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  1. celia

    grave location in wartsone lane cem

    hi leslam thankyou for your reply thinking about it i do think the number i found in the burial registar is the index number to find the record of the burial but what i have done is emailed handsworth cem with all the details i have and hopefull they might be able to help me but we know they...
  2. celia

    grave location in wartsone lane cem

    hi leslam thankyou for looking for thr grave of leah morrall yes the microw film was bad to read i could only just sbout make out the date she died i think the best thing to do is give handsworth cem a ring and see if they can come up with anything i know it will take some time cos i know they...
  3. celia

    great grandad william morrall

    hi chris thankyou very much for your reply the reason why im asking is because i can trace my great grandfather on the census from 1861 to 1891 then he vanishes he is not on the 1901 or 1911 census and then turns up some where around 1904 with the birth of his first son from his second...
  4. celia

    great grandad william morrall

    hi old boy i forgot to mention that he died on 24 january 1937 i have his death certs and have been to visit his grave in handsworth cem celia
  5. celia

    great grandad william morrall

    hi old boy yes my great grandfather did marry clara addison in 1933 at the grand old age of 76 years they have 3 children between them their youngest being 17 at the time they married i have their marriage cert i have been reseaching my great grandfather for the last 3 months and been wortking...
  6. celia

    great grandad william morrall

    hi all yes its me again i wonder if i can pick someone brains i am trying to find my great grandad william morrall he was last on the 1891 cencus living with his wife louisa morrall andn his children how ever he his not on the 1901 census and his wife is living with another family as a border...
  7. celia

    parish records

    hi dianne i thought that would be the case on the surname front i wonder at one point if i was looking at the wrong morrall even though my name is not that common today the further back i go the more morrall's i find living in villages but the more i look at it the more i feel its my edward so...
  8. celia

    parish records

    hi dianne wwwooooo hhhooooo ive found him i did what you told to me to do and ive found edward morrall in the parish records :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::):):):biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: but edward morrall has spelt his last name morrell do you think through the way the records were writens...
  9. celia

    Back to Back addresses

    hi guys me thinks ive started something here sorry didnt mean to was merly pointing out a good read was all however im glad that everyone has replyed to the thread as is gives first hand experiance of how life was like in birmingham back to backs sometimes not as romantic as hurst street back to...
  10. celia

    parish records

    hi guys thankyou all very much for your help i will be spending a quiet afternoon working out the parish records you have all been a great help once again thankyou very much celia xxxxx
  11. celia

    parish records

    omg where did you manage to find this i have spent all afternoon on one site or another trying to work out this parish thing would it be worth going to birmingham central libray to see if they have parish records on file once again many thanx for you help celia xxxxx
  12. celia

    Back to Back addresses

    hi phill yes i am talking about the backs to backs on hurst street and i do understand that its only a musium and like all the musiums in the country that can only try and recreat history fourtanly i have relatives still alive that have lived in back to backs and im always told what they were...
  13. celia

    parish records

    hi all can anybody help me in the field of parish records i have started researching my gx2 grandfarther edward morrall born 1814ish in morton baggott so now im having to look up parish records can anybody help me with this as i havent a clue what im looking for or how they work its all a mine...
  14. celia

    Vicorian Farm BBC 2 Thursdays

    hi all I love watching the vic farm to .Anything to do with history and its got my attention. I thought thursdays program will brill. I loved those little pigs and it seemed such a shame that thay have to be killed for meat but unfortuneatly that was the name of the game in those times if not...
  15. celia

    Tea

    hi mwonjm bless everytime time i make a brew i have to make my otterhound one if i dont he will pester me for mine fred my otterhound loves his cup of tea and i have to make his in a cup to lol celia
  16. celia

    Normansell

    hi bebra and welcome to the site the guys on here are fantastic if ever you have a prob theres always someone on here who can help you what ever the question i should know im always picking someones brians with tracing my family tree lol hope you enjoy your stay here celia
  17. celia

    caddling

    hi beatrice i didnt know that my mats mother whos in her 70's has always used it when she coped someone swilling their tea round their cup didnt realise it meant to spoil learn something new everyday :-) manythanx celia
  18. celia

    caddling

    dose anybody know where ther word cadderling comes from and what it means my work mates mothers uses it usaly when she is swilling her tea round the cup to fininsh that last drops off her mother usally shouts STOP CADDERLING many thanx celia
  19. celia

    Granny Annie Chambers

    hi barrie im so pleased you found the answere to your puzzel i know how frustating it is when you hit a brick wall and it seems like your going no where and then the joy when youve found what youve been looking for keep up the good work results like that make tracing your family history seem...
  20. celia

    Loveday Street and loveday st maternity hospital

    hi all im going through my family tree and ive found that my dad was born in love day street no 28 in 1932 was wondering if its the same loveday street as this thread celia
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