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Re: Burial in Glasgow 1840 - where?
Glasgow Cathedral is the High Kirk or High Church (pedantically it hasn't been a Cathedral for centuries) - There used to be a burial ground associated with the Cathedral North of the building but
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Glasgow Cathedral is the High Kirk or High Church (pedantically it hasn't been a Cathedral for centuries) - There used to be a burial ground associated with the Cathedral North of the building but
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rjpaton
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#213
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Re: Falkirk Burns House
The one on the left is Burns Cottage in Alloway. It is well known as that and unlikely to be referred to as Burns House.
Best regards
Martin
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The one on the left is Burns Cottage in Alloway. It is well known as that and unlikely to be referred to as Burns House.
Best regards
Martin
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Martin Sweet
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#212
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Re: Seeking information about "the Deanery", Leith or Edinburgh, 1890s
Hi Susan
I think you are looking for Dean Orphanage (I remember it plays a key role in the Peter May novels)
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Hi Susan
I think you are looking for Dean Orphanage (I remember it plays a key role in the Peter May novels)
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Fiona Turnbull
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#211
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Re: Burial in Glasgow 1840 - where?
Hi Rosemary
I used to work at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and if I were going to make an educated guess I would say it's the Glasgow Necropolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Necropolis GRI is next
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Hi Rosemary
I used to work at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and if I were going to make an educated guess I would say it's the Glasgow Necropolis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Necropolis GRI is next
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Fiona Turnbull
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#210
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Burial in Glasgow 1840 - where?
I am trying to work out exactly where someone was buried in Glasgow in 1840.
I have the image from ScotlandsPeople [1]
Interments from the Royal Infirmary during May 1840
Date of registration of
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I am trying to work out exactly where someone was buried in Glasgow in 1840.
I have the image from ScotlandsPeople [1]
Interments from the Royal Infirmary during May 1840
Date of registration of
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Rosemary
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#209
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Re: Codes
Hi Janet,
I would only use Chapman codes in the subject heading to make room for more important info like names and dates. Not sure about anyone else, but when I click on the next email. I see the
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Hi Janet,
I would only use Chapman codes in the subject heading to make room for more important info like names and dates. Not sure about anyone else, but when I click on the next email. I see the
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Edie Mc
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#208
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Re: Use of codes
Perhaps the people who are too busy to type out the full word could put the link to the codes in their message so others would not have to spend half an hour trying to find out what the codes mean.
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Perhaps the people who are too busy to type out the full word could put the link to the codes in their message so others would not have to spend half an hour trying to find out what the codes mean.
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Ian & Margaret Kelly
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#207
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Re: Codes
To code or not to code….
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DixieAC <DixieAC@...>
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#206
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Re: Falkirk Burns House
I found the following:
Falkirk Burns House, Scotland - Image Results
Lauraine Syrnick
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I found the following:
Falkirk Burns House, Scotland - Image Results
Lauraine Syrnick
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By
Lauraine Syrnick
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#205
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Re: Use of codes
For what it's worth, in Canada, "le ROC" means the rest of Canada (outside Quebec).
But in the Chapman code, ROC, in Scotland, is Ross and Cromarty.
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For what it's worth, in Canada, "le ROC" means the rest of Canada (outside Quebec).
But in the Chapman code, ROC, in Scotland, is Ross and Cromarty.
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Carolyn Perkes <cperkes@...>
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#204
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Re: Use of codes
Having been in the Airline industry for 43 years I find it easy and intuitive. That being said, while I know the codes I use on a daily basis and the main global major airport codes, I have little
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Having been in the Airline industry for 43 years I find it easy and intuitive. That being said, while I know the codes I use on a daily basis and the main global major airport codes, I have little
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Allan Moore
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#203
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Seeking information about "the Deanery", Leith or Edinburgh, 1890s
I’ve had no luck searching online. My paternal grandfather Thomas Wright was born in Leith in 1884, His father, a dock worker, died in 1888 leaving ten children, including my then-three years old
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I’ve had no luck searching online. My paternal grandfather Thomas Wright was born in Leith in 1884, His father, a dock worker, died in 1888 leaving ten children, including my then-three years old
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Susan Kiley
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#202
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Re: Use of codes
Dear fellow-listers,
Oh my goodness! All this talk of codes!
Just to be clear, I, for one, will never bother to use them, however ,people who wish to do so, may.
They serve no purpose, as far as
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Dear fellow-listers,
Oh my goodness! All this talk of codes!
Just to be clear, I, for one, will never bother to use them, however ,people who wish to do so, may.
They serve no purpose, as far as
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Dee Byster-Graham
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#201
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Re: Use of codes
With what are you disagreeing, Anne? The issue is not whether individuals wish to make use of Chapman codes in their own research (as you and many others do, but many do not) but
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With what are you disagreeing, Anne? The issue is not whether individuals wish to make use of Chapman codes in their own research (as you and many others do, but many do not) but
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Lindsay Graham
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#200
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Re: Codes #196
As I thought Lauraine.
I wish I had learnt to touch type in my younger days,I am very much pick and mix , but reasonably quick all the same . You are doing well and it must be good for the brain as
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As I thought Lauraine.
I wish I had learnt to touch type in my younger days,I am very much pick and mix , but reasonably quick all the same . You are doing well and it must be good for the brain as
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Janet Miller
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#199
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Re: Falkirk Burns House
Are you referring to Ellisland Farm site? Other houses are still standing (birthplace) and Dumfries.
David Samuelsen
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Are you referring to Ellisland Farm site? Other houses are still standing (birthplace) and Dumfries.
David Samuelsen
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W David Samuelsen
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#198
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Re: Use of codes
I think that WikiTree and Lauraine have the right idea. Why not take an extra few seconds and type the full word instead of using the codes. Not everyone lives in Scotland.
Ian, Qld. (oops, better
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I think that WikiTree and Lauraine have the right idea. Why not take an extra few seconds and type the full word instead of using the codes. Not everyone lives in Scotland.
Ian, Qld. (oops, better
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Ian & Margaret Kelly
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#197
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Re: Codes
Janet, I am a touch typist and it would take me several minutes to look up codes if not longer. At one time did 80 words per minute. Am now 82 so not fast any more but can still touch type so much
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Janet, I am a touch typist and it would take me several minutes to look up codes if not longer. At one time did 80 words per minute. Am now 82 so not fast any more but can still touch type so much
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Lauraine Syrnick
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#196
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Re: Use of codes
Yes, realized they were abbreviation
and I use SHI sometimes. However, also belong to WIkiTree and you have to write the full contents of places so people from all over the world can readily
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Yes, realized they were abbreviation
and I use SHI sometimes. However, also belong to WIkiTree and you have to write the full contents of places so people from all over the world can readily
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Lauraine Syrnick
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#195
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Codes
Hi
I do not use codes and struggle some times to think what they are and could have written them many times by the time I look them up and get them correct . Handy if one has a small data base , but
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Hi
I do not use codes and struggle some times to think what they are and could have written them many times by the time I look them up and get them correct . Handy if one has a small data base , but
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Janet Miller
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#194
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