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    Where to start with scanty family history??

    Hello Paul...it does look as if a good place to start your search is with your mothers marriage to Philip Heeney & as this was Birmingham marriage can I suggest that you order it from Birmingham Register Office? They are very helpful if you need any advice etc. Good luck with the search for...
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    Norman Wisdom

    I wish I had seen the programme about the palladium, especially if Dickie Valentine was featured...the very 1st record I bought as a teenager was DV singing " the finger of suspicion points at you". Happy days... Margaret.
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    Norman Wisdom

    Hello Zircon.....I would love to know the year on the programme that your Mother has of the pantomime at the Hippodrome...I was at one of the shows with my cousins .... Margaret.
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    756 Coventry Road Small Heath

    Not sure as to which part of the Cov this address was...but...there was a WIMBUSH bakery in little Green Lane which was very close to Coventry Road..... Margaret.
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    Mothers' Misunderstandings

    I took my son,Paul, then about 3 to visit my dear aunt Violet & she gave him a coconut topped biscuit which he really enjoyed. He is now well into his 40's but I always like to remind him of his polite request to her for another "hairy biscuit"......priceless..... Margaret.
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    St Andrew Bordesley Lookups

    Hello there, it might be an idea for you to email the B'ham Register office & ask for help from John Yeates ( I think I have his name right) telling him that there is some confusion regarding the date of this marriage...as you have a cert already with names etc from 1920 I am sure he will be...
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    REA family in Aston.

    Hello Tony, I would be most interested in hearing any info you have on this family. I have now taken a good look on the censuses & found quite a lot of info on them. Do you have access to the census yourself ? If not I can easily let you have the info. I am not closely related to the Rea...
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    REA family in Aston.

    Hello hitman ...welcome to the site...I have not come across the names of Sydney & Albert Rea in regards to the Rea family I am researching. Do you know the names of the parents of these chaps you have mentioned? The Rea family I am seeking had parents called Frances Edith Colley/Rea &...
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    Marriage Lookup please: Appleby/Simons.

    Once again my thanks to you Shera for all this info..certainly lots there for me to get my teeth into ! As always I have appreciated your help. Thank you again, Margaret.
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    Marriage Lookup please: Appleby/Simons.

    As Shera was kind enough to find the Ann Appleby marriage in 1835 for me, her info has pinpointed that her sister Matilda was a witness. Sooooo...I am now keen to find the details on the marriage cert for: MATLIDA APPLEBY & HENRY SIMON 21/07/1826 Many thanks Margaret.
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    Marriage Lookup Please: Appleby/Donnell

    Brilliant ! Not only the marriage details but the baptism details of the Bride as well... this info is really a great help to me. Very many thanks, Margaret.
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    Marriage Lookup Please: Appleby/Donnell

    I wonder if someone would be kind enough to look for this marriage please : 05/10/1835 St Martins Ann Appleby & Joseph Donnell All info will be appreciated. Margaret.
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    2 Marriages in St Martins, help needed please

    Ah ! Probably not the same Thomas Farmer then..back to the drawing board !! Thank you for doing the lookup for me...appreciated (again). Margaret.
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    Marriage 14/12/1852: FARMER:

    Apologies for getting the wrong church for this marriage ( I really shouldn't be doing research after my bedtime) Thanks for the correct info, Pom. Thanks again, Margaret.
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    Marriage 14/12/1852: FARMER:

    Another FARMER lookup please. 14/12/1852 ANN FARMER & EDWARD SMALLWOOD All details would be appreciated, especially father's name for Ann. Many thanks, Margaret.
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    2 Marriages in St Martins, help needed please

    Hello folks, I have a faded printout copy of a marriage 01/12/1806 between THOMAS FARMER & ELIZABETH CHANDLER, Thomas is a widower, & I am sure that Thomas signed his own name....so I have now found on the IGI a marriage between Nancy Wallis & THOMAS FARMER 10/04/1792 again at St Martin's. I...
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    Another PEARCE marriage lookup please

    Belated thanks for this info, Leslam, apologies for not coming back to this thread sooner...sorries !!!! Margaret.
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    Electoral Roll request please: 1950/55 BROWN .

    Great !. Thank you very much, Shera, as always I appreciate your help.... Margaret.
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    Electoral Roll request please: 1950/55 BROWN .

    Following on from great info given to me by Shera with regard to the Longbottom family..I have now found a marriage for daughter Gloria J to Douglas J Brown in 1946...so I wonder if there is any sighting of them on the 1950/55 rolls Please: DOUGLAS J BROWN & GLORIA J BROWN Many thanks...
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    Thank you’s for help

    What a timely reminder,Postie, I am in awe of the great help that the kind folk on this site have given to me in the past. I for one am indebted to one & all who have given their time to do a lookup/advise etc to help me go forward in my ever growing search for family history. I am truly...
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