tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post8043620185546923373..comments2023-10-09T18:35:08.132+01:00Comments on London Roots Research: A Place in the Sun - using Fire Insurance Records for London Genealogy ResearchRosemary Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-7236294455060173382014-07-04T10:45:40.183+01:002014-07-04T10:45:40.183+01:00Your site is very interesting and informative. I ...Your site is very interesting and informative. I wonder if you could give me an idea of why more than one Sun Fire Insurance Policy would have been issued on the same date for the same property. Liz Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-3776039459237539832013-02-07T06:34:56.973+00:002013-02-07T06:34:56.973+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036021195119301620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-25849056177039002372013-02-07T06:33:06.556+00:002013-02-07T06:33:06.556+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036021195119301620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-39356287294433421232012-10-26T18:36:45.115+01:002012-10-26T18:36:45.115+01:00Judy, Apologies for the delay in responding to you...Judy, Apologies for the delay in responding to your very kind award. I was away when you nominated me for this award and have been gradually catching up with correspondence - and my rather neglected blog. I will definitely try and accept this award soon! Thank you again.Rosemary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-37438109631356176352012-09-19T09:36:19.003+01:002012-09-19T09:36:19.003+01:00On my Queensland Genealogy blog I have nominated y...On my <a href="http://qld-genealogy.blogspot.com/2012/09/illuminating-blogger-award.html" rel="nofollow">Queensland Genealogy</a> blog I have nominated you for the Illuminating Blogger Award. To accept the award, just follow the steps below:<br /><br />* Visit the award site (http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/) and leave a comment indicating that you have been nominated by http://qld-genealogy.blogspot.com/. (This step is important because it is the only way that they can create a blogroll of award winners).<br /><br />* Thank the person who nominated you (by posting and including a link to their blog). <br /><br />* Include a courtesy link back to the official award site (http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/) in your blog post.<br /><br />* In your blog post, share one random fact about yourself.<br /><br />* Select five other blogs whose illuminating, informative posts you enjoy reading, and nominate them for the award.<br /><br />* Notify your nominees by leaving a comment on their blog, including a link to the award site (http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/).Judy Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730547717403140047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-82705090078798072162011-04-24T17:34:53.014+01:002011-04-24T17:34:53.014+01:00Emma, I totally agree with you about Londoners who...Emma, I totally agree with you about Londoners who are hard to find. <br /><br />I haven't yet found my Charles Clifford elsewhere, except for his childrens' baptisms and a possible marriage. So these records really helped me locate him, by confirming his occupation (a family story said he was a saddler).Rosemary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-48085795691922486942011-04-24T17:31:48.339+01:002011-04-24T17:31:48.339+01:00Thank you Elizabeth for the useful link. I haven&...Thank you Elizabeth for the useful link. I haven't used these for non Londoners yet, but it's good to know that these records are not just for Londoners.Rosemary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-4022784927595572362011-04-24T16:56:26.001+01:002011-04-24T16:56:26.001+01:00Very useful, Rosemary. The fire insurance records ...Very useful, Rosemary. The fire insurance records are amongst many indexed on A2A that help locate London ancestors who are difficult to find elsewhere.Emma Jollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265403602784086092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-17179933511530204322011-04-24T15:28:25.184+01:002011-04-24T15:28:25.184+01:00Great post!
There is also an index at http://www....Great post!<br /><br />There is also an index at http://www.londonlives.org/static/AHDSFIR.jsp for 1777-1786 - the policies issued by Sun and Royal Exchange. Was very pleased to find some of my Norfolk ancestors listed there - many people outside of London used the same companies as city dwellers.<br /><br />Thanks for an interesting read as always :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437999894873495717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-88742223175772891052011-04-23T23:11:49.963+01:002011-04-23T23:11:49.963+01:00Thank you for your comments. I actually only recen...Thank you for your comments. I actually only recently found out about the fire insurance markers myself. Must remember to look for them when I'm next in London.Rosemary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-35073094950306814852011-04-23T21:37:54.717+01:002011-04-23T21:37:54.717+01:00This is really interesting. I used to love looking...This is really interesting. I used to love looking for fire insurance markers on old buildings, spurred on by Geoffrey Grigson's children's book "Looking and Finding" - never found many, though. As well as the useful genealogy advice, your post has reminded me to resume keeping an eye out for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-8272699964560803752011-04-23T11:23:57.008+01:002011-04-23T11:23:57.008+01:00I'm pleased you have learnt something new, Jud...I'm pleased you have learnt something new, Judy. There was a bit of publicity about them a few years ago, but nobody seems to have mentioned them much recently, which is why I decided to write the post. I guess they appeal to a small minority with early London ancestors.Rosemary Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415524272755182489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8917131639262535844.post-33538172371529028602011-04-23T06:32:07.649+01:002011-04-23T06:32:07.649+01:00I had never heard of these records - or at least, ...I had never heard of these records - or at least, not for London - and I will definitely check them out. Here in Queensland (at the John Oxley Library) we have an index to some fire insurance records for c.1886-1921.Judy Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331380147873608965noreply@blogger.com