Genealogy Chat

Thanks Reg and everyone, found it. This time I just put in the name and birth date and left out place of birth and it popped up staight away. I'm not going mad after all, Jennifer

Thanks all for looking. Which bit did you search as I have put in Joseph Ridley etc and it says no matches. What am I doing wrong? Jennifer

Just click on 'search' at the very top of the board..........than select name search.......the furthest right of the three options reg

Graham's Ridley names are still on the site. I just searched for Joseph Ridley born Brampton and there was one listed born 1830 entered by Graham, this must be the one you found yesterday.

It's still there Joseph 1830 Brampton, Cumberland, England No Graham

I've just done the search.........Joseph Ridley born c1830 Brampton is on the results.........also two other Josephs of later years. All with same tree owner. Reg

Yesterday whilst updating my tree I decided I’d try the name search. I put in the surname: RIDLEY just to see what came up. Up came a whole page of the name all born Brampton, Cumbria which is the area where I am looking. I think the tree owner was called Graham. I know that one of the names was definitely Joseph Ridley born c.1831as I looked him up on Ancestry and found him in 1881 at Lonning, Brampton, which turned out to be on the same page as 2 of my 2nd great grandparents John and Mary McKenzie. (RG11 piece 5149 folio 26 page 9 ) As one of the daughters of John and Mary McKenzie married William Robinson who was the son of John Robinson and Elizabeth Ridley, I though this might be a promising link for my tree, but as I hadn’t got time to compose a letter to the tree owner I left it till today. Well today I have searched and searched and can I find the same names as yesterday, can I heck, they have disappeared off the face of the earth or at least of GR!! I know I didn’t imagine it all. GRRRRRRRRR I have been looking for ages to find the marriage of John Robinson and Elizabeth Ridley as I can’t get back any further till I do. There first child was born in 1844 and I have searched the indexes one by one for a marriage to no avail. I can find a few John Robinsons but no Elizabeth Ridley. If the owner of the tree with Joseph Ridley in it sees this, if he sends me a PM I will open my tree so we can compare. Many thanks for reading this, it’s been driving me mad, Jennifer

See below in a mo.