General Register Office (GRO) announces new phone number. Archaic Medical Terms. Continuing with The Royal Academy Pictures-a supplement to The Magazine of Art (founded in 1838) 1894 Edition (Part 3)-Constance Mary Beard born 1893, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Change of Speaker at NWKFHS Dartford Branch Meeting on 7th January, 2012.

General Register Office (GRO) announces new phone number.

The Federation of Family History Societies reports that the GRO has announced that from 5 January 2012 the existing phone number 0845 603 7788 for ordering certificates or making enquiries will stop and a new number 0300 123 1837 will come into use.

The new number also reflects when civil registration started in England and Wales (1837) and the hope is that this new number will be easier to remember. This is not a 'Free' phone number but one of the numbers specially designated for use by public bodies and not-for-profit organisations.

Archaic Medical Terms.

When researching our ancestors an aspect that is sometimes difficult to understand is the cause of death given on a death certificate or in Church records.  Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms is a site that is worth checking. It is regularly updated and also contains medical terms for other countries such as Germany.

Old World Diseases at Genealogy Today might also be helpful in looking for the meaning of old medical terms.

Continuing with The Royal Academy Pictures-a supplement to The Magazine of Art (founded in 1838) 1894 Edition (Part 3).

Constance Mary Beard born 1893, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Constance Mary Beard was born to Walter and Caroline Susannah, nee MacKinder, Beard in 1893 and registered in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

Her parents are shown at Gainsborough in 1891:

Walter Beard Head Male 33 abt 1858 Lincoln Lincolnshire
Caroline S Beard Wife Female 29 abt 1862 Gosberton Lincolnshire
Ellen Tindall Servant Female 21 abt 1870 Morton Lincolnshire

Her mother, Caroline Susannah, nee MacKinder, Beard died in 1896 at Gainsborough.

The 1901 census shows her living with her uncle at St Mary le Wigfordre, Lincolnshire:

Charles John Beard Head 48 abt 1853 Male Lincoln Lincolnshire
Margaret Beard Wife 43 abt 1858 Female Friskney Lincolnshire
Karoline Paill Year 19 abt 1882 Female Vienna Austrian Sub
Constance M Beard Niece 7 abt 1894 Female Gainsborough Lincolnshire Jessie Wilson Servant 20 abt 1881 Female Torrington Lincolnshire 

The 1911 census shows she is a pupil at Grove House, Westgate-On-Sea, Garlinge

Margate, Kent:

Beard, Constance, Boarder, Single, F 17, 1894, School, Lincolns Gainsborough.

Change of Speaker at NWKFHS Dartford Branch Meeting on 7th January, 2012.

There has been a change of speaker at the Dartford Branch of the North West Kent Family History Society for the 7th January 2012.   Stephen Humphrey will give a talk on "The Old Industrial Heart of London's Historic Borough - Southwark" in place of Dr Patricia Dark who had been due to give a talk on "Southwark, London's most historic borough".