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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT UK genealogy question, as long as we are chatting a bit...
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 15:57:04 -0500
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Nancy Fraser wrote:
>
> Not totally OT--I want to enter my ggf's birthplace into TMG! He was
> born in "England" in 1840 +/- 2 years and emigrated to Canada around
> 1865 apparently on his own. Exhaustive interviewing of relatives and
> searching for obits and the like have been fruitless, aside from an
> elderly aunt recalling she was told he had a "Cockney" accent, but I
> question whether anyone would have been able to judge that accurately.
> We have a 400 year old book he brought over with him which is signed by
> a relative and followed by an address which is unreadable (but almost
> almost legible) due to water damage. It has other signatures but the
> only readable place is dated 1699. He does not have a very distinctive
> name. Any hope of finding him "over there"? I have tried chasing leads
> from the IGI without any success.
>

What is his name? Where did he die and where was he in 1881? What kind
of book is it? A little more info and perhaps we can show you where to
go.

bob gillis

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