General Genealogical Discussion

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...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	2947	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	2651	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	2381	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	2501	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	2189	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	2340	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	2781	Sun Mar 6 13:54 2011 by rene oliver
	Just for fun - Bizarre, unusual and interesting name findings (Preview) 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...	Shane Bywaters	6	3058	Sun Jan 2 17:53 2011 by jane
	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	4602	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	2497	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	2823	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	2689	Tue Apr 6 20:58 2010 by Linda
	'A history of the world in 100 objects' (Preview) 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	1	3045	Tue Jan 19 11:27 2010 by Linda
	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	5283	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	2431	Sat Apr 18 08:14 2009 by Shane Bywaters
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