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No, Betty, it's not, but Kings Norton was a large district in those days. My grandparents married in April 1914 at Kings Heath church, in the parish of Kings Norton and therefore not registered in Birmingham! Things from the past are often frustrating, that's why most of us have grey hair! Ha ha

Well it won't be Great Barr then - it's a bit of a way from Handsworth. It's a pity they did not give more information about the district on these certificates, it can be very frustrating. What year are we talking about?

Booths Farm Road and Perry Beeches is Great Barr and not Handsworth. Buxford Road may have been a road that has since been wiped out, but is the writing clear?

I don't know when generic addresses came in, but I have two death certificates from Rubery Hill, both say Rubery Hill Asylum, Kings Norton. Both were suffering from chronic disease, not mental health problems (one a heart condition, the other, TB), 1908 and 1911 respectively. I also have a...

I think you have probably hit the nail on the head there. I know Key Hill was very cheap for common graves, and public ones even cheaper, but I don't know about St Bartholomew. It may well have been the less expensive option. I have the same kind of interest in small items to do with family...

Burials did not stop at St Thomas that early, not until 1914 in fact. I think unless there was a proper 'family' grave, people were just buried, there seems to be no sentimentality at all, at least I have not found any during my research. My gt gt Grandfather died in Tennant Street in 1862 and...

I knew the Collis family, I went to school with Joan Collis, at Stourbridge.

Hi PamK - Just found the Spragg's marriage certificate - they lived much further up the road, at 5/100, so I don't expect you to have known them.

The names of the Spragg family I thought might help - in 1966 the father (Albert) had died, leaving his wife and five children - Doreen may have married by then, but Albert was about 22 and became the head of the family. There was Lennie and Tony but the names of the others escape me. Mrs...

Did you know the Spragg family?

Well Austinseven, firstly, I am not in the slightest bit ruffled. What I am though, is clear. I was NOT looking for the site of the Fish Inn, that was never under question, what I wanted was Fish Lane. I have a photo of the Fish Inn, I am perfectly happy with its location, and one does not...

So very sorry to hear of the passing of your mum Mike. Thoughts and prayers are with you. Shortie

I joined the Birmingham library in November 2013. All that was required of me is to go and collect my card in person. I registered online, got a temporary number (a self-reg one) and then all I had to do was pick my card up. My cousin who lives in Norwich has just joined too, no questions...

Oh Sheldontony, I don't agree with you, and apparently statistics recently taken show that many people still like books. I am fairly computer literate, have been using one since 1982 but would not dream of having a kindle, except perhaps to take on holiday. I just love the feel of paper. That...

Alan, you cannot get wills any more from Bull Street, it stopped about a year or so ago. I sent for one last year, posted it to Bull Street, and after a month, rang as I had no reply by post. They then told me that you can only get them from Leeds, they send all requests from Bull Street to...

Interestingly, two separate addresses are here, both as 2 Canal Cottage but in different places. For the first one at Gravelly Hill, I took the 1901 census and found John Dutton with his first wife. I then went backwards through the pages and also forwards, this cottage was certainly at...

Curly - Well out of curiosoty, I will look at that later, but I think I am getting nearer to a solution, using the 1901 census and also the electoral rolls. I shall report back tomorrow, but thanks for your help, you have started the ball rolling. Shortie

Thanks Curly, this has been of some help at least. I cannot recognise those cottages looking at my map of 1902, as there are several groups of buildings all near to the canal. I shall get there in the end, I am sure, must take a closer look in person if I can. The one thing I am not sure of...

Thank you Nick, I will give this some serious attention. Shortie

That's what I thought, and it is near the canal, but seeing the burial is in Erdington ....... I did wonder if there had been two, and perhaps one re-named? I am just hoping someone can pop up with the information that will enable me to pinpoint where these cottages were. The husband worked...