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  • catmum
    catmum replied to the thread Finding Information.
    Yes, that's the one, it's tricky finding them on the censuses, and other trees seem to have part of the family but different parents.
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Finding Information with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Married 4 June 1854 at St Philips? Father's name John Smith
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Finding Information.
    I see an Elizabeth born Kenilworth in Bham in 1851. She was the daughter of a John Morgan (b Market Harborough). Is this her because...
  • catmum
    catmum replied to the thread Finding Information.
    Thanks, MWS, Charles Smith, b1834?, married Elizabeth Ann Morgan, b 1829, Kenilworth. I've found several of that name, I suppose if I...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Finding Information.
    If you list a few names and dates there are members who will try and help.
  • catmum
    catmum replied to the thread Finding Information.
    I'm doing Ancestry so just trying to find any relatives. It's frustrating when you realise there are so many people with the same name...
  • Z
    so very sad zero...what buildings were those and are they recent photos..thanks again for keeping us well updated even though as you say...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Finding Information.
    So what are you trying to find out and what is the time frame?
  • Z
    Re Hilda Lloyd building mentioned by zero in post #220. We have more information about Dame Hilda, noted obstetrician, in a separate...
  • catmum
    catmum replied to the thread Finding Information.
    My problem is the people I'm looking for have very common names so I can't really afford to buy certificates because their is so much...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Finding Information.
    Parish burial records may list an abode/place of death. A death certificate may also have additional information - person registering...
  • H
    HoweStreet1841 replied to the thread Howe Street.
    Thank you, 'brummy-lad'. My Grandad left Birmingham for Canada in 1887, age 12, but my Dad said that his father was a Brummy through and...
  • catmum
    Hi, is it possible to find out more about someone other than where they are buried. I'm just wondering if the cemeteries had more info...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 replied to the thread The Gaskins.
    Can I just say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who is helping with this, we are already onto Page 2 of comments (!) and I feel very...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 replied to the thread The Gaskins.
    So Yes, bravo, Arthur J Gaskin's father was indeed a decorative artist, and I can see him (the father) in the records as being in London...
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