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Hi, I am new to this but have hit so many brick walls, I seriously need help.I am trying to trace my Fathers family, my Father was Ernest Linney born 1934 died approx 1973 in North Shields, he had a brother named George that had 2 children,I have no information about his Mother or Father and would love to find out more,also my Mothers family my Mother was born Winifred Brooks 1935 London died 1998 London she died with the name Winifred Nelson,I am trying to trace any records to do with her family,her mothers name was Hilda unknown maiden name but she married my grandfather Joseph Brooks they had children named Joseph,Hilda,Winifred,Rose and Jenny there may have been more but i have never heard any other names mentioned,all the information I know is that Joseph married Nancy and adopted a son named Tony. Hilda married Charles Keeley and had 2 daughters one of which was named Kathleen. Winifred married Ernest Linney and had a son named Joseph, and then they adopted me,then she married Egbert Nelson. Rose married a William Lindsay and had 4 children 2 boys 1 was also named William not sure of the other one and they also had 2 daughters 1 was called Gaynor unsure of the other daughter. Jenny married Ian Stewart and had 2 children 1 son and a daughter. this is as much as i know i hope this is of help to you I am sorry that I have no more information I have tried looking on world vital records and free BMD with the information but so far I have drawn a blank at all attempts
Hoping someone can help .
Many Thanks in Advance,
Av

It appears from the above that most of the people you are looking for are from 1935ish as the freebmd finish at 1925 I am unable to look up the information for you.

If you order your fathers birth certificate it will givve details on there for his parents. The same for your mothers side.

If you can get back to about 1901 there are lots of census and other things you can look at online.

Hopefully someone will be able to find the birth refer or even the marriage certificate of your mum and dad as this will give parents names on them and work back from there.

You may already be aware of this??

Regards Paula

You dont have any brick walls, you just need to learn how to research.

As Paula says - start with the info you have for definite and work backwards. Get your parents marriage cert which will give both their fathers names and occupations. OR if you know their birth dates, put them on here and people can look up their birth refs for you and you can then get those certs and know both of their parents names. You can then keep working backwards through certs and census information.

Check out tips for newbies on the Tips Board.

Meanwhile give the birth dates and people will try to help.

Hi Paula
I am unsure of any exact dates of birth for either of my parents,
I cant find my Mothers and Fathers registration of marriage as i do not know where and when they got married and was only young when my Father died and my Mother did not give me any information before she passed away,There were a lot of questions unanswered unfortunately, thank you for your help though i will keep on trying
Av

What about the year you have 1934 for your father is that correct also the area.

Do you have the details of your mothers birth and area, I believe you also wanted to trace that side of the family.

Hi Heather Posi
all i roughly know is my father was born in August and died in April and that my Mother was born in October and died also in April i have no contact with any of the family apart from my second father so i am unsure as to if any relatives are still alive or deceased,thank you for your help too
Av

Hi Christina
I think he was born in North Shields I do know he died there the name of the street where he was residing when he died was Lawson street
thanks
Av

Hi Christina
i am amazed at how quick you are coming up with these can i ask you how do i view these records as i am totally lost
many thanks for what you are doing for me
Av

hi

found these 2 entries.

Ernest E. Linney Tynemouth 10b 392 mothers name Young. 1934
forgot to look at the quarter, i think it was June

Winifred Brooks Camberwell London 1d 765 mothers name Capewell. December qrt. 1935

Hi Maureen,
Thanks for looking i believe this may be what i am looking for as in their births, but i am unsure of how to check out these numbers that are given at the side so sorry to be a nuisance.
Thanks again
Av

The complete BMD indexes 1837-2005 are available on Ancestry.co.uk.

Subsciption charges vary between £60-£80 per year, but are well worth the cost for the amount of information and records available.(Census,BMD,WW1 Army Records etc.)

You can have a free 14 day trial, before you subscribe.

Avril

If you go to

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

then click on order certificates

then you will see the information they ask for relates to the numbers that people have given you on the birth references, certificates cost £7 and should (not always) reach you in 7-10 days.

hi

the numbers at the side are the page and volume no.
when applying for a certificate ,there will be boxes for you to fill in.
fore name.
surname
registration district
mothers maiden name
page no.
volume no.

Do you know when Winifred & Ernest's eldest child was born?

That will help to give an approx year for their marriage.


p.s. I've re-written their birth ref. details to make it easier to understand.

Hi Christina,
I know that Joseph was born on 18/12/1954 and named Joseph Edward Scott Linney , i also know that my Mother had another son born approx 1956 in the month of february he may have been registered as Jackie Hamilton in London but he was not Ernests son,
hope that may be of some help too you it is so hard to have all the facts as with me being adopted i was not told much about the family all i have is what i can myself remember
many thanks for all your hard work
Av

Hi Christina
tried the ancestry and you have to have a credit card for the 14 day free trial ,unfortunately i have not got one so that area is a no go ,,,thanks anyway i am willing to try anything ,would love to find out my family tree so that my daughter has some knowledge of her family too
thanks
Av

Christina
you are a star,i wish i had you as a neighbour,,,,
i have only been a member of genes reunited for a few months and have only managed to find family members from my husbands side due to people with hot matches so i was really getting excited but when it came to my side i just kept drawing blanks and ever wondered if i would ever find out anything about them you have done a wonderful job as i have not got that much information to start with.
Many thanks once again.
Av

You're welcome. You made them easy to find by providing the years.

Shame about the 14 day free trial, they must know that not everyone wants to have a credit card. I wonder if you can register by switch/delta?

But anyway, members on here are more than willing to do look ups...so don't be afraid to ask.

Christina,
i wish you worked for the BMD you are fantastic, i think i am going to try and get some sleep as my brain is now like a shed,i will try and resume my search again tomorrow evening, if you find out any more information it would be really and truly appreciated .
Thanks a million
Av

Hi Avril

If you order the certificates for your parents you can then work backwards and see what other info you can find out about your family.

There are a lot of people on here only to willing to help, which I have found out myself in the past.

Good Luck

Regards Paula