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Sorry Janice....I should have looked before posting. Also these images of the one document are so big but this was the only way that I could attach the cert as it kept saying that the file was too big.
Thought I would mention that Blanche Fowler on the first cert is Ada Cratchley's sister...
Hi again...Received Marriage Certificate for Joyce Gardner on April 1st. What a Joke! haha. Took so long i.e.
You were right...No Father's name.
What is a little interesting though is the Witnesses was E. Cratchley (presumably Eliza Cratchley) and G. Cratchley (presumably George Cratchley) and...
#1 photo could be 100 Balsall Heath Road where my great Aunt Florence Irene Harrison and her husband Robert William Harrison were killed on 10 April, 1941. This is a pure guess but I know there home was just around a street Corner." Would love to find out...
Hi all...I have just received the Will of Eliza Cratchley and the two beneficiaries are Lilian Jane Smith (middle child of Eliza's husband Arthur Cratchley) and Joyce Walsh. I am beginning to think like you Janice, that Joyce was not formally adopted by Arthur and Eliza, BUT she definitely was...
Also ordered a Marriage certificate for Joyce Gardner and James Walsh...just curious to see who Joyce put down as her Father if anything at all. Now this will be snail mail and about $26 for me, but just had to do it! haha
Hi Lyn & Janice. It has been quite some time since I bought a will from GRO so can't remember how much they cost but they came snail mail. There was never any other option. I am so impressed with the service & cost that I can't stop thinking who else I can get a will for.:):):)
Have just managed to order Eliza Cratchley's Will. Not a simple process. You are right...you only need to put in the Surname and the year of death. From what I read, I think I will be able to view this online which is great. Also the cost was only 1 Pound 5 shillings which I thought was very...
I would really like to get a copy of Joyce's Marriage certificate. Do you know of a quicker way to get a copy. I can't see anything on the GRO site other than priority which is super expensive. I have ordered them before and snail mail to Australia usually takes about 2 weeks.