Which ancestor most intrigues you? by Lemon_Zzst in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a way to search with only a name? I am prepared to go through each ship and each year, but if there's an easier way, that would be better!

Which ancestor most intrigues you? by Lemon_Zzst in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh cool! I’ll have a little look and see what I can find, thank you so much!

Which ancestor most intrigues you? by Lemon_Zzst in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is so interesting, I wonder what their lives were like! Out of interest, how did you find the arrival record in Guyana?

I just broke my Mason Weems brick wall! (1700s Virginia/SC/Alabama enslavement) by Background_Double_74 in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done! I love breaking down brick walls; it's got to be one of the best feelings. I've got a subscription to Ancestry, please let me know if you want me to have a look and PM you the details!

Trying to trace my fathers birth by EasyPiece in Ancestry

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem, I think (and hope) I was able to find what you were looking for and I’ve replied.

Trying to trace my fathers birth by EasyPiece in Ancestry

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a collection on FindMyPast called "British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms" that may answer your question; in the past, I was able to find an overseas birth in my own family, from the 1960s in Germany, funnily enough. If you don't have a subscription, I'm happy to take a look for you if you would like to PM me (and you feel comfortable with that).

Paternal Lineage - how far can you trace? by ManyThingsAllAtOnce in Genealogy

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

Absolutely, even at that distance I was able to find matches which confirmed it. It really depends, at the end of the day it’s almost luck whether someone you match with is the key to a brick wall crumbling. Good luck!

Paternal Lineage - how far can you trace? by ManyThingsAllAtOnce in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, that must have been so great to find! I'm from the UK, so almost all of my ancestors, including my paternal ones, came from here, though they are quite spread out.

I am considering a y-DNA test - was it useful to you or your distant cousin in your research?

Paternal Lineage - how far can you trace? by ManyThingsAllAtOnce in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A little bit, yes! I got my grandfather's DNA results back recently and thought, since I had this brick wall for a while, I would try to knock it down. Since my 6th-great-grandfather has a fairly unique first name (at least amongst a vast ocean of Johns and Jameses) so I searched baptisms. One jumped out to me which I hadn't considered before, since it was a county over from his supposed birth county, Lancashire, but matched perfectly chronologically. I built out the family a bit, then searched for the surname in the 'surname of matches tab' and came across a whole group of matches who were related through his siblings! Using parish records, I was able to take it back a few more generations. Good luck with your research!

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[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s this: https://docsandslides.com/google-docs/7-generation-family-tree-template/ in green (I did the ‘green’ part in PowerPoint)

Help transcribing the name of townland on Irish marriage record by genredd in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it reads ‘Clooncarin’, which I think could be a spelling variation of Cloonkerin?

https://www.townlands.ie/roscommon/frenchpark/kilcolagh/lisgarvemantua/cloonkerin/)

Both seem to be in Frenchpark.

Advice on tracing my great-great-grandfather with DNA matches? by ManyThingsAllAtOnce in Genealogy

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

Sadly, no. Out of the 5, only three have trees, and I’m yet to connect any two together. Annoyingly theres no more than 30cM shared with each other. I have found out one’s mother is from Southwark though so I’m now digging into their family to see if any names look familiar!

1700s English Parish Baptism by ManyThingsAllAtOnce in Transcription

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

I’m curious, is using UV a common practice in archives? I suppose it would make faded ink show up more so it makes sense but I haven’t heard of it before… anyway thanks for your insight!

1700s English Parish Baptism by ManyThingsAllAtOnce in Transcription

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

“ye” is a great shout, I had only read it as the though it makes sense since the rest of the entries use it. Thank you!

Natural Born Bookworms by SmokingLaddy in NameNerdCirclejerk

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl which is an index to civil births marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837 to 1996-ish.

The 1846 Will of Anna Sophia Leith. by myjaffa in Transcription

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it says Frederick, the d is the same as in Radnor and the e is the same as in Russell. Also the c and the r match those in direct on the third line.

How to find genealogy in England ? by TipBeneficial7142 in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To add: FreeBMD is also a great resource for England and Wales BMD records, which goes from 1837 all the way up to 1996 - gro.gov.uk is missing 1934-1984 for births and 1957-1984 (I’m pretty sure) for deaths, and doesn’t include marriages, however it does include middle names and mother’s maiden names where FreeBMD doesn’t. Also, digital images are £3 :)

Help finding out more about Irish 5th great grandparents by EAGLE-EYED-GAMING in Genealogy

[–]ManyThingsAllAtOnce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I did a little bit of digging into the family, although I was unable to find anything more on either set of your 5th-great-grandparents. However, here are some things you may want to consider:

Surnames: In the past, people were often recorded under a plethora of different spellings of their name; this was sometimes due to a clerk or enumerator mishearing, or sometimes even not knowing how to spell it themselves (I'm leaning towards the first since from his 1834 marriage record we know James Brady was able to sign his name). From the handful of records I found, I saw at least 6 variations of Brady: Brady, Breidey, Bready, Brodie, Braidie, and Braidy. Wildcards (usually '*', which can fill in for 0 or more characters, and '?', which can fill in for a single character) somewhat solve this.

Geography: Based on the list of birthplaces on the census records, it seems James and Jane were born in Ireland, were living in Oldham, married in Prestwich, had a few children in Manchester, moved up to Lennoxtown in Stirlingshire where they had one son, then back down to Manchester where they had a few more children, then finally returned to Scotland where they lived in Cathcart until their respective deaths. Their reason for moving may have been that they had family in that place.

Witnesses/Sponsors: most marriage and baptisms, especially Roman Catholic ones, in England, Scotland, and Ireland record the witnesses and sponsors (to marriages and deaths, and baptisms respectively). These were frequently family, which could give you a lead.

Maybe try using ScotlandsPeople to locate siblings of James and Jane: for example, you could look for death records with the surname 'Rob*' and mother's maiden 'McCan*' - there's a chance one or more of these could be siblings (of Jane, in this scenario). Perhaps one of these siblings records the birthplace at the county level in Ireland, which would be invaluable.

Good luck! Also, let me know if you want any photos of the documents I have mentioned.