Genealogy Chat

On the 1901 census living in Heywood Lancs, I have James Shaw, c1858, Moseley, Lancashire, Cotton Spinner, Head Sarah Shaw, c1856, Glasgow, Scotland, Wife Ada Shaw, c1882, Moseley, Lancashire, daughter Harold Shaw, c1884, LEFT BLANK!, son. That's all okay, I know this is the right family, due to certs! 1891 Census for Heywood Lancs. James Shaw, age 33, Head, Y/shire - Under Lane, mule spinner cott. Elizabeth Shaw age 34, Scotland Arthur Mayall, son age 16???? can't for the life of me find where he fits, Ada Shaw age 9, Lydgate Harold Shaw age 7, Mossley Frank Shaw age 3, Mossley. Now Sarah and Elizabeth have to be the same lady, I have looked for the marriage for James to Sarah E - can't find any, Elizabeth S - can't find any, Sarah - there is one for 1884! Elizabeth - there is one for 1878. After accumulating lots of ref checks I have finally found a birth for Harold Shaw, Dad James and Mum Elizabeth, but I can't find them on the 1881, if the marriage for 1878 is correct! What do I do now? Apologies if this comes out printed in a whopping paragraph! Thanks Lisa

Lisa A tip: if you return to your original message and cut it you can paste it as a reply to the thread and it should appear with paras which will make it easier to read. nell

Good grief Nell, do I need a degree to do that? I am HOPELESS!

Did they marry in Scotland,perhaps?

another tip.. type it out as usual...then highlight it and copy... (it's now in your mouse)<<<<this is how it was explained to me and an easy way to think of it) Then delete it and replace it with...'see below...' Post it....then reply to your own thread and paste it in. Hey ho!...GR stuffed! lol Gerri x

Hi Andrea It's a possibility, kind of assumed that Sarah/Elizabeth moved to England as did many.

Hi Gerri I'm really not joking,that is way to technical for me!

Lisa 1.Click on your thread title 2. Click on 'update message' 3. Click on the beginning of your post, hold down the left-click and drag mouse to end of the message. It should all be highlighted. 4. Press Control button with C button. this has now temporarily stored your message. 5. Click update message. 6. Click on your thread again. 7. click 'Add reply'. 8. When you get the box to type your reply in, press Control + V and your message should appear, hopefully in its paragraphed format. nell

There's one born Ashton U Lyne living at Cotton st,Ashton U Lyne I found it on family search his dads called Hiram-head of household,put that in it should come up with just that

Hi Andrea, That's the family I have thought until now was the right one, but 1881 James is unmarried which blows my certificate as he should have married in 1878. This is the only line I am struugling with.......

If you got Harolds birth cert what is his mums maiden name?

Andrea Her surname is Rothwell which ties in with a marriage in 1878, but I just can't find them in 1881. Thought about ordering the marriage cert but I still have no idea if it's the correct family.

Hi Nell and Gerri Well that's 8 times I tried to make it easier to read....... I don't think I need to say more, I will ask hubby later, very computer literate! He will be in heaven.........

Lisa Just remember in future that GR always crunches the first message, so the way forward is to put your thread title and then a short message like 'See below'. Then add your full message as a reply to your own thread. Cut and paste is dead easy - my son showed me how when he was 8! It's click and drag to highlight the bit you want, then control +C to cut and control + V to paste. nell who is ashamed to say her husband told her about Control + F for find after she'd spent MONTHS trawling through lists of names!!!

Thanks Nell Glad I'm not on my own! Can't be good at EVERYTHING! I'll try that next time,

Hi Lisa,I've tried Ancestry but I'm on wireless today and it's running really slow,so I'm not much help!! Where was that marriage you found? just found it on Lancs BMD!! If you've got the quarter,I'll go and have a look at the parish register for you-probably Thursday and let you know what it says

Hi Andrea Found it on free bmd, Dec q 1878 Oldham. If I remember correctly. Just read the next bit of your thread, It is the above, volume 8d, page 817 for the GRO, not that it helps locally as I understand? Thank you for your kind offer, that would be lovely!

Right it's Oldham St Mary I'll have a look for you,then you'll know from the ages if it's them? Unless you want to do it yourself,are you near Manchester?

Hi Andrea Yes it is St Mary, bless you I wish I was near by, but I live in Cornwall!

Well I'll probably be going on Thursday,but if you want to put in a request for someone to look it up before that,I won't be offended!!!! And if you've got anything else from there I've always got time for a couple more?