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- Sun May 21, 2006 5:33 pm
- Forum: Wales
- Topic: where to start? .....
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5489
Hi Karen, Ancestry.com has census records from 1841-1901 for Wales, as well as BMD from 1837 on. The catch is you need to pay for a subscription. If you give some names, dates and places, I would be happy to have a look (unless you want the fun of looking yourself, in which case I will try to contro...
- Sun May 21, 2006 5:19 pm
- Forum: Institutions
- Topic: House of Refuge for Boys, Glasgow.....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2674
House of Refuge for Boys, Glasgow.....
In the 1841 census a lad named John Giles, age 10, born in Ireland, is listed in the House of Refuge for Boys. He is working as a winder. All others on the page also appear to be doing textile related work. The census ref is: BARONY GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 622/00 239/00 005 I'm wondering whether this Jo...
- Sat May 20, 2006 2:46 pm
- Forum: Scottish People
- Topic: What makes you Scotch.....
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3321
Good question Davie, what do us folks consider ourselves, whose families have lived on another continent for several hundred years? I think I have travelled so much that I don't see myself as belonging particularly to any country as such. My husband is Belgian, I have lived in France and India as we...
- Thu May 18, 2006 8:13 pm
- Forum: Scottish History and Geography
- Topic: Ehhhh?..... ** birthday bumped post **
- Replies: 122
- Views: 24778
But does 'at mean you can dae a they fancy symbols and diacriticals, but? Sure can (but fortunately for you I can't in this font!) In fact, I've been at this so long that I sometimes visualize people's speech in phonetic transcription when I hear it :shock: And I often completely blank out on how s...
- Thu May 18, 2006 4:45 pm
- Forum: Scottish History and Geography
- Topic: Ehhhh?..... ** birthday bumped post **
- Replies: 122
- Views: 24778
- Thu May 18, 2006 3:21 pm
- Forum: Scottish People
- Topic: Mysteries.....
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6834
- Thu May 18, 2006 2:09 pm
- Forum: Scottish History and Geography
- Topic: Ehhhh?..... ** birthday bumped post **
- Replies: 122
- Views: 24778
Thanks, David! I was hoping you'd chime in with the correct reference ! :wink: I'm planning a trip to Scotland 5 or 6 months from now and look forward to hearing for myself the distinction (or not) between Lallans and The Doric. When I was a student, that same professor had me transcribe several rec...
- Thu May 18, 2006 4:20 am
- Forum: Scottish People
- Topic: Douglas Family Ancestors.....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1331
Very nice sleuthing, Jean! I was just going to add something here, when I saw your contribution had arrived in the meantime and made a lot more sense than what I was going to write! I saw Henrietta and Grizel, then was also looking at this other family with 5 daughters, one being Jane. Children of J...
- Thu May 18, 2006 2:58 am
- Forum: Scottish History and Geography
- Topic: Ehhhh?..... ** birthday bumped post **
- Replies: 122
- Views: 24778
Just cleaning out my office and found this bit on a handout from the Introduction to Linguistics class when we discuss writing. Since it was cut and pasted from a handout I received way back when I took the class myself (my prof was from Ayrshire) I'm not even sure where this comes from... but it sa...
- Wed May 17, 2006 3:10 pm
- Forum: My Scotland
- Topic: Some you win , some you lose
- Replies: 3
- Views: 649
My condolences, Mallog. Sounds like my maternal grandmother, who seems to prefer to remain a mystery (she died at my mother's birth, so we never knew her). Systematically, every place she ever lived has been demolished or whisked off into outer space. One was replaced by a new city government buildi...