What is the point, or are they so selfish that they are relying on others to find ...
by Mick Loney
18 Sep 2023, 10:01
Forum: DNA
Topic: DNA match solved
Replies: 4
Views: 851

DNA match solved

I took a DNA test quite a few years ago, and had problems with one of my close matches (2nd-3rd cousin). Despite us both having reasonable sized trees, we couldn’t find a match, all we knew was the match was somewhere in my mothers tree. She has just found out that from another distant relative of m...
by Mick Loney
02 Sep 2023, 20:10
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: Useless FMP Transcriptions
Replies: 7
Views: 1447

Re: Useless FMP Transcriptions

Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917 transcriptions were created by both Findmypast and Wiltshire Family History Society. The "blank" records in question could be the result of problems occurring during the transcriptions conversion process as they were uploaded to So its technical issue ra...
by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 21:09
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: Useless FMP Transcriptions
Replies: 7
Views: 1447

Re: Useless FMP Transcriptions

Haven’t the foggiest, no names or dates, who knows
by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 18:08
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2574

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

Methinks you doth protest too much. I have had no problems with quality with screenshots compared with downloads.
I was merely pointing out that where downloads have been disabled, a screenshot is a viable alternative option, especially if one enlarges the image to full screen.
by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 16:52
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: Useless FMP Transcriptions
Replies: 7
Views: 1447

Useless FMP Transcriptions

I was searching for a baptism for Robert Lyddal in wiltshire around 1650, and FMP listed about 10 results with no names listed.
On checking one, FMP presented me with the following:
Fmp Search Results.jpg
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To quote Adrian, as useful as a chocolate teapot!! Why do they bother? :cry:
by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 16:48
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2574

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

jonwarrn wrote: 31 Aug 2023, 14:16 From there you can also download those images on FS that can otherwise only be viewed at home (with the download function disabled)
Ever thought of taking a screenshot when download disabled. Works every time :D
by Mick Loney
29 Aug 2023, 00:10
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2574

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

The film has 1415 images in total. Sticking the DGS number into their film viewer, the result is that the film is broken up into the different items https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/search-results?imageGroupNumbers=8068205 Hucknall Torkard has 79 images for overseers records But in them,...