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- Button Grecian
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Hey great, thanks sejintenej! Maybe now I can actually trace my Grandfather back in Ireland. Trouble is that I know virtually nothing about him, other than he left Cork at some point between 1900 and 1914 to join the RA serving in India. My father was born in Madras and tracing him is a real sod too. I have no living family members to get more information from so this could get hard.
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Only until 16:10. Why's that ?sejintenej wrote:and one of mine was a customs watchman!!!! (but that was 1610)Vonny wrote:I found out that one of my paternal relatives was jailed for 8 months for smugglingblondie95 wrote:parents have over theyears told me a through interesting bits like a famous smuggler shot on the beach on my mothers side!
Did he go off duty at a quarter past four ?
John Rutley. Prep B & Coleridge B. 1958-1963.
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Then Sean's relative should have had more sense and waited until 1611 - this was in Ireland, mind you, and I suspect that not many of them had clocksJ.R. wrote:Only until 16:10. Why's that ?sejintenej wrote:and one of mine was a customs watchman!!!! (but that was 1610)Vonny wrote: I found out that one of my paternal relatives was jailed for 8 months for smuggling
Did he go off duty at a quarter past four ?
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- Button Grecian
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Another useful resource: I've found that there are lots of incredibly generous people on http://www.rootschat.com/forum who help with advice and "look-up" requests .
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- Button Grecian
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Nice one; thanks. To take the reference further, there is a major problem for Catholics but it is re[ported that the Mormons have come to an agreement which will put the RC records on the IGI: There is a final post which indicates that records may be on the web in the future.sport! wrote:Another useful resource: I've found that there are lots of incredibly generous people on http://www.rootschat.com/forum who help with advice and "look-up" requests .
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.ph ... 992.0.html
What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
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Thanks for that bit of info. I've been on there this afternoon. Some very helpful people on who respond very quickly. I've been juggling you lot and them all afternoon when I should have been making paper water lilies and lilypads.sport! wrote:Another useful resource: I've found that there are lots of incredibly generous people on http://www.rootschat.com/forum who help with advice and "look-up" requests .
Catherine Standing (Cooper)
Canteen Cath 1.12 (1983-85) & Col A 20 (1985-90)
Any idiot can deal with a crisis. It takes a genius to cope with everyday life.
Canteen Cath 1.12 (1983-85) & Col A 20 (1985-90)
Any idiot can deal with a crisis. It takes a genius to cope with everyday life.
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The army have lots of records you can search if you have the name of the regiment, and better if you have his number. Even in India!soc wrote:Hey great, thanks sejintenej! Maybe now I can actually trace my Grandfather back in Ireland. Trouble is that I know virtually nothing about him, other than he left Cork at some point between 1900 and 1914 to join the RA serving in India. My father was born in Madras and tracing him is a real sod too. I have no living family members to get more information from so this could get hard.
Catherine Standing (Cooper)
Canteen Cath 1.12 (1983-85) & Col A 20 (1985-90)
Any idiot can deal with a crisis. It takes a genius to cope with everyday life.
Canteen Cath 1.12 (1983-85) & Col A 20 (1985-90)
Any idiot can deal with a crisis. It takes a genius to cope with everyday life.
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Maybe if you explain that you are the next of kin/researching on behalf of your parents and you don't have a birth certificate, they may take pity on you! I don't remember having to produce a birth cert. to find out about my Grandad. Maybe some other forms of id would be acceptable - death cert, marriage cert, anything you may have.
Catherine Standing (Cooper)
Canteen Cath 1.12 (1983-85) & Col A 20 (1985-90)
Any idiot can deal with a crisis. It takes a genius to cope with everyday life.
Canteen Cath 1.12 (1983-85) & Col A 20 (1985-90)
Any idiot can deal with a crisis. It takes a genius to cope with everyday life.
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To research my own grandfather's Army service I needed his death certificate though not his birth certificate, similarly this was the key document for researching my wife's grandfather's Army career. For my own grandfather I needed to complete a 'certificate of kinship' to confirm I was the bonafide next of kin and I was able to do the same for my wife's grandfather by getting the next of kin to sign an authorisation. Claiming was medals can be a bit more complex as they can only be issued to the next of kin themselves but ultimately this too proved successful (WWII medals only) in both cases. PM me if you want more info - I think I still have copies of all the paperwork.