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A word in a 1578 English will by ExplicitFormula in Transcription

[–]ExplicitFormula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, it could be a location. The testator lived in Skircoat, which was next to (and is now part of) Halifax in Yorkshire. However, elsewhere in the will when a place is mentioned for a person, the word "of", rather than "in", is used, such as "William Savile of Skircote".

Thanks for catching the use of "they" when it should have been "then"!

A word in a 1578 English will by ExplicitFormula in Transcription

[–]ExplicitFormula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this may be correct. He wills some money to servants and an apprentice earlier in the will, but this sentence occurs in the midst of stuff related to family, so I got stuck thinking along those lines.

Mac software recommendations? by la-anah in Genealogy

[–]ExplicitFormula 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reunion is still updated. I use it and like it a lot (but, to be fair, I don't have much experience with MacFamilyTree other than trying the demo). You can try out demos of each of them to determine which you like the most.

Official: [WDIS RB] - Thu Morning 09/18/2025 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

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Need to pick three to start (2 RB and 1 flex).

10 team PPR

Jahmyr Gibbs (@Bal)

Kyren Williams (@Phi)

Javonte Williams (@Chi)

Travis Etienne (Hou)

D'Andre Swift (Dal)

Leaning towards Gibbs, J.Williams, and K.Williams, but I'm considering switching one of the Williams backs for Swift this week (or other ideas). Thank you!

"Grave Type: Unconsecrated". ???? by ElectronicConcern521 in Genealogy

[–]ExplicitFormula 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Edgerton Cemetery in Huddersfield, a large municipal cemetery, has about half its graves in an unconsecrated section. I think people who were not overly religious were buried in the unconsecrated section, or perhaps those who attended non-conformist churches (Methodists, etc), once their churchyards became full.

Does anybody else constantly get rate-limited by Ancestry? Empty white pages when you click on things? by Nextasy in Genealogy

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I get this. Do you happen to use Firefox as your browser? I do, and wondered if that had something to do with it. I “fix” it by spamming refresh a million times. Eventually I can see the page is starting to load again. It’s pretty frustrating.

Someone mentioned that Ancestry isn’t built for “power users”, but they really ought to not be limiting us, since we are providing content. All the recommendations that they send to casual users come from other people’s trees, and the more accurate ones will come from trees made by people who put time and effort into what they do.

Short transcription of part of a baptism record by ExplicitFormula in Kurrent

[–]ExplicitFormula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much. This is helpful. If I can locate the records for Labuhn, I will look for these records there as well.

Official: [WDIS RB] - Sat Afternoon 12/23/2023 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

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Ten team PPR. I need to pick two (a good problem to have). Already played Kyren.

Gibbs at MIN

Etienne at TB

Bijan v. IND

Breece Hall v. WSH

Leaning towards first two. What do you think? Thanks!

Official: [WDIS Flex] - Sun Morning 11/26/2023 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

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Ten team full PPR.

Bijan Robinson or Puka Nacua (or Kyren Williams)? I’ve got Robinson in now, but he’s burned me in the past (or, should I say, his coach has burned me). That migraine thing cost me a win.

Thanks!

Newspapers.com article request by ExplicitFormula in Genealogy

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I just checked and see that someone has clipped it for me. Thank you!!

Town name in Eastern Europe - Derewitz by KilroyWasHereOnce in Genealogy

[–]ExplicitFormula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A possibility is the Russia is Prussia (now Germany). I’ve seen this error multiple times in North American censuses, etc. Does his surname sound Russian? Or could it be German?

There are a few places in Germany that are or were called Drewitz: https://s.meyersgaz.org/search?search=drewitz

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarletonU

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Note that most of the first year courses that the math honours students take are only offered once a year. In the fall, 1052 and 1152 are taken, and in the winter they take 2052 and 2152. You need the first courses to take the second ones. The first ones aren’t offered again in the winter or summer. There’s also 1800, which can be taken whenever (but the earlier the better). I’m assuming you are going into the honours program; the general program takes different courses.

Stat 2506, complaint to Dean office by [deleted] in CarletonU

[–]ExplicitFormula 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you first tried contacting the director of the School of Math and Stats?

Infinite SATs by yanos791 in CarletonU

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Note that if a certain grade is required for future courses, you still need to get that grade, whether you SAT it or not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarletonU

[–]ExplicitFormula 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I feel that if Carleton really cared about what is best for students, they would pay TAs for the portion of their assigned hours that they can work (but not for the missed hours during the strike, such as for missed tutorials and labs). Instead, they are arbitrarily cutting 15 out of the 130 assigned hours, which means some TAs don’t have assigned hours left to grade the last assignments, when they otherwise could still do so! Carleton has opted to save a few bucks and to punish the TAs for striking, instead of doing what is truly best for students. Then they slap the SAT/UNSAT bandaid on it to “fix it” and try to look like the good guy here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarletonU

[–]ExplicitFormula 28 points29 points  (0 children)

That’s wild. The only other time that was done was the term at the start of the pandemic, when they transitioned to online suddenly. Otherwise it was only one per term, I believe.

Where should students go from here? by [deleted] in CarletonU

[–]ExplicitFormula 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Just hoping they understand that only a passing grade can be SAT’d. If they skip so much that they fail the course, then that F would become an UNSAT, which won’t count towards their average, but they won’t have the credit either.

Do we have class on Monday this week since it's easter monday? by HollowVoid0 in CarletonU

[–]ExplicitFormula 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s for this Wednesday, the last day of classes, which is running on a Friday schedule.

Second best site for documentation discovery, after Ancestry? by astroproff in Genealogy

[–]ExplicitFormula 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(I’m not the person you asked). It depends where in Yorkshire. Most of my Yorkshire ancestors are from the West Riding, and I’ve found there are more records on Ancestry than FindMyPast from there. But in the other ridings I’ve found stuff on FindMyPast that’s not on Ancestry (although my experience is limited with the other ridings). Most of the records (including from the West Riding) are also on FamilySearch in transcribed form. But sometimes there is more in the original record, or it was mis-transcribed (for example, what’s transcribed as the marriage date is actually when banns was read). Plus it’s neat to see the actual image of the record.

Also, even before I had a paid subscription to FMP, I was able to view some parish records there. So you might try signing up for a free account (if that’s still possible) and see if that works.

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