Dave Annal Lifelines Research

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Family historian, lecturer, author. Former Principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 42 years in the business. Loves a good map. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/

From the parish register of St Margaret & St Catherine, Aldham, Essex Essex Record Office ref D/P 208/1/2 1749 Mary the wife of Thomas Aldgate, buried Aug 9 Aff.* Sarah daughter of John & Mary Aldgate, buried Jan 15 Aff. John, son of the same parents, was buried Jan 26 Aff. 1750 John Aldgate father of the said children was buried March 31 Aff Phil. Morant Rector * Affidavit (of burial in woollen) produced
National Library of Scotland, 1845 Map of Orkney https://maps.nls.uk/view/216442839 The red star marks the approximate location of the Annal family's farm (Lythes). Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Orkney Islands / (engd. ... by W.H. Lizars)., 1845 Map Detail Map details: Field Content Name: Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 Title: Orkney Islands / (engd. ... by W.H. Lizars). Imprint: Edinburgh : W Blackwood & Sons, [1845] Pagination: 1 map ; 228 x 182 mm. Shelfmark: EMS.b.2.96
Large Scale OS Map of Edinburgh (Canongate) National Library of Scotland: https://maps.nls.uk/view/74415446 Edinburgh - Sheet Sheet 30. Surveyed: 1852, Published: 1854. Size: map 61 x 92 cm (24 x 36 inches), on sheet ca. 70 x 100 cm (ca. 27 x 40 inches)
Ordnance Survey 25" map, First Series https://maps.nls.uk/view/74943994 Berwickshire XI.5 (Coldingham) Survey date: 1856, Publication date: 1857 Size: map 64.4 cm x 96.6 cm (25.344 x 38.016 inches), on sheet ca. 76 x 104 cm (ca. 30 x 41 inches)
OS 25" Map of Edinburgh (detail) https://maps.nls.uk/view/82877325 Edinburghshire III.1 Revised: 1893, Published: 1895 Size: map 64.4 cm x 96.6 cm (25.344 x 38.016 inches), on sheet ca. 76 x 104 cm (ca. 30 x 41 inches)
Edinburghshire, Sheet 1 Survey date: 1852, Publication date: 1853 Size: map 61 x 92 cm (ca. 24 x 36 inches), on sheet ca. 70 x 100 cm (28 x 40 inches)
Ordnance Survey Large Scale (1:500) map of Buckingham, First Edition (1881) (detail) National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/view/229406073 Buckingham - Buckinghamshire XIII.10.25 Surveyed: 1879, Published: 1881. Reprinted: 1903 Size: map 64.4 cm x 96.6 cm (25.344 x 38.016 inches), on sheet ca. 72 x 104 cm (ca. 28 x 41 inches)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/11991/lot/694/a-fine-16th-century-gold-bodkin/ A fine 16th century gold bodkin The top eye above a heart and crossed arrows, over entwined scrolls, a rectangular aperture and a circular aperture, the tapering body partly engraved with traces of enamel decoration, break to side of rectangular aperture, 12.5cm.
Ordnance Survey, Large Scale Town Plan, Edinburgh National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/view/74415729 Edinburgh - Sheet III.7.3. Surveyed: 1894, Published: 1895. Size: map 64.4 cm x 96.6 cm (25.344 x 38.016 inches), on sheet ca. 72 x 104 cm (ca. 28 x 41 inches)
From: John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1822 National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/476.html Name: Thomson, John, 1777- ca. 1840 Johnson, William, fl. 1806-1840 Title: Orkney Islands. Imprint: Edinburgh : J. Thomson & Co., 1822. Pagination: 1 map : col ; 686 x 521 mm., on sheet 729 x 532 mm. Shelfmark: EMS.s.712(28)
Name Actual Recorded Age Age John 17 9 Margaret 14 8 Percy 9 2
Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, Corstorphine (detail) National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/view/82877373#zoom=4.2&lat=2221&lon=8216&layers=BT Edinburghshire III.5 Revised: 1893, Published: 1895 Size: map 64.4 cm x 96.6 cm (25.344 x 38.016 inches), on sheet ca. 76 x 104 cm (ca. 30 x 41 inches)
“Now,” he pursued, “concerning Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham, you must know, was a spoilt child. Her mother died when she was a baby, and her father denied her nothing. Her father was a country gentleman down in your part of the world, and was a brewer. I don’t know why it should be a crack thing to be a brewer; but it is indisputable that while you cannot possibly be genteel and bake, you may be as genteel as never was and brew. You see it every day.”