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|    Doug Laidlaw to cecilia    |
|    Re: PCC wills through Ancestry    |
|    30 Jul 18 00:42:34    |
      From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au              On 27/07/18 07:58, cecilia wrote:       > (This is not of high importance to me - it's not "my" family, and I       > can work without it.)       >       > I have been accessing some PCC wills (1650-1850) fron the Isle of       > Wight in order to structure a family that is not "mine", in the hopes       > of avoiding confusion with same-surnamed people that are "mine".       >       > I am doing this through library access to ancestry.com       >       > I have battled through various mis-transcriptions (my favourite is       > Isle of Night) but have failed to identify in ancestry       >       > "John Rogers, Carrier of Newport Isle of Wight, Hampshire       > Date: 09 August 1653       > Reference: PROB 11/227/440"       >       > I've tried only entering Forename or Surname, wiith or wiithout       > probate date/year, but either get results that dont include the one I       > want or have tens of thoiusands of results.       >       > If any one has a ancestry subscription and time to play with it, and       > gets a positive result, I would appreciate knowning what combination       > of data works - then I can get the will myself.       >       The surname is Rogers, and the data in the OP's first post has "Roger."       Could that be the reason?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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