Genealogy Chat

Confusing isnt it. In theory when she married as a widow she should have used her married name. You say she used Wright? that should be the married name HOWEVER people do make mistakes and I have for instance a marriage where the bride gives her previous married name and then dozily gives her status as single. I guess in a her mind, she was single, free of any incumberance. Luckily her fathers name showed clearly she was the one I was looking for. On the kids' birth certs she gives her 'formerly' name as her maiden one. This marriage - you found it on parish records?? Who were the witnesses?

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Jim I have Elizabeth Dawson's birth certificate and mother is Ann Dawson formerly Wright, no other name, but the marriage record says Ann was a widow at her marriage to Lang. Is Wright more likely to be the name of her first husband? Glen I'll take a look at Norfolk Transcriptions. Thanks for the suggestion. Jo

I had a quick look at the norfolk transcription site, although it is incomplete there are over 800 entries under the surname Dawson. Interestingly there seem to be several entries with what appears to be the middle name of Ling and surname Dawson. eg Elizabeth Ling Dawson, Robert Ling Dawson etc. They are in a different parish (in the Tunstead and Happing district) but i wonder if they are connected. If you haven't come across the site before google 'norfolk transcriptions', the site is part of the genealogy.doun website.

The info should be on her daughter's birth cert either or Elizabeth Dawson 1838 Jan-Feb-Mar Walsingham Norfolk Elizabeth Dawson 1838 Apr-May-Jun Walsingham Norfolk

Thanks Heather I've checked Parish Records but my gt.gt.grandmother Ann Wright, born abt 1803, was a widow when she married gt.gt.grandfather Lang Dawson and I don't know if Wright is her single or first married name. Her marriage to Lang was in 1836 but she died in 1838. Neither the marriage cert nor her death cert give a clue to a previous name. I think my only chance is now to check all marriages in or around Barney in Norfolk. Jo.

Well I havent made a mistake with BMD index yet, if I do and find a way, Ill let you know! Seriously though, put the details on of what you DO know and see if anyone can help. Of course if you looked in the actual parish register for the period then you may find her?

This sounds really useful, but........ Is there any similar method for finding people before 1841, i.e. in BMD for instance? I'm particularly thinking of someone whose first name, year of birth (within a year or two) and village I'm sure of but no idea who her parents were. Jo

Thanks Glen. I will look on the other site also.

It was Heather that reminded me of this little gem. It's something i had done in the past and forgotten about, Heather mentioned it on the other site we use, (there were a couple more ideas posted too).

Omigosh! I just did this and entered West Ham (not exactly a village, but...) I got pages and pages but they have not put the names, it is blank. When I click on View the names come up. I could be here a looong time with the 128,390 entries they are showing!!! LOL! UPDATE TO THIS; Just realised that all the addresses show the house is 'Uninhabited' yet they list the people there. I wonder what that means?

Wow, I am really glad I asked!! Thanks Heather, Ozibird and Gwyneth, this seems to have been something many of us are glad to know. Off now to look for the elusive ones! Many thanks for the help.

This also works with place of birth - which is a boon if they don't live where you expect them to be and their name's have been mistranscribed. Oh yeah, and if they keep changing their dates of birth!!! Let's hope they just get this one thing right then eh? LOL So, to summarise; Bring up the year in question Put no other details apart from place of birth and away you go ... everyone listed alphabetically through all the years.

Kathlyn If you're using the ancestry advanced scanner you can put a page number in - might take a bit of trial and error but you should get there fairly quickly Looby

This is fantastic, I am sure that as my rellies came from a small village, others with the same name could well be related. Can anyone tell me if there is a method of scaning through the pages quickly? There were 15,344 people registered in an area I was looking at and the name I wanted started with a W. Even skipping 5 pages at a time took a long time. kathlyn

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nudge, sounds like a good tip.

Great tip. Many thanks.