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we've met him! he's over visiting us now.
we got all the answers we needed and much more.
Thanks again
Emma xx

managed to find Joan address, she'd moved but she got our letter we sent her.
She told us she'd get in touch with him and he did do, 43years and my mum got her wish, she spoke to her father.
had alot of pm's that helped me with info its been amazing.
Thank you once again
Emma

My goodness!

Was it actually something we found that led to this happy ending??

Hi again,
just wanted to share my great news,
My grandad Peter Potter rang and spoke to my mum today, he's alive and well living in Ireland, even better news is that he's coming over to meet us asap.
Thanks once again for all your help

Emma xx

Great news Emma. Thanks for the update.

Rose

IVE FOUND JOAN! and my grandad is still alive and living in Ireland.
Thank you so much for all your help.
Emma

One step in the right direction! It does confirm the right parents?

Thanks again for your help
Certificates arrived this morning to confirm
Joan Minna Potter born 1931

Just need to find out now who she married! wish me luck :)

Emma

I've answered your PM with the details you need, Emma.

i tried to but says not complete.
needs the full date of birth which i have no idea on.
the wedding certificate i ordered was fine and only took a fews mins but this is different it doesnt ask for the number letter then the other numbers on register!

Emma - nobody knows that! That's why we all have to order birth certificates!!

I don't know who you had the email from, but you could ask that person. If whoever it is knows some date is wrong, they must know the right date!

I don't know how you had June, either. The registration is April-May-June *quarter* of 1931. She could have been born in any of those months, or in March.

The only way to get her date of birth is to get the certificate.

can anyone tell me the date in june that joan was born i've had an email back saying the date is wrong i only had june 1931 unsure of the date in june!

Nope, no divorce records accessible.

The National Archives have some from earlier periods, but virtually nothing from that time.

If you go there

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

and put

peter potter divorce

in the search box in the upper right corner, you get ... zip.

Unfortunately!

i now have reason to believe that my grandad peter potter legally seperated Norma Pooter (bray) after 1966 can anyone help me find a divorce record?
Thanks
Emma

Emma, I looked back at the info I sent you by PM.

I gave you a possible marriage for Joan Potter, and how to contact the children of that marriage.

For the price of 7 pounds, would it not make sense to see whether that is your Joan Potter? The marriage certificate will state the father's name.

You had the name McKenzie, vaguely, and the husband's surname in the marriage I sent you is the closest there is to that, in the possible marriages.

No McKenzie marriage, but a similar name. Will PM you details.

I think his sister Joan potter married someone with the surname McKenzie but thats not 100% confirmed. We have reason to believe she lived or may still live in the maghull area in liverpool.
As Rose has just found Joan may have been born in june 1931 and by looking at it i think this maybe her.

I'd taken a stab before at finding a marriage for that Joan ... but urgh, dozens to choose from.

Again here, Emma, if you got her birth certificate and had her exact date of birth, a search of the deaths index could be done, even without having her married surname. It won't find her if she's alive, but it could find her name if she is deceased, and with that it might be possible to find her children.

This is all kind of grasping at straws, but possibly Peter kept in touch with his sister's familiy and they might know something.

i have no idea Rose, no-one knows Joan or if she's even still alive.
I thought Joan was quite a few years older than Peter but brown was peters mothers maiden name and she would have been born/registered at ormskirk, so this could be her record. thank you

Is this a sister?

Births Jun 1931
Potter Joan M Brown Ormskirk 8b 1390

Any chance she would know anything?

Rose