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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 40 Send Message	Wendy	Report	1 Apr 2009 19:01
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 40 Send Message	Hi, i have a relative that I believe was sent to prison in the 1940's/50's for fraud. I think it was in England, but don't know which county. I've googled the name but nothing has come up. Does anyone have any ideas how I should start? Thanks
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4,275 Send Message	Madmeg	Report	2 Apr 2009 00:39
	Hi Wendy, it will be a bit difficult with no county to go on, otherwise I would have suggested contacting the local records office for newspaper reports. If you know where he was living at the time, it is still worth a try. Maggie
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 40 Send Message	Wendy	Report	2 Apr 2009 19:59
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 40 Send Message	Thanks Maggie, this chap was very elusive. He left his young family more or less destitute, he would disappear and then return, only to disappear again. I think that his early roots were in Yorkshire, he was posted to Shropshire during WWII. I think that the couple divorced in the 1950'/60's so I might be able to trace something there. Thanks for your help, Wendy