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how to find travellers / hawkers past .

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opal

opal Report 17 Nov 2011 23:21

trying to find out how to find information for births ,marriages , deaths , of ancestors that moved from town to town on a weekly basis . no birth details . marriage details only , they worked as hawkers . they moved around the east midlands a lot , checked out Romany sites to no avail , her possible birth year was 1871 , marriage year was 1900 .

Researching:
bedford family ,lincolnshire. smith family epperstone, nottinghamshire.turvill family nottinghamshire. bell family nottinghamshire. limb family nottinghamshire .

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 18 Nov 2011 01:00

Have you tried any censuses?

Ozi

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 18 Nov 2011 08:27

Hi Susan,

If you would like to tell us her name and what other info you know on the family then we might be able to help.

I've helped before when looking for travellers and know that often the birth years are out on census and marriage certificate and often they liked to change their surnames, so any other details of family members (names) are vital to trace them. If you also have the marriage certificate who were the witnesses?

Dee x

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 18 Nov 2011 11:27

ITS HARDTRACKING THEM BUT TRY THIS SITE

http://romanyconnections.wetpaint.com/

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 18 Nov 2011 12:30

Have you looked at Rootschat - it Free to join and is a forum based genealogy site like GR, but has no trees and the forums are theme based.

There are quite a few of us from GR who are Rootschatters.

There is a good forum on there regarding travellers.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!