Does anyone have any idea how much a 2' x 2' concrete paving slab would weigh (I assume it's 2" thick)? The reason I ask is that I am supposed to be collecting 2 slabs this size and eleven (11)...
My grandfather, George Nicholas Lionda, was an Ottoman merchant witha business in London around the time of Ww1. He is believed to have moved to Germany in the early 1920s and relocated his business,...
Does anyone know where I can see the ORIGINAL entries in the Register of Births? My problem is that I and another person have exactly the same (unusual) name on one of our parent's birth certificates....
We live in a cottage on a fairly narrow rural lane. Our frontage is a grass verge, ranging in width from 1' to 2'6" between our hedge and the road. In winter we find that lorries and tractors chomp...
This family name (my grandfather) originated in Greece in the late 19th Century. (a) Does anyone have any information or knowledge of other Liondas??? (b) Does anyone know whether the name was...
A Greek grandfather of mine established companies in the UK and US in the early 20th Century. I have tracked down scant details of the UK company but would love to find details of the US company. The...
I'm trying to locate details of a company which I believe to have been established by my grandfather, in the US, many years ago. I understand that it is a technology company, producing telephones etc....
My grandfather was born with a Greek father and Turkish mother. Does anybody please know of any websites available to UK users to help track down his relatives? I am already a member of GenesReunited...
Am I showing my age or what?!! I can remember buying an appropriate length of copper-cored HT lead, the suppressors to go onto the spark plugs and also the connectors to go to the distibutor. These...
I am a woodworker and have just bought an old saw bench table (cast iron no less!). It came with a really heavy electric motor - Higgs Motors of Birmingham, type H operating on AC, 2BHP, 200volts, 50...