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familysearch.org can be a very useful tool but be sure to back it up with the primary sources. ie. info on Christenings may have been submitted which means it's only as good as the person's knowledge who put it on. You would be best using that to check the original parish registers. Ancestry and familysearch both have their benefits.

thanks yeah ive paid to join i also found a site called familysearch.org and its free and gave me more info than these pay sites,found lots of names and dates and allsorts of records including christenings,employment, try the site its great and free

Leann, when you say joined, is it as a free subscription or paying. You will need to go into births marriages and death records and click on the complete records and search the images quarter by quarter for this period probably. The transcriptions of the images roughly go up to the 1920s but if you can't find something that you think should be there then search on the images. (EG, I was born in 1974, my parents married in 1966 neither of these events are transcribed so they didn't come up on the initial search).

Sounds good to me!
Good Luck with your searching.
Janice

ive spoken to my nanna she confirms this marriage cert as hers ive now ordered it so just a case of waiting,also my nanna tells me henrys mother was called celia and aswell as having henry and may she also had fred,jim and ethel so now were getting somewhere thankyou everyone for your help ive now joined ancestry.co.uk see if i have any joy on there although im not having much luck finding records on that site as yet cheers leann

Leann

Pasted this for you again as I Notice you say your Nan married in Birmingham then went to Grimsby and then he went back to Smethwick.
PLEASE NOTE: Registered SMETHWICK!

Here is the marriage.
HENRY BAILEY TO JEAN CARTER:
Registered Smethwick March Quarter 1951
Reference to order Certificate: 9b 1289

Make Sure you put SMETHWICK down as district when you order this certificate.
It will ask for Volume Number probably when you order.
VOL: 9b
Page 1289
As listed above reference I gave you, if you see what I mean?
Janice xxx




This will tell you age of Henry when he married Jean.
The name of his Father and his Father's occupation.

Janice

Leann
You can order the marriage certificte on line, just look for GRO, if you put that it on your curser bar and press search it will bring it up for you.
GRO stands for general records office, you want the one that has www.gov address, so click on it and just follow the instructions to order certificate on line.
You must fill in all the information I have given you, District, Reference Number,Year, Quarter, and there is a box to tick to say you have given all information, TICK that too.
It is important to Tick the box and be on the Government GRO has it should cost you no more than £7 per certificate but other sites charge much more, and if you do not Tick THE BOX YOU ARE CHARGED More as I presume they check for Reference numbers etc.
Hope you can follow this, sounds complicated but it is common sence really.
Get back if you get stuck sure someone will try and explain again If I have not made it clear enough for you to follow.
You need to pay on line too by the way, but it is a secure site.
Janice

yes i understand that and im prepared to puchase the cert,next question how do i obtain the cert as i live in grimsby and they married in birmingham so could you plz point me in the right direction to purchase it

You have been given the marriage details for Henry and Jean...............you can't make accurate progress until you purchase the cert..............

my dad seems to think may was a spinster that she never married,also that she worked for cadburys thats all he knows and that there were alot of siblings henry and may bein 2 of them others unknown ty

been given these details today henry did national service in binbrook he was an electrican,my nanna married him in birmingham then moved to grimsby after the divorce he went back to smethwick where most of his family resided,mandy was the youngest child but died of cot death making my dad the youngest he thinks he was about 8-10yrs old when henry left,also yes nanna did remarry to a man call lewis scott and had andrew scott he was born 1974 unsure of wedding date to lewis as yet ty

If your Nan no longer has the marriage certificate which of course she cannot have has she is divorced and it is law that it is handed in when you obtain your divorce papers, and these divorce papers are also handed in if and when you get remarried then your Nan will not bebale to give you the details from these.
If she cannot remember then you should but the certificate for her marriage which will give you all the information you need.
I have given you the reference and all details needed to buy this certificate so that is your best move really.
Also if you are checking for another marriage for Henry it will help if you say when Henry left Jean?
Approximate date given by children of when Dad was last at home would help the searchers.
Janice xxx

I would get marriage and then work back from there once you know his Father's Name.

Janice

So the address in Smethwick with Henry & May could be his sister he is residing with then or second Wife?
Janice

my father was born brian bailey may 1959 he has 2 older than him graham and gloria then younger sandra plus mandy who is deceased,i have found birth henry 1929 in rochdale mother maiden bailey then found henry n 1928 birmingham mother maiden brooks and i know henry has a sister called may thats all i can find at this time,also ive been told henrys birthday is in september unsure of actual day

where's smethwick ?

Possibly Henry's Birth but you would need both the marriage cert then the birth cert to cross check father's names etc.

Name: Henry Bailey
Year of Registration: 1928
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Harris
District: Birmingham South
County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 309

Leann

Here is the marriage.
HENRY BAILEY TO JEAN CARTER:
Registered Smethwick March Quarter 1951
Reference to order Certificate: 9b 1289

This will tell you age of Henry when he married Jean.
The name of his Father and his Father's occupation.

Janice

Leann
Did you ever get any further with this search or still stuck?
Janice

Your grandmother may not have the cert.....but surely she remembers when she got married?

In which year was your father born?

How many of his siblings (if any) were older than him?