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my 7 year old son is very confused about famil which led me to here - yes I am a newb and any help is greatly appriciated

So am I !!!!!!!!!

Hi Danielle
What is it that you want to find out ??

just what am doing really - iv sent a few messages to people that i am pretty much sure am related to - is it a case of waiting for replys??

Yes, Danielle, but if you'd like some help, just put the information here and we will see what we can find for you

Danielle

Do you and your son want to research your Family tree?
Find out the names of your grandparents? Great grandparents?.......

well i dont know anything bout my family - on my mums side my family is huge and secretive - my grandad is douglas jelley and he married sylvia harris i believe her name was all i know id my grandad was born in northamptonshire in 1920's i dont know anything bout my nan

Okay, is your granddad still alive? When did he marry sylvia. Who is the oldest of their children and when were they born?

not sure when they married they had 11 children i believe the eldest is frederick ((fred)) who was born in 1948 i dont know any other dob's just that my mum is 3rd younges and her name is doreen and she was born in 1957

Okay, I'm have a look around the indexes to see what I can find for you

Danielle

This is an addictive hobby and it's not cheap!

We all have to buy Birth/Marriage&Death certs.
Each cert costs £7.

We have to do this untill we get back to someone thats alive in 1901. Then we can look at the 1901 census records.....where it gets cheaper......and most time freeeeeee!

So if your serious....be warned...it's VERY addictive....but fun.

Gerri

Welcom to the mad house

Doreen K Jelley
Birth registered 3rd quarter of 1957
District of Kettering
Volume 3b Page 685
Mother's maiden name: Harris

So that's a start

yup :)

yeah i just brought the 9.95 membership - gonna get the 7 days access by friday i hope - I can see this becoming my new passion lol

Keep this for reference....


If you want to buy a BMD cert,heres how and here
is the addy where you can buy it online... (copy n paste the following...)

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/


(tip)Never pay more than £7
(another tip) for a marriage,you only need
put one partners name when ordering.

If you are ordering online from the GRO,
make sure that when the form asks
"Is the full GRO reference known?"
that you tick the "yes" box.

Marriage:

Douglas A Jelley to Harris
District of Kettering
Volume 3b Page 1489

Buy that certificate and it will give you their ages and their fathers' details

I can't see a corresponding entry for a Sylvia Harris, so I'll need to see what her name really was

Birth reg
Frederick A. Jelley
1948 quarter 3 (Jly/aug/sept)
District Kettering
Mothers maiden name 'Harris'
Volume 3b
Page 707

all i know is she gets called cicely and sylvia
thanks for help :)

Lewella

You havent put the year of the Marriage!

Oops sorry 3rd quarter 1946 and her name is Cicily S. Harris

And yes it's spelt Cicily not Cicely