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Thanks Maureen. I checked that too! :D It also doesn't help that her birth name was Hilda Daisy May and she seems to have been referred to as both Hilda and Daisy interchangeably! I'm convinced that this is the right person as she married in St Mark's Parish Church a couple of streets away. I think ...

Thanks both, I can see that. Workrooms it is! Now just to work out what workrooms and what was being worked on. Had a quick look in trade directories, but they weren't much help. Maybe some clue will pop up at some time.
Graham

I've got quite good at decyphering handwriting on old records, but this one has me stumped. I'm trying to work out the occupation for Daisy Duffett on the 1911 census (see attached). So far I've worked out "Asst Manageress of" but it's the next, most critical, bit I can't fathom. On the 1901 census ...

Thanks everyone. Munic(ipal) makes sense as it was the workhouse for Norwich which covered all of the parishes within the city. Some of the admission books books are available on FMP and make interesting (if sad) reading.
Thanks again
Graham

I can't decipher the writing in the 1881 Census, but the following should answer the Harriet/Mary mystery. Harriet Lark(e) died Q1 1873 (Norwich Death 4b 68) Edward Marsham Lark married Mary Bateman Q2 1877 (Norwich Marriage 4b 255) Regards Rodit Brilliant! Why they didn't show up in any of my many...

On the 1881 census for Norwich, one of my ancestors, Edward M(arsham) Lark, is listed. In the female age column there is a word that appears to have been added later that I cannot decode. This entry is a bit of a mystery as all other evidence points to his wife being a Harriett (baptism entries of t...

Brilliant! Thanks Lorna. I'm sure that's him. Now to work out whether the surname spelling is accurate or a mistake. I guess I'll have to order up the birth certificate for that.

I'm currently researching my Keane ancestors and have hit a brick wall that I'm hoping someone can help me with. Thomas Francis Keane (father Thomas Francis Keane, as were his son and grandson :o ) was born in Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland in 1858, according to several sources including his Service At...

Thanks Mike. I'll report to CP as you suggest.

Having entered a lot of military information regarding my father I wanted to generate a timeline for him, and noticed that the "Individual Timeline" report is built in. Brilliant! However when the report is generated I get entries such as: "He Military Rank was 'Sapper' on 26 April 1939". This only ...

Thanks very much Adrian and Mike. I need to have a think about how I might want to use the information later, and use that to inform the approach I take. Very interesting to see the two methods, as I've come across custom facts before, but not thought about using them in this context, and I've not c...

I've not been on here for a long time, and I have tried searching but come up with nothing relevant, so apologies if this has already been discussed. What is the 'best' way to record details such as aircraft or medals relating to military service. At the moment I have medals recorded as general poss...

Hi Bute01, The CD covers 1860 to 1980. The first volume also apparently covers some key dates pre-1860. I believe there is a further volume covering 1980-2000 either available or in preparation in print form. WWI (1914-1919) is covered by volumes V and VI. In my experience more information from WWI ...

Hi Gerry, There doesn't appear to be anything specific. The only matches are as follows: MALAYA  AND  SINGAPORE We have seen (Chapter X, pages 293,294)  that the surrender of the Japanese  forces found formations of Fourteenth Army in occupation of Singapore and  the area of Malaya about  Port Swett...

Hi Gerry, I'm not sure what you mean by Civil Affairs. Each volume is over 500 pages long, and there are two volumes covering WW2. As an example of the type of coverage given, here is an extract that refers to my father's unit: Owing to weak strength and mechanical failures the Division  could do li...

Just received a copy of this CD. It contains the entire Corps history up to 1980 split into 11 volumes. Each volume comes as a PDF containing scanned pages from the printed version. Some of the scans are a bit wonky, and the typeface looks like it was produced on a mechanical typewriter, but all the...

Many thanks Jane, I'd not seen that before. Looks like it might contain some of the information I'm after. I've also had a very helpful response from the Institute of Royal Engineers: We do not hold the Unit War Diaries at the Institution but Volume VIII of the Corps history covers the Campaigns fro...

Valkrider, do you have the RE units that they were in? The RE museum has WWII unit diaries for some units, but unfortunately not for my father's. There is a link to both their WWI and WWII unit diary lists here: http://www.re-museum.co.uk/research/

Graham

Hi Jane, I haven't been able to get any info on which regiment he was attached to, but I'll keep looking. I did see Tankies, and thought it was an excellent programme. I also have several books on the North Africa campaign, and what they went through was truly extraordinary. The books are excellent ...

Yes, Gillingham! Well I knew it was in Kent [grin] I had seen that CD-ROM, but it sounded like it was more a general history rather than something equivalent to unit diaries. I'll contact them and see what they say. I'll have another check as to exactly what I received from the MoD, and maybe contac...

My late father was in the Royal Engineers during WWII. He was part of the 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats), and I remember him saying that he fought at the 2nd battle of El Alamein, and also the relief of Tobruk, before moving into Sicily and Italy where he was injured and returned to the UK. Apa...

Could it be the aspect ratio of the photo? I think that the box is a fixed size, and FH scales the image to fit in the box, but preserving the aspect ratio.

Not sure how you could address this without making the picture look weird [wink]. I just accept that's how it is.

Hope this helps
Graham

I too have one directory per census year. I then name each file by its reference and location. So, for example, one of my images is called 'RG11 2095 Folio 115 Page 42 Poole.jpg' and is in a directory (folder) called '1881'. As others have said, once the data is in FH you rarely need to go back to t...

kateabbott said

I'm confused by some of the lingo (ie what is UI?)

UI is short for User Interface.

Graham

When I started researching my family history I used Family Tree Maker, as it seemed to have the highest profile in the various magazines I looked at at the time. However, It came with a collection of data CDs that were of no use to me (they contained US data), and I found its user interface very sim...