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Help Please, Pomfret proving elusive, why?.
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Helen | Report | 26 Aug 2006 15:57 |
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Hi Could any one help please. I am looking for a George Pomfret. I know that his birthday was 4th January. Relative not sure of date of birth but thinks it was around 1927. I have searched on ancestry and they dont have an index for jan quarter 1927 for this surname. I think I have found his death - Pomfret George R W age 3 Bolton 8c 331 July quarter 1930 - but will obviously have to check. Child would have been born in Bolton area, MMN Rumbol. The same thing happened when I was looking for my MIL - I didnt get an index for the relevant period - but Smiley Sam found her for me. Why? What am I doing wrong - or where else should I be looking? Helenx x x (now terminally bemused) |
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Marie | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:08 |
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George R W Pomfret - (mmn Rumbol) - 1927 Q1 - Devonport 5b 393 |
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Helen | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:10 |
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Marie.. Thank you so much, family started in Devon moved to Lancashire and back! How did you find him though - and why couldnt I? Helenx x x (the very grateful but still perplexed) |
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Marie | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:12 |
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Helen, you where right that the name Pomfret doesn't come up for Q1. I actually put in surname of Poo (!!!) and got Q1 up for 1927 and went back a page. Hope this makes sense. Marie |
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Helen | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:15 |
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Marie.. Aaaah! I see, I think! Thanks for that, it was driving me mad - I knew he was there - I just couldnt get to him! Thanks once again Helenx x x x(the very happy) |
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Marie | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:16 |
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No problem Helen Marie |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:34 |
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If the quarter doesn't come up, it's often because the index is based on the last name on the page. If the last name on the page is a correction, then it may not be the last name alphabetically, so it looks as if the names between the corrective surname and the end of the page don't exist. What I usually do is to go from a quarter where it's working properly (pref in the same year) and then go to the link at the top of the page. I click on the Year, which goes to a page with the four Quarters. I then click on the Qtr I'm actually after (assuming it's there, of course!) - and then on the relevant letter (assuming that's there!). If you use that technique, it's worth noting which page you were on - and out of how many - on the qtr you've jumped from... say 37 out of 54. Then when you get to the new qtr, you have an idea which page to jump to - say 40 out of 60, or 74 out of 108 - whatever. Christine |
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Helen | Report | 26 Aug 2006 16:39 |
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Christine, Thank you very much, I will add that to the word file I have of tips and hints I have picked up so far. So frustrating when you know the relatives are there but cant access the record! Still, thanks to you and Marie, that shouldnt be a problem for me anymore. Thank you Helenx x x (the better informed) |
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