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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 211 Send Message	Heather	Report	28 Mar 2009 07:29
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 211 Send Message	My father remembers a great uncle, who lived on (owned?) a farm with whom he stayed as a child. This would have been in about the 1930s. I have found two possibilities for this great uncle, one of whom is a more direct relation. My father believes that he was a brother of his grandmother, and one of them is, though the name is one of 3 christian manes (and not his first!) However, up to 1911 neither lived on a farm or worked as a farmer. I have to assume that the gr uncle changed his occupation between 1911 and the 1930s. His name is relatively unusual and I've done a lot of searching and investigation to uncover who he was, so I don't think there will have been another option. Is there any way to find out about land and who owned or worked on it please?
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	28 Mar 2009 10:07
	You could try the land registry http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/ to see if they can help. Andy
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 211 Send Message	Heather	Report	28 Mar 2009 17:43
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 211 Send Message	Thanks, I'll try them
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	28 Mar 2009 21:27
	Heather, your father would be young at the time, memories can be confused.