Genealogy Chat

I have an 1841 birth certificate for Cricklewood, Middlesex and can't read the address. Can anyone help with Cricklewood roads or illegible script? Would you email me direct and I will send the certifiacte through? Sylvie

Sylvie There is a 1894 map of Cricklewood for £2.20 +p&p from this address http://www.alangodfreymaps(.) co(.) uk/ Remove () Delivery is very good and normally only take a couple of days. It may help. Victor

What does it look like Sylvie as we can probably google for it.

Thanks all I have tried to send the relevent bits to all who offered but for some reason my server keeps disconnecting, I will try again later Thanks for the map info Thanks for the offfer to google for it - I have tried that but any help is appreciated it looks like '1/2 past Fotall' or Fotill Sylvie

I have now sent to the five people who offered to help. My server has just announced that it is unable to send emails from my outlook express so I have had to send the emails directly from the server. I do hope they arrive OK and that no one thinks I would ignore their offers of help. Without broadband in our village it has taken me an hour to do! Thanks again Sylvie

Maybe you won't get my email so I'll put it here, Looks like 72 or 92 james street or john street Forty Hill Cricklewood Willesden Does this help Heather

Hi Sylvie I have received the scan. Is it possible that the person born could have been a twin and the bit before Crickhurst could be a time of birth. The wording is eighteenth July 1841 1/2 past something at Crickhurst Willesden. Notice that the `at` comes after the 1/2 past something. If this was the whole address, the `at` would have been placed before it, if you follow.

Carol, just took another look at the scan, my 7 and 9 the first half of 1/2, yours definately makes sense now, still can't figure the time.

Sorry I'm not helping but I havn't received your e-mail yet. Dea x

I've got your email Sylvie, but I cant add anymore to what's been said, how annoying for you I does look like 1/2 past ????? If anyone elase wants it I'll gladly forward it on (if that's ok with Sylvie) send me your email address Sam

Hi, Smiley sent me a copy ! - thank you. Could it be 1/2 past 7 o t.clk - i.e. half past 7 o'clock. ?? That's what it looks like to me. ?? Dea x

Thank you all for helping and for forwarding the emails. The irony of this is that I don't really want to know about this child who is the son of the chap I am trying to nail! I was just hoping to get an address in Cricklewood from which I could search the 1841 and 51 censuses! Oh well, I will have to think of another back door to sneak through! Thanks again I didn't even think of it being the time of day! Sylvie

Sylvie Just got back from work and looked at you email. I agree it looks like 1/2 past, but then possibly fitell, it looks like -itell and the first letter looks like the 'f' in 'of July'. Can't do any better than that, but I don't think it is an address. Sorry. Victor

'of the clock' would make sense.