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Annette. Ach bit ye see hen, aht's eh trouble noo. It's too easy tae upset folk, an ah'm no referin tae Mrs Moonwatcher, if ye get mah drift innat :wink: Ah jist cannae bae dain wae aw this watchin yir Ps an Qs. Remember Patter 7? Still it's nice tae browse eh board noo an agaen an hiv a wee nattir ...

Annette...

Wull hiv less eh the 'auld' if ye please!

Bob

Ah hink ah'm gonnae greet!

Hi all! It's a pity the English MCs of this period dont give details of the mother :( Nevertheless I can see nothing from the information given that doesn't support previous conclusions. Everything ties up. The weight of probability leans heavily towards this James Collings being the son of James Co...

A quick update for those following this thread or who have just climbed aboard; We’re tracing the male line of the COLLINGS family. Specifically those of the current Hayley COLLINGS. (aka Sharona Krova). Her family can be tracked all the way back to the 17th century and out to Australia, with many b...

Thanks for that Jean (Watts). What a strange and unusual name! Given her age it would seem likely she’s a child of the ‘original’ family of the James Collings b.1772. Her absence at the ’51 Census is probably due to her being in her twenties by that time and having moved away from home. There is so ...

Jean and Jean, We have the 1891 and 1901 Census's for James Collings and his family in Manchester but nothing for those periods in Aylesbury. Are these available? We're going to be calling it quits here later tonight and prepare for the trip back north over the border in the Easter traffic. Thanks a...

Thanks ladies. [the two jeans] It’s gratifying to see that you guys seem to be following the same route as ourselves and coming to similar conclusions. The reason for our assumption on the James Henry COLLINGS name is simply that that’s the father’s name given by his son Frank Woodbridge COLLINGS on...