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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 20:22
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Sorry, no middle name either. The woman is so frustrating!!
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 899 Send Message	*Lindsay*	Report	9 Apr 2008 20:19
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 899 Send Message	Does your MIL have a middle name? And no, I don't think you are wrong to want to know, but it is a difficult situation.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:57
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	I wish my MIL would understand that we only want to know about her family because we're interested in their lives and how they may have influenced ours, not because we're snooping or trying to find any skeletons in cupboards. Am I wrong to pursue this, what do you think?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:45
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Thanks Kay, where is Burton please?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:44
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Thanks very much for the offer Jenna. Lindsay has just found MIL maiden name from my hubbies birth record.
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,967 Send Message	JenW	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:12
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 1,967 Send Message	Hi Imelda, Whats ur hubby's name? i'll see if i can get his mothers maiden name for you
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14,699 Send Message	Kay????	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:06
	There is a , Laurie T Smith.June 1931, Registered in Burton...... GRO index, Vol.6b-page 501, mothers maiden name FOGG. against the birth reg there is an X which means there was an amendnet or mistake at the actual registrar office register &r its been noted at GRO...... so the F could have been mistrandscribed as T..........these recored were all hand written when entered up .so mistakes were made,,,,,,,,,
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:04
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Thanks Lindsay
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 899 Send Message	*Lindsay*	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:02
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 899 Send Message	Have pm'd you to offer to look for hubbies birth details
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 19:01
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	I don't think that if I find out anything, I would tell MIL. She obviously has good reasons for the secrecy and I wouldn't want to cause her pain or embarrassement. It's just that my husband feels sad that he never knew any of his grandparents and he'd like to know if maybe his, or our sons, personal traits or interests are due to them. Does that make sense?
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	9 Apr 2008 18:59
	You need someone to search on Ancestry or Findmypast to find the details for you
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 18:50
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Can I look at the GRO indexes online, or will I have to visit?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 18:47
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Thanks LFW I'll try hubby's birth on GRO first. We've puzzled for years about the name and the secrecy. Wouldn't she have needed her birth certificate to claim her state pension or for other official business in the past?
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:50
	WWehhay to go Imelda !!! Get that cert and come back to us. MIL will not know what's hit her !! Dea x P.S. - Please remember to be kind though - there may be a good reason that she doesn't want you to find the truth?? Dea x
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:50
	Mt gran lied about her family and weve traced back to 1500s recently had a photo sent to me of her brother aged 75 she had him as drowned at sea as a boy,,, !!
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:49
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	That's what I shall do then. Thanks all once again.
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:47
	Now you,re thinking that sounds like a good idea.
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:44
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	I wonder if I bought my husband's full birth certificate from 1951, maybe she may have put her maiden name on it? He's only got the short version, which doesn't give the mother's maiden name.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	immy	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:41
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 164 Send Message	Hi Lindsey, no, not that she's telling us anyway.
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	9 Apr 2008 17:33
	Does she have any brothers or sisters ?
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

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