Who When Where

A case of recruit wanting to appear younger than he was, unlike WW1, when boys pretended to be older than they were. So lying about their age was not so unusual

Have just received an Ancestry e-mail concerning George Henry Sellers (1865-1914) (their words) and the 1939 Register!

He'd been dead for 25 years by 1939, so how could it possibly be relevant?

Something seriously wrong with the algorithm to come up with that hint

It’s no too late to edit the title

You don’t specifically say, but I assume by ‘it’, you’re talking about ordering a DNA kit

They are in their mid-sixties, so not unusual to be retired by then. If they were not in need of parish relief, could well be classed as independant, i.e. not requiring outside help. Me thinks you are reading too much into the term

There must be lots of interest, as the site is virtually at a standstill this morning

Around 1948-1950, my parents took me back to Calne, Wilstshire, where mum and my sister were evacuated, and I was born! Whilst there, I remember dad driving around the area, and we passed alongside an airfield where lots of Lancaster Bombers were lined up against the fence. It always stuck in my min...

... who then miraculously became Matooskie. ... I think that Matooskie was referred to as being already well-known to historians of First Nations, simply because of the number of letters and documents that survive referring to her. And the number of Google references to her, bear this out. No, I me...

Adrian, It was Matooskie’s daughter Grace who married at 16 and was the subject of the abuse, and divorced from her older husband. Grace was a survivor of the boating accident involving Matooskie. What they didn’t quite explain, or glossed over, was how Grace no suname on the marrige to the older ma...

Mary Ann Davis was baptised in Holberton Devon 17 July 1836, born 6 July 1836 to Robert and Ann Robert Davis married Ann Wyatt 4 March 1836 also in Holberton Transcripts of Both found on FMP As well as images :D NB Coincidentally, there was also a Mary Ann Davis christened in Halberton in 1837, but...