Genealogy Chat

It might be worth checking that address in the electoral lists to see who lived there in subsequent years.
When your Lily disappears may be the time she married....
Remember the lists are a few months out of date when they are released.

Gwyn

yeh i thought as much...i will never rest till i figure it out...thx for your help, much appreciated!..
alison

Got it, you are looking for a marriage of Lily Thomas in the Ramsgate area, some time after 1953 when she had your father. Plus any children from that marriage, or any other children with the surname Thomas in case she didn't marry.

The problem is that there is no quick search for what you are asking.
there is a website called freebmd, which allows you to search for births marriages and deaths. It is also copied onto the Ancestry website which is a subscription site.

Free bmd is an ongoing project and the marriages are only transcribed until the mid 1920's at the moment.

From 1984 onwards, the ancestry website has all the bmd's in an easily searchable format.

between the mid 1920's and 1984, they are only available on line on subscription sites such as Ancestry, but it is a tedious job because it means looking at the original images quarter by quarter until you find what you are after

Linda

thats right lol, we got there in the end....i know absolutley nothing about her which is a shame as she is the only one im really interested in....where would i be able to perform the best marriage searches?...if i have to i will order every cert lol...

Alison, I htink I've got it now. You are looking for a marriage/other children of your grandmother Lily Thomas born 1933?
I think without some clues as to her whereabouts or another name that you are facing an impossible task as there must be 100's of women with the name Lily Thomas.

Sorry Jennifer

oh that dosent read to good...the lily thomas born 1933 is my dads mum...she was 20yrs old when she had him...

lol....ok i will try again...i have my fathers birth cert born 1953 at 6 clements road in ramsgate - mother - lily thomas of same address....i have found out that lily thomas b.1933 is the daughter of lily thomas(nee chick) & james thomas. you with me???....lol...i know lilys parents - i just need to know how i go about searching for if she ever married or had other kids after my dad...

I don't understand what you are saying

Your husbands mother is Lily Thomas born 1933 and you have already sent away for her birth certificate, so you can find her parents and follow that line back.

Presumably you know her married name? isn't that your husbands name? So you need to look through the complete Ancestry marriage records quarter by quarter from the age when she was 16 until you find a marriage between her and MR ? (her married surname). If you know when her first child was born, that should help to narrow the search down



I have just read what the others have posted while I was typing and I am even more confused now, not that it takes much to do that!!!!

Linda

I'm not being clear either - too much lunch !

What I mean is that Lily's father is
???? Thomas, then against Lily's birth registration in 1933 there will be her mother's maiden name....for example Smith
Then you go backwards from 1933 looking at the marriages between ????? Thomas and ????Smith to find the names of her parents...simpler to wait for the certificate maybe ?

Alison, when you get the birth cert it will have Lily's mother's first name and maiden name and her father's full name, so as Seaham Lass says, you then have to search for a marriage between those 2 people i.e. a Mr (whatever his first name turns out to be) Thomas and the name of Lily's mother.

I have just re-read your post and what you want is to find out about Lily? On your father's birth cert is his father's name given?

hi,
i dont think i explained it clearly...the lily i need to find info on was born "lily thomas" in 1933 i think id have to order every cert for a lily thomas's marriage from a decent age to marry to check on the birth date to confirm its her....

I don't think that there is much more you can do until Lily's birth certificate arrives other than trawl through the marriage records for a marriage between a Mr Thomas and someone with Lily's mother's maiden name....waiting for those certificates is a nightmare...but when they land on the mat...whooppeee

hi,
i dont know what to do next...basically i have started with my dads birth cert and used info on that to find his birth mums name and address...from there is have found his grandparents and his uncles most of who are dead now...his mum was born lily thomas in 1933 (awaiting on her birth cert from gro) i have actually made a breakthrough and managed today to speak to my dads cousin . i asked her what she knew of my dads mum and she didnt even know about my dad or much about his mum, all she knew was that she ran away with someone from the circus when she was young....where do i go from here.....i really want to know about his mum but dont know what to do next...my head is so sore from all these brick walls lol.....
any advice greatly appreciated!..
alison...x