Checking in to say hi from an old time user of Usenet and this group particularly. I was active on it in the early and mid 1990s especially, posting particularly about Scottish genealogy topics. I posted under my maiden name Moore and married name Dunstan.
Sadly I fell ill with a progressive neurological illness in 1994, aged just 22. Luckily I’d already traced my family tree extensively, starting at just 8! So vital as my access to records in archives declined. But then online access opened up more records over time, so I can still do research from home. And I am still here, all these years on!
Despite my progressive illness I managed to retrain part-time as an
academic historian, picking up 3 more degrees, including a PhD. My academic historical research is Scottish focused, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, ranging across social, cultural, urban and reading histories. All described at my website at https://vivdunstan.co.uk/
I also have an active general musings blog, recent posts of which have reviewed a new Scottish genealogy book and reviewed the newly freely online Scottish kirk session records. https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/
Anyway just wanted to say hi to folks, especially to anyone else from long, long ago.
Anyway just wanted to say hi to folks, especially to anyone else from long, >long ago.
Checking in to say hi from an old time user of Usenet and this group >particularly. I was active on it in the early and mid 1990s especially, >posting particularly about Scottish genealogy topics. I posted under my >maiden name Moore and married name Dunstan.
Sadly I fell ill with a progressive neurological illness in 1994, aged just >22. Luckily I’d already traced my family tree extensively, starting at just >8! So vital as my access to records in archives declined. But then online >access opened up more records over time, so I can still do research from >home. And I am still here, all these years on!
Despite my progressive illness I managed to retrain part-time as an
academic historian, picking up 3 more degrees, including a PhD. My academic >historical research is Scottish focused, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, >ranging across social, cultural, urban and reading histories. All described >at my website at https://vivdunstan.co.uk/
I also have an active general musings blog, recent posts of which have >reviewed a new Scottish genealogy book and reviewed the newly freely online >Scottish kirk session records. https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/
Anyway just wanted to say hi to folks, especially to anyone else from long, >long ago.
Best wishes.
Viv
I'm afraid there are not many of us "old ones" from then left on here
but there are many new ones who are helpful. Sadly some of the "old
timers" have past on.
Welcome back.
Good hunting
Gordon
Checking in to say hi from an old time user of Usenet and this group >particularly. I was active on it in the early and mid 1990s especially, >posting particularly about Scottish genealogy topics. I posted under my >maiden name Moore and married name Dunstan.[...]
Anyway just wanted to say hi to folks, especially to anyone else from long, >long ago.
Best wishes.
Viv
So here's a hard question for you oldies! England, Select deaths and
burials gives me a couple of family buried in Upperby, Cumberland in the 1870s. There is a municipal cemetery there but that only opened in 1881.
Does that mean that my burials are likely to be from the parish church,
which looks as if it is on the same site as the cemetery.
I can't see how to dig into Family Search to see what the coverage is here.
So here's a hard question for you oldies! England, Select deaths and
burials gives me a couple of family buried in Upperby, Cumberland in
the 1870s. There is a municipal cemetery there but that only opened in
1881. Does that mean that my burials are likely to be from the parish
church, which looks as if it is on the same site as the cemetery.
I can't see how to dig
into Family Search to see what the coverage is here.[]
Until I read on, I had visions of you visiting Cumb* with a spade on
your shoulder, intending to find out beyond a doubt! [Probably carrying
a flickering lantern ...]
On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 11:06:53, Ruth Wilson <ruth.wilson@virgin.net>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
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So here's a hard question for you oldies! England, Select deaths and
burials gives me a couple of family buried in Upperby, Cumberland in
the 1870s. There is a municipal cemetery there but that only opened in
1881. Does that mean that my burials are likely to be from the parish
church, which looks as if it is on the same site as the cemetery.
I can't see how to dig
Until I read on, I had visions of you visiting Cumb* with a spade on
your shoulder, intending to find out beyond a doubt! [Probably carrying
a flickering lantern ...]
What a great idea to help with the DNA ... I'm off to Anfield Cem!into Family Search to see what the coverage is here.[]
[I hope JMB's answer helps.]
On 08/06/2021 11:06, Ruth Wilson wrote:
So here's a hard question for you oldies! England, Select deaths and
burials gives me a couple of family buried in Upperby, Cumberland in
the 1870s. There is a municipal cemetery there but that only opened in
1881. Does that mean that my burials are likely to be from the parish
church, which looks as if it is on the same site as the cemetery.
I can't see how to dig into Family Search to see what the coverage is
here.
If you look at the FS Catalogue, you will find 3 films for Upperby,
including film #7561537 Parish Registers for Upperby, 1846-1930, on
which items 15=22 include Burials 1846-1930. Then search Records, specifying that film number, name, date of death and place of death
Upperby, Cumberland. You will then see the records you have already
seen (at Ancestry?) but with the added knowledge that these are transcriptions of Parish Registers.
(Pity that the LDS don't include the film number and/or title in the
Citation they suggest.)
Checking in to say hi from an old time user of Usenet and this group particularly. I was active on it in the early and mid 1990s especially, posting particularly about Scottish genealogy topics. I posted under my maiden name Moore and married name Dunstan.
Sadly I fell ill with a progressive neurological illness in 1994, aged just 22. Luckily I’d already traced my family tree extensively, starting at just 8! So vital as my access to records in archives declined. But then online access opened up more records over time, so I can still do research from home. And I am still here, all these years on!
Despite my progressive illness I managed to retrain part-time as an
academic historian, picking up 3 more degrees, including a PhD. My academic historical research is Scottish focused, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, ranging across social, cultural, urban and reading histories. All described at my website at https://vivdunstan.co.uk/
I also have an active general musings blog, recent posts of which have reviewed a new Scottish genealogy book and reviewed the newly freely online Scottish kirk session records. https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/
Anyway just wanted to say hi to folks, especially to anyone else from long, long ago.
Best wishes.
Viv
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