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1880
Marriage Registry
St. Andrews Cathedra1
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a few years and by so doing one
1859
Presbyterian Church
lessens the cost and lighkns the task.
Cathedra1 of the Good
If it is impossible to gel to
Shepherd 1899
Somerset House one can apply for
Church of St. Joseph
certificates by post though the cos1
(Portuguese Mission) 1899
is naturally slightly higher and it is
1890
Methodist Church
necessary to give rather fuiler infor-
mation than one needs when under-
Solicitors - Can frequently be traced taking ones own search. In a case
through Lhe Law Lists from which, of this sort the Officials of Sornerset
by patient research, one can gener- House will undertake a search
ally establish a date of death.
covering a period of five years.
Somerset Home - A large building Soathem Ithodesia - Official regis-
overlooking the Strand in London tration only began in 1904, but there
which was built on the site of a are some records of deaths and mar-
palace originally desigaed for the riages from 1891. Records are with
Duke of Somerset during the reign the Registrar of Births and Deaths,
of Edward VI but as he ended on Salisbury. Records of Marriages are
the scaff old the proposed palace held by the Secretary, Deparlment
was never built. Somerset House is of Home AfEairs, Salisbury.
the home of a vast collection of
Snrnames, Adoption of - English
records the most important of
surnames date back in many cases
which, so far as the Genealogist is
to the 13th and 14th centuries.
concerned. is the record of births,
Welsh surnames are of considerably
niarriages and deaths which was
later origin but the WeIsh were in
siarted on the 1st July 1837 and
the habit of giving a string of names
covers details for England and
with the word ap, rneaning 'son of'
Wales.
in berneen; thus we can find David
For procedure with regard to
ap Rhys ap Guillim ap Morgan,
obtaining information from Somer-
meaning that David was the son of
set House see Somerset House,
Rhys who was the son of GuiIlini
Method of Obtaining Information.
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who in turn was the son of Mormn
sornerset
and this system was used in lieu of
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of 0btairr
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ing information - By far the best
method of obtaining information h area of ones search to a period of
Surnames, Irish - Many Irish namcs
from &merset House is to mke a date from before the conquest of
personal application. A search ticket England. In the reign of Henry II
cari be obtained which enables one an army was sent to conquer Ireland
to search unrestricted for a whole for the English King. Many of the
da^. This, howevery is net a satis- Irish Barons who led this enterprise
factor^ method as research of thls remained in Ireland and established
nature is a very tiring business; themselves,
particuiarly when one realises that Many the ~]d original rrish
each volume measUres about two names were anglicised at the same
feet by eighteen inches and weighs rinie.
somewhere in the neighbourhood of
ten or eleven pounds. By careful Surnames, Scoîîîsh - In Scotland
thought one can generally limit the the system of naming was different.
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