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Old 03-06-13, 15:43
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Very glad about this. I've finally managed to bury my gt x 2 grandparents John Smoothy and his wife Ann Chowns Smoothy. It was their family bible that got me a long way in my research.

I've also found Ann's nephew William Chowns and niece Hannah Chowns married in Richmond and both gave their addresses as Vestry Cottage, which is where John and Ann lived for the latter part of their lives. It all helps to build up a picture.
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Old 03-06-13, 15:50
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And I've finally found my grandmother's baptism - and it gives her address as 21 Compton Terrace, Mortlake Rd, which is great, as her birth cert just said Compton Terrace and I've not been able to locate it.

I had to browse the images as she's been mistranscribed as Smortty instead of Smoothy!
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Old 03-06-13, 15:52
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Good result, Nell!

I've had some success, but frustrations also as some parishes don't have later records.
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Old 03-06-13, 15:58
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The entry immediately above my grandmother is her cousin, Esther, my Mum's "Aunt Hett"!

Can you tell I'm a bit excited?!
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Old 03-06-13, 16:06
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Nell, it's great you have that excitement. It's very special to see the PRs.

Recently there have been so many new collections to view and I have been so busy looking at new information, but I never lose that buzz. I remember how you'd have to wait for months sometimes for something new, and I remember starting collecting wills, but now I seem to find will after will, but every one gives me pleasure.
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Old 03-06-13, 16:06
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And Aunt Hett's sister Bessie had a twin I knew nothing about!!!
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Old 03-06-13, 16:13
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You're on a roll!
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Old 03-06-13, 16:15
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Well I've had my share of frustration too, Elizabeth! I don't think my Mum knew about Bessie's twin - poor mite died aged 2 months. But she always said her mother and cousin Hett were baptised on the same day.
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Old 08-06-13, 10:02
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Yay! I've got a death cert for my gt grandfather's sister Edith who died unmarried. I'd assumed the address was that of her employers, but now I've found her cousin Susan's marriage I found the groom gave the same address. Susan and her husband are living there in 1891, so it looks as though they cared for Edith in her final illness.
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These have been updated, but as ever, it's not easy to find out what exactly has been added but they say 400,000 records have been added.
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