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Amazing how one little question answered gives the certainty a better air.

To obtain service records for John will cost you £30 about a 4/5 month wait after ordering and no certainty that they will be found and no refund if not found.
You also need a copy of his death cert and some sort of proof to you being a next of kin.

From here.

Army Personnel Centre
Historic Disclosures
Mail Point 400
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G28 EX

Telephone No. - not available -
Fax No. - not available

And a thank you for the 1911 census details wouldnt have gone amiss.

It never entered my head to think when John died his birth date could be given wrong which could explain why the records office did not find him.
So now I will work on the marriage cert 31-10-1941 it says he was 31 years old

So, George.

Either you really aren't grasping the outcome of this, or you just don't think that the people who have solved it for you deserve a thanks.

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For clarity, in case it isn't clear.


YOUR JOHN MORTON'S BIRTH:

Births Mar 1910
MORTON John Thanet 2a 1028


FAMILY IN 1911 CENSUS, details provided by Viv:

MORTON, William Head Married 3 1878 **House Painter** Dublin Ireeland VIEW
MORTON, Clara Wife Married 13 years 33 1878 London
MORTON, Ellaline Daughter 9 1902 School Fulham Lon
MORTON, Ivy Daughter 7 1904 School Fulham Lon
MORTON, Mabel Daughter 3 1908 Fulham Lon
MORTON, William Son 2 1909 Ramsgate
MORTON, John Son 1 1910 **Ramsgate**


That is your John - birth, parents and siblings.

There's a lot more info in the thread, but that's the foundation of it.

I will take the information you have all provided and send for certs and check it all out.
Another pair or pairs of eyes do get results as I was not looking in the right places, this lesson I have learnt on searching today thanks to the kind people on Genes.
I paid and went on find my past but still got it wrong, i don't think i will ever be very good at this.
I thank you all so much for taking the time to bother about another persons search
Kind Regards Georgey

Try these if you havent already.

www.freebmd.org.uk.

www.ancestry.co.uk

www.familysearch.org

Happy hunting...

We do it because it's fun, but we do like to think it's appreciated!

Maybe if you print out these two pages and go over the details more slowly -- I'm still not sure you've 'got' it. ;)

Yes, the 1910 John Morton birth cert is needed -- the date will only be off the one you have by a few weeks likely, and you might find the day is right and the month wrong, for instance -- to check the father's name.

And the 1910 William Edward Morton + Clara Holdham marriage certificate is needed ... just to see what was going on.

But I'm pretty confident this is your crew.

Will you be sure to come back to the thread and let us know what the certificate/s say/s??

We also do it because we're terminally curious. ;)

Speak for yourself Janey,I am just plain Nosey!!

And George,,do remember never to pay more than £7 for a certificate .

Yes, may as well do the job right.

Get your certificates here:

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

NEVER order through any of the genealogy sites, which add a 200% markup, from what I've heard.

Thanks, Thanks and Thanks again I will let you know the outcome.

Hi Georgey,

Your posting on the Success Board has been much appreciated by those who took part in this thread. They are delighted that you have had a succesful outcome to your search.





Yes folks.....I know that this is an old thread, but a request has been made that an appreciation is posted on here.


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