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I am trying to help a friend, after a family fall out she lost contact with her Uncle Robert, and would love to get back in touch, the very little info we have is his mother was Elizabeth Cairns nee Gordon and father Robert Millar, he was born roughly 1960 in Birmingham, he had two brothers...

Hello everyone, i need some help please :) i know my Gt grandfather Isaac Sargant is miss transcribed on the Ancestry 1911 census (his surname is his sisters name and she is listed as mother from what i can remember), but having lost all my copies of it i now find i can't find him ..... i have...

Hi all, does this shop which was on Constitution Hill ring any bells with anyone? does anyone know of it or how i could find out more about it? Made contact with a distant relative who said this shop was ran by a family member and i'd like to find out more, we have no idea of dates, so if anyone...

I am putting this up in the hope that someone, someday may read this and recognise him. I don't want to go into major details, but i am looking for anyone who is related to or knew a Frank Morris, i believe he would have resided 1920's - 1940's around the Hockley area of Birmingham, he would...

1901 Census shows my gt Grandmother Beatrice Higham born Birmingham aged 8 living Cheapside with her Parents John 1859 and Phoebe born 1859 (Brettell Jane??Worcs) with sister Emily 1895 other siblings include John 1878, Henry 1880-1883, Emily 1883, now there is a big gap there between births, so...

Hello everyone, been a while, i'd love some ideas please off people, still struggling with my Gt Grandparents, they married Dec 1899 in Birmingham, address at the time was given as Hingeston Street, Martha was born 1882 in Tewkesbury Gloucs (although she lied about her age on MC), and William...

Can i have an electoral role check please for Emma (born 1880/1) starting 1912 may be with Husband William although he dies 1917 so she'd be on her own after this, thank you, from the pest lol

Can i have a look up please on electoral roles for Mary (born c1870), last known address 1911 Freeth Street, can find no death for her and in 1911 her husband Isaac isn't listed and she's not listed as Widow. Thank you :)

Can anyone with access to travel records on Ancestry please look and see if they can find any record of the following two men travelling to Australia please, or any signs of them on electoral rolls for Australia please, my sub doesn't allow me to view this information. Meshach Bates born 1890...

On my Grandads WW2 record of service papers it say's he was in the G.S.C and H.L.I (I assume infantry), does anyone know what they were, thanks :)

This is a class photo of my Grandad taken in 1930/1931 at Ellen Street School, did anyone's family go there during those years, maybe they are in the photo?? My Grandad is in the third row back, fourth from the right, handsome little chappy wasn't he :)

Whilst going threw my Nans things I found two brass plaques, I think they are from WW2 but can't be sure, the first is engraved with the Coldstream Guards Emblem and has the Name Freeman - B 23907729..... the second is engraved with the Scots Guard Emblem and J Newsham 2695609, I'd like to find...

Has anyone a map of Stour Street please, listed in 1901 as being under Rotton Park, Edgbaston area, would like to see the surrounding area and maybe find what church(s) would have been local to there please, many thanks :)

Does anyone have the discs for Edgbaston(think it may be St Bartholamews as i have found that church used in the past listed as Edgbaston) at all could have a look at a marriage entry for me for please of William Child(s) to Harriett Wedgwood on 5.12.1813, would be intersted to know witness and...

Whilst rummaging threw some olds photos for my family history i found some photos of a day out and a football team, my nan said they were from the Settlement (a kind of youth group she attended), did anyone else go there or have any memories of it? many thanks :)

Does anyone have a map of Graham Street please, i believe it was in Balsall Heath :)

Listed in 1855 Birmingham directory at 8 Mott Street, Jewellers.....can anyone find anything else on this company for me please, I'm trying to find out if it links to my ancesters who lived in Hockley and were all Goldsmiths, i can't find any other trade directory links for it, many thanks :)

Could someone kindly have a look for these two marriages please.. Isaac Sargant to Dorothy Heeley 31.7.1754 and Isaac Sargant to Anne Knight 28.11.1771, would like to know who the witness's were please, I can't get the library at the moment to view the fiches, many thanks Claire :)

Does anyone know if they exist, where records for children who were placed in this Orphange are kept? I'm trying to help a distant relation who lives in Kent, her father and his brother were placed there in the 1940's, thier sister wasn't but was adopted out, not sure if she knew so not sure...

I have the Marriage Certificate of my Great Grandparents Arthur Lawrence to Adelaide Florence White in 1907 at St Pauls Hockley... it states that she is 21 (making her born 1886) and her Father is William White who is a Miller, the address given is Arthurs parents house, but i am having problems...