General Genealogical Discussion

smartphonecrunch1 · smartphonecrunch1

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mkcdavis · mkcdavis

Hi All, I have had access to some old family photos, within this collection was a postcard of the Salvation Army Band. Looking at the picture it looks like it was taken after the First World War as some of the men have service ribbons on their uniforms. Also I have pictures of my grandfather in his Salvati...

jane · jane

Hello all In case anyone hasn't discovered this already, the General Register Office has put some new indexes to English & Welsh birth and death registrations online. These cover 1837-1915 for births and 1837-1957 for deaths. The birth index is a major new tool for genealogists because mother...

Linda · Linda

Hello Irene and Jane I wonder if you watched your 'heart throb' last night on his programme about Celtic Britain. He had his DNA tested to see where his 'de pre history(?)' ancestors came from and although his mother's side was predominately Scottish, his father's ancesters didn't even exist in Bri...

Betty · Betty

I visited the Poppy Factory last Thursday and picked up a leaflet called Poppy Press Summer 2014. For the WW1 centenary it invites the public to add the name/names of men who sacrificed their lives. The website is www.everymanremembered.org I have several I can add. Betty Shilling...

rene oliver · rene oliver

ONCE AGAIN HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE `OLLIES` FROM Rene Oliver(Irene Cooke)

rene oliver · rene oliver

To my Ollie Family Worldwide, I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Wealthy, Healthy and Prosperpous New Year 2013. I can recommend a Moldovian Sauvigon Blanc to anyone who likes a `white Christmas`!! Cheers. Irene and John in Colchester

rene oliver · rene oliver

I wish all my relatives - far and wide A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY, WEALTHY NEW YEAR. Good wishes, family history buffs, Wherever you may be, It`s time to close that PC down, and raise a glass with me; We`ve done our best the whole year through, our Ancestors to find: So let`s drink to that...

jane · jane

The British Newspaper Archive site went live today. Some of the titles are the same as in the 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection, but there are many others. The time period covered is also considerably wider, from the early 18th century to the mid twentieth century. The actual dat...

Linda · Linda

On Radio 4's A Good Read last week Rich Stein's choice of book was Lifting the Latch by Sheila Stewart and this prompted me to get my copy off the shelf again. A friend recommended this book to me many years ago and I was captivated from the beginning. It's the life story of Mont Abbott who lived and worke...

Linda · Linda

Did anyone see the new Findmypast TV Series? I was disappointed. Usually the programmes about the War on Yesterday are very good but the three people involved in the first of this series didn't seem to be particularly interested in what they were being told. I also can't believe that they had no ide...

Linda · Linda

Does anyone have any advice on transferring colour slides onto a PC? I've got hundreds of slides and I'm wondering whether it is best to get one of those gadgets that transfers slides and negatives to a PC or whether a scanner with the slide attachment is better. Or - is there a way I can transfer them to m...

jane · jane

Saturday 1st October 201110 a.m. to 4 p.m.Marlborough School, Woodstock(for directions and a list of stallholders, see OFHS website) Come and see me on the Help Desk!

Linda · Linda

As my ramblings to Irene about her photo's of Church Hanborough School have nothing to do with Jane's original topic on the Blanket Factory I thought I had better start another topic. Below is the photo of Church Hanborough School First XI Back row: Lizzie Slatter, Daisy Gessey Middle row: Sybil Rawl...

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Hi All, In a previous post Linda mentioned: 'How do you find these things Shane? Have you been locked in the stores at St. Luke's over Christmas?' Well, I wish, but sadly not. As we can from the below message, the ORO is currently closed, and will be until May 2011!!!!! http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk...

Linda · Linda

Does anyone know if Ancestry has Passenger Lists coming from Canada around 1915? If so is it accessible on the Library edition. Thank you Linda

Linda · Linda

Does anyone have any knowledge of military uniforms? I'm attaching a photo which I found in the 'suitcase' of photographs inherited from my Mum. I have no idea who this man is but think it could be my Grandfathers brother (not an Oliver). I think the photo may be a mirror image as the buttons seem to be o...

rene oliver · rene oliver

The Computer swallowed Grandma. Yes, honestly it`s true. She pressed `control` and `enter` and disappeared from view. It devoured her completely, the thought just makes me squirm. She must have caught a virus or been eaten by a worm. I`ve searched through the recycle bin and files of every kind; I`...

Linda · Linda

I'd forgotten all about this little poem until I found it when looking through an old autograph book that belonged to my Mum dated 1926. Dirty Charlbury was pronounced - dirty Chor Berry.

jane · jane

Here's a fun site to play with: Great Britain Family Names. Type in a surname, choose 1881 or 1998, and see maps of the distribution of the name, with dark blue showing the highest concentration of a name. The areas shown are Royal Mail postcode areas. Oxfordshire is in fact not one of the Oliver strong...

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Well Jane, as requested, following your 'Mr Urban Cheese' find, herewith is your light-hearted and fun 'names' thread. I can kick you off with a sesonal one. There were quite a few births of this name registered between 1837-1915, a few less between 1915-2005, the latest one I found was in 1968, reg...

jane · jane

As this is my 100th posting to the board, I thought I would make it a special one. So just in case you haven't got enough to do at the moment, here are links to some useful genealogy websites. I hope you find some new favourites here. Happy New Year! Jane SOME USEFUL WEBSITES FOR GENEALOGISTS ‘£’ indica...

jane · jane

In another thread on pre-1841 censuses, our discussion wandered onto later censuses. Here I'm going to try to answer Linda's question "Do you know if each company does their own transcribing or whether it is a universal transcription and everyone is the same?" I have been meaning to do a...

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

For anyone that didn't receive it directly, here's a copy of an email regarding a new project I've been working on. Thanks Shane ______________ Hi Everyone,Apologies for the unsolicited nature of this email however I wanted to tell you all about a new project that I’ve been working on over the last...

Linda · Linda

Advice from Jane needed. I have always ordered my BMD certificates online from the GRO mainly because it is so easy to do from home. However, following your comments on my recent post regarding Mary Oliver's death certificate I am now wondering if it is better to get the local certificate. It sounds...

jane · jane

Hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all This new series on Radio 4 (which I think will be well worth tuning into) is encouraging people to join in the debate on man-made objects. It has made me think about the kind of things I've inherited or collected over the years, and their significance as bits...

jane · jane

Hello everyone There’s a new series of ‘Tracing your roots’ on the radio at the moment. The first episode, aired yesterday (Monday), had a Second World War theme to tie in with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the War. It was well worth tuning into, I thought. If you missed the broadcast, don’t...

Shane Bywaters · Shane Bywaters

Hi All, You may already be aware of this one, but I have only just found it myself, so I thought I would pass it on just in case it's of interest to anyone. The Charlbury community website has a gallery area with around 150-200 'old' photos. They're categorised into 'Events', 'People' and 'Places' and s...

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	Stonesfield Salvation Army (Preview) Hi All, I have had access to some old family photos, within this collection was a postcard of the Salvation Army Band. Looking at the picture it looks like it was taken after the First World War as some of the men have service ribbons on their uniforms. Also I have pictures of my grandfather in his Salvati...	mkcdavis	0	3193	Fri Feb 2 23:42 2018 by mkcdavis
	Improved birth and death indexes now online (Preview) Hello all In case anyone hasn't discovered this already, the General Register Office has put some new indexes to English & Welsh birth and death registrations online. These cover 1837-1915 for births and 1837-1957 for deaths. The birth index is a major new tool for genealogists because mother...	jane	2	1962	Sat Nov 26 18:04 2016 by jane
	Neil Oliver's DNA (Preview) Hello Irene and Jane I wonder if you watched your 'heart throb' last night on his programme about Celtic Britain. He had his DNA tested to see where his 'de pre history(?)' ancestors came from and although his mother's side was predominately Scottish, his father's ancesters didn't even exist in Bri...	Linda	7	7146	Mon Sep 21 15:26 2015 by Derek The Dane
	WW1 -. Poppy Factory (Preview) I visited the Poppy Factory last Thursday and picked up a leaflet called Poppy Press Summer 2014. For the WW1 centenary it invites the public to add the name/names of men who sacrificed their lives. The website is www.everymanremembered.org I have several I can add. Betty Shilling...	Betty	1	2019	Tue Jul 29 12:20 2014 by Linda
	Seasonal Greetings (Preview) ONCE AGAIN HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE `OLLIES` FROM Rene Oliver(Irene Cooke)	rene oliver	0	1840	Sat Dec 21 13:42 2013 by rene oliver
	Seasons Greetings - again!!! (Preview) To my Ollie Family Worldwide, I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Wealthy, Healthy and Prosperpous New Year 2013. I can recommend a Moldovian Sauvigon Blanc to anyone who likes a `white Christmas`!! Cheers. Irene and John in Colchester	rene oliver	1	1985	Sun Dec 30 02:52 2012 by Linda
	Seasons Greetings (Preview) I wish all my relatives - far and wide A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY, WEALTHY NEW YEAR. Good wishes, family history buffs, Wherever you may be, It`s time to close that PC down, and raise a glass with me; We`ve done our best the whole year through, our Ancestors to find: So let`s drink to that...	rene oliver	3	2016	Thu Dec 22 02:24 2011 by Barb Silvester
	British Newspaper Archive (Preview) The British Newspaper Archive site went live today. Some of the titles are the same as in the 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection, but there are many others. The time period covered is also considerably wider, from the early 18th century to the mid twentieth century. The actual dat...	jane	13	2813	Sat Dec 17 18:16 2011 by Shane Bywaters
	Lifting the Latch by Sheila Stewart (Preview) On Radio 4's A Good Read last week Rich Stein's choice of book was Lifting the Latch by Sheila Stewart and this prompted me to get my copy off the shelf again. A friend recommended this book to me many years ago and I was captivated from the beginning. It's the life story of Mont Abbott who lived and worke...	Linda	10	2958	Mon Nov 21 15:00 2011 by rene oliver
	Findmypast TV Series (Preview) Did anyone see the new Findmypast TV Series? I was disappointed. Usually the programmes about the War on Yesterday are very good but the three people involved in the first of this series didn't seem to be particularly interested in what they were being told. I also can't believe that they had no ide...	Linda	0	2061	Mon Oct 24 13:47 2011 by Linda
	Colour slides (Preview) Does anyone have any advice on transferring colour slides onto a PC? I've got hundreds of slides and I'm wondering whether it is best to get one of those gadgets that transfers slides and negatives to a PC or whether a scanner with the slide attachment is better. Or - is there a way I can transfer them to m...	Linda	7	1954	Fri Oct 14 09:18 2011 by rene oliver
	Oxfordshire FHS Open Day (Preview) Saturday 1st October 201110 a.m. to 4 p.m.Marlborough School, Woodstock(for directions and a list of stallholders, see OFHS website) Come and see me on the Help Desk!	jane	2	1946	Mon Oct 3 22:12 2011 by Linda
	Church Hanborough School (Preview) As my ramblings to Irene about her photo's of Church Hanborough School have nothing to do with Jane's original topic on the Blanket Factory I thought I had better start another topic. Below is the photo of Church Hanborough School First XI Back row: Lizzie Slatter, Daisy Gessey Middle row: Sybil Rawl...	Linda	2	2584	Thu Aug 25 01:09 2011 by Barb Silvester
	Oxfordshire Record Office & Oxfordshire Studies - Temporary Closure in 2011 (Preview) Hi All, In a previous post Linda mentioned: 'How do you find these things Shane? Have you been locked in the stores at St. Luke's over Christmas?' Well, I wish, but sadly not. As we can from the below message, the ORO is currently closed, and will be until May 2011!!!!! http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk...	Shane Bywaters	7	2281	Fri Jul 1 09:04 2011 by Shane Bywaters
	Passenger lists from Canada (Preview) Does anyone know if Ancestry has Passenger Lists coming from Canada around 1915? If so is it accessible on the Library edition. Thank you Linda	Linda	2	1997	Fri Jun 10 20:49 2011 by Linda
	Uniforms (Preview) Does anyone have any knowledge of military uniforms? I'm attaching a photo which I found in the 'suitcase' of photographs inherited from my Mum. I have no idea who this man is but think it could be my Grandfathers brother (not an Oliver). I think the photo may be a mirror image as the buttons seem to be o...	Linda	5	2100	Thu Jun 2 22:04 2011 by Linda
	A friend e.mailed this to me - I thought it was funny (Preview) The Computer swallowed Grandma. Yes, honestly it`s true. She pressed `control` and `enter` and disappeared from view. It devoured her completely, the thought just makes me squirm. She must have caught a virus or been eaten by a worm. I`ve searched through the recycle bin and files of every kind; I`...	rene oliver	0	1833	Wed May 25 15:34 2011 by rene oliver
	Village poem (Preview) I'd forgotten all about this little poem until I found it when looking through an old autograph book that belonged to my Mum dated 1926. Dirty Charlbury was pronounced - dirty Chor Berry.	Linda	2	2008	Thu Apr 28 16:29 2011 by Betty
	Surname mapping (Preview) Here's a fun site to play with: Great Britain Family Names. Type in a surname, choose 1881 or 1998, and see maps of the distribution of the name, with dark blue showing the highest concentration of a name. The areas shown are Royal Mail postcode areas. Oxfordshire is in fact not one of the Oliver strong...	jane	8	2416	Sun Mar 6 13:54 2011 by rene oliver
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	Useful genealogy websites (Preview) As this is my 100th posting to the board, I thought I would make it a special one. So just in case you haven't got enough to do at the moment, here are links to some useful genealogy websites. I hope you find some new favourites here. Happy New Year! Jane SOME USEFUL WEBSITES FOR GENEALOGISTS ‘£’ indica...	jane	0	3726	Sat Jan 1 12:49 2011 by jane
	1841-1911 censuses online (Preview) In another thread on pre-1841 censuses, our discussion wandered onto later censuses. Here I'm going to try to answer Linda's question "Do you know if each company does their own transcribing or whether it is a universal transcription and everyone is the same?" I have been meaning to do a...	jane	0	2146	Fri Dec 31 09:32 2010 by jane
	New War Memorials Project (Preview) For anyone that didn't receive it directly, here's a copy of an email regarding a new project I've been working on. Thanks Shane ______________ Hi Everyone,Apologies for the unsolicited nature of this email however I wanted to tell you all about a new project that I’ve been working on over the last...	Shane Bywaters	1	2464	Fri May 28 17:59 2010 by jane
	BMD Certificates (Preview) Advice from Jane needed. I have always ordered my BMD certificates online from the GRO mainly because it is so easy to do from home. However, following your comments on my recent post regarding Mary Oliver's death certificate I am now wondering if it is better to get the local certificate. It sounds...	Linda	3	2263	Tue Apr 6 20:58 2010 by Linda
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	New genealogy series (Preview) Hello everyone There’s a new series of ‘Tracing your roots’ on the radio at the moment. The first episode, aired yesterday (Monday), had a Second World War theme to tie in with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the War. It was well worth tuning into, I thought. If you missed the broadcast, don’t...	jane	3	2718	Wed Sep 2 17:08 2009 by jane
	Old Photographs - Charlbury Community Website (Preview) Hi All, You may already be aware of this one, but I have only just found it myself, so I thought I would pass it on just in case it's of interest to anyone. The Charlbury community website has a gallery area with around 150-200 'old' photos. They're categorised into 'Events', 'People' and 'Places' and s...	Shane Bywaters	0	2089	Sat Apr 18 08:14 2009 by Shane Bywaters
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