Genealogy Chat

Can anyone tell me how i trace ladies whom i only know thier birth names and years of birth please ?

It's a case of looking for possible marriages for them and then finding them on the next census (if we are talking pre-1901) in the potential married name to see if place/year of bith matches up.

Sam x

When you look through the marriage register though it will only show the mans surname and first name and the womans maiden name and there are a lot of granthams out there unfortunately so it could take a while. that is if i am reading this correct ?

Julie
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Depends where you are looking and when, you still haven't mentioned a year.

If you are looking at FreeBMD then clicking on the page number will tell you the full name of the female. But surely if you know who you are looking for you will have entered their first name anyway? And you should have a rough idea of where they were from.

Sam,

I have their Birth names only and the years they were born which were 1938 & 1939 and i know they were born in uxbridge i have looked them up the birth register and got that info, but i am unable to trace anything further and am unsure where to go from here ?
Julie

julie - im having same problem. i only know my grandmothers name and d.o.b and im having to search thru every marriage for a lily thomas and hopefully narrow it down to a rough area then i will send for the marriage cert and match up the birth dates....its a pain in the rear lol...but without knowing the hubbys surname this is what u will have to do..

Thanks for all your replies, i can see this is going to be a very long process.

Mick I do not have the husbands names this is what i am trying to find out.

Thanks again all