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WHAT TOWN IS THIS?(4a)

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moe

moe Report 2 Sep 2005 15:17

I have been searching for a rellie away from the usual haunts, and i have a BIG maybe for this one its VOLUME NUMBER is 4a and the town looks like ULSILL? maybe OLCILL? if you can juggle it i will be grateful, i am hoping it is around NORFOLK, possibly by a royal artillery barracks in 1859.....MOE!

Nana Anna

Nana Anna Report 2 Sep 2005 15:25

GRO Volume 4a seems mostly in Suffolk area. You can check the districts on http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/REG/index.htm. Hope this helps Anna

Joan Allan

Joan Allan Report 2 Sep 2005 15:33

4a in that era covers Suffolk and Essex. 4b covers Norfolk. The nearest registration districe name I can find is Orsett in Essex. Nothing similar in Norfolk.

moe

moe Report 2 Sep 2005 15:34

thank you so much Nanna anna, Suffolk! thats near enough to Norfolk isn't it? this must be him Oh you beauty! i think i've got you now, i still don't know the town though i will have to look on multimap now i know whereabout to look!MOE!

Merry

Merry Report 2 Sep 2005 15:36

Do you mean this place is written on the cert as part of an address, or is the name of a registration district?? If it's part of an address have you looked on Genuki for the details of the full registration district. The olace you are after should be listed...... Merry

moe

moe Report 2 Sep 2005 15:41

Thanks Joan, (feeling deflated again)I will still check the map maybe his mother gave birth on the road to Norfolk,maybe they even had a donkey, maybe his parents were Mary and joseph and not James and Ellen....maybe i need a cuppa, or i will be on the LUNATICS LIST one day when my ancestors are looking for me!...MOE!

moe

moe Report 2 Sep 2005 15:44

merry, it is on 1837online. It says James Nolan ULCILL? vol4a page 113 jul/aug/sep/1859...MOE its a birth.

Merry

Merry Report 2 Sep 2005 15:48

On FreeBMD it's transcribed as Orsett (in Essex) I haven't looked at the original page yet, but Orsett is a 4a district. Merry

Merry

Merry Report 2 Sep 2005 15:51

Just looked at the image - I'd go with orsett - the writer doesn't cross his ''T''s much - see Wolverhamlon a bit further down lol Merry

moe

moe Report 2 Sep 2005 15:54

THANKS ALL, its back to the drawing board, i have my cuppa so i feel calm again.....I was so excited to see a NOLAN born outside of the North West that i got carried away.. just seen that one Merry, and MANCHESLER, what a daft bat!.....MOE!