Who When Where

Simon Peter Rogers/Rodgers was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire in 1845. I do not have a copy of his birth certificate but the BMD Registration index shows Jul-Sep 1845 which fits with his Baptism on 27th July, 1845 in Spalding. His parents on the Baptism entry are Thomas Rogers and Margaret. Simon is...

Mistakes in research can cause interesting results! One tree on Ancestry has my father marrying a woman with the same surname as my mother but the wrong first name. This marriage occurred the year before my parents actually did marry. The mistake obviously occurred because the bridegroom in each cas...

Sometimes people say they are 'from' rather than say 'I was born in...'. A relative is a case in point. Her mother went to stay with her cousin in Buckinghamshire to escape the dangers of the Blitz in London. She grew up in Middlesex (pre Greater London) but she always says she is from London despit...

Many years ago before I was able to access actual images of documents on my computer, I was sent in completely the wrong direction. The transcription for a census return for my gt grandmother stated that she was born in Middsbr, Hampston. I imagined this was meant to be Middlesborough and Hampston a...

I was recommended by a friend to try the search engine Duckduckgo. Out of interest, I typed in my great aunt’s details. Up came a parish local history group. The group had transcribed all the parish records and added some additional research that members had done.The parish was where my grandparents...

You were all very helpful in getting me to do more research on George. However, I did start briefly loooking at his wife Mary’s family again in Cornwall. To my surprise, whilst rummaging about I found that a Nicholas Jenkins came from the same area. So it seems more likely that Nicholas went to Lymi...

Syncope is the medical term for fainting. The accident brought on shock and fainting - quite common in such circumstances.

Thanks for your help. This has helped me link a few other things together as well.

You are an absolute gem, meekhcs. Thank you so much. Many years ago, I found a Nicholas Jenkins but couldn't attach him to my research. It's been on the back burner for quite a while. I subscribe to the Norfolk and the Cleveland family history societies which I find very useful. Local Family History...

George Jenkins/Jenkings was born/baptised in Lymington, Hampshire. Lymington is spelled in different ways on documents. The first evidence of him is on his marriage entry in the Parish Register of St Anthony in Roseland, a tiny parish in Cornwall on a headland opposite Falmouth. He married Mary Elga...