Genealogy Chat

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I was so fed up with the tree a few days ago…..No new leads for what seemed like ever!! I decided to have a go at a brick wall I have had for a while. I had a William Lindo (nice unusual name) who I knew had married an Elizabeth Cock (no titters please) in 1834 in Southwark. From the census I knew he was born in Newington Surrey, but the IGI drew a blank. I looked at the marriage again on the IGI and he was down as William Drake Lindo even more unusual, but still no baptism….. I remembered something Heather had said a while ago about googling…..Well it is such an unusual name I thought I would give it a go. OH MY GOD!!!!! I found someones tree with William Drake Lindo marrying an Elizabeth Cock, with all the children I had…..but they had William Drake Lindo parents a James Lindo and a Sarah Jones. I had a quick look on ancestry and I found one of the children in one census staying with a Jones family……I looked on the IGI and found the record of James Lindo and Sarah Jones marriage married on Christmas day in 1808. Seeing as my William Drake Lindo was born in 1810 there must be siblings….my next job!!! HOORAY No longer feeling fed up.. Will just say to everyone GOOGLE GOOGLE GOOGLE and thanks to Heather (Love you) Fuzzy xx

Erm.....no baptism on the IGI?? Parents James and Sarah: 1. MARY ANN ELIZA LINDO - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 29 FEB 1824 Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England 2. WILLIAM DRAKE LINDO - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 08 OCT 1815 Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England 3. SARAH ELIZABETH LINDO - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 26 FEB 1815 Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England 4. JAMES LINDO - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 24 DEC 1809 Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England 5. THOMAS HENRY LINDO - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 18 MAY 1817 Saint Mary, Newington, Surrey, England 6. JANE ROSINA LINDO - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 13 JUN 1824 Saint Mary, Newington, Surrey, England 7. LOUISA LINDOE - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 12 MAY 1799 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England Who's number 2 then?? Well done though!! Heather is without a puter at the mo :o(( Merry

Merry, Thanks Thanks Thanks...... I have done it again eh?!! As he was born in 1810 I didn't go as far as 1815. have to say I now love you too, mind you I did before you found this info, as you have helped me so many times before. Fuzzy xxx

Louisa Lindoe must be a red herring! (too early!) Merry

Sometimes parents seem to have had their children ''done'' (as distinct from ''Baptised'') in job lots! Christine

Swift tip......If you have someone with an unusual name, it's a goodidea to enter it in full on the All Resources page of Family Search and then tick the box for exact match (obviously this won't pick up if the spelling is wrong!!) Merry

Thanks to you too Jim, Wow I have my work cut out looking through that little lot, Will be a pleasure to actively work on the tree. Fuzzy x Merry, No 2 William Drake Lindo is my.....dont know how many g's grandfather. Is that what you mean? He married Elizabeth Cock (now you well enough to know that you tittered!!) Fuzzy xx

Yes you right Merry, Louisa does not belong to me. Shame Heather hasn't got a computer running at the mo, thought I hadn't seen her on the boards lately. memo to self must thank her when she appears again. I will remember tip you gave me. Fuzzy x

Sorry Fuzzy.......I meant it to read like this.............You said there was no baptism for your chap, to which I replied, So who is number 2 then??? Sort of rhetorical question thingy! Merry

Merry, In the words of Homer Simpson DOH!! I cant even blame the wine this early in the day!! apparently Lindo is portuguese......just great! Fuzzy x

On TNA there's lots of to-ing and fro-ing (sp?) to the West Indies by people called Lindo.....also some baps on the IGI in Barbados! Merry

Oh My!!! Think West indies was once a portuguese colony, THAT should keep me entertained for a while eh?!! Thanks for that Merry. Fuzzy x

Oh Fuzzy!! That's two of us that could have West Indies ancestry!!! Mine could have been a slave!! Deb

Wow, Deb that is so cool!! You dont expect to find something like that when you start building a tree eh? I knew about the portuguese connection, but the west indies thing I have Merry to thank for. Lord knows where that will lead!! fuzzy x

Nudging for the lovely Heather now that she has returned, sorry you have lost your positive thinking Heather, hope this changes your mind!! Fuzzy x

I loved Heather first! And my immediate response to most queries on these boards is 'have you tried googling?'!! nell

There are quite a lot of LINDO records on National Archives. Don't know if this relates to your Thomas: Online Document PROB 11/1984 Will of Thomas Lindo , Carpenter of No 3 Gloucester Place Walworth Common, Surrey Date: 1843. Christine

LOL Nell!! Can we share her??!! I tried it at the beginning but never had any luck so haven't bothered since.....Have now gone back to the beginning of my family group records sheets and am working my way through them googling the lot!! Fuzzy x

Thanks for that christine, will investigate!! Fuzzy x