Genealogy Chat

Have you found his death reference? What year are we talking about? Im afraid it wont give his wifes name unless she was the informant on the certificate and then not her maiden name. It will give his place of death but this may not necessarily be his home address. It will give his age at death (as far as the informant is aware of it) and the cause of death. Im afraid it wont tell you where he was born. It should tell you his occupation. If you have your parents birth certificate it will tell you the name of your grandmother. If you get your grandparents marriage cert you would have grans name, where they were living at time of marriage, both their fathers names and occupations. Why dont you give us some details of his name, etc and perhaps we can help you more.

i wan to order a death certificate for granddad so can anyone tell me what infomation it will give me, i e next of kin his address when he died, the infomation i have is very limited so i am hoping itll give me who his wife was, will it give me where he was born

thank u i have found a death for 1938 in stepney in london, like i said infomation is very limited all i no is he was born in poland but i dont no where thats y i was hoping it will have grannys name as next of kin/imformant

He may have been born in Poland but do you know where he got married?....Poland or England? If it was likely they married in England, your laughing! Marriage will give you BOTH thier fathers names. If you 1st send for the death cert,that should give you a rough age. Then you can work out when he may have married. Did he have an obvious Polish name? Good luck and dont forget to ask for help here. Gerri.

thanks for ur reply all i no is granny and granddad married in poland had 2 sons cameto england when the boys were young but they had polish names but changed there names when they came to england but i dont no if the name change was done via deed poll or weather they just changed there namesthats all i no about the family arrrgggghhhh this is so frustrating lol

Well, does that mean your dad was born in Poland? Is dad deceased or can you ask if he has a birth certificate? I take it the other brother is your uncle - is he or any of his family alive who could help. Its unusual for people not to have any idea at all about their parents names/origins or for them not to have kept any documents. If all you have for reference at the moment is that death certificate and you are sure it is him, then its worth paying £7 for it for any details you may glean. Have a look at the National Archives site - they have a section for immigrants to this country. Also google Polish Immigrants to see what comes up. Were they Catholic or Jewish do you know? If so they may have attended a church/synagogue that was near where they lived/died and which may have some records.

yes dad was born in poland but married in england i have dads marriage cert giving me granddads name but granddad was deceased when dad married so i looked on ancestry and found granddads death but i havent a clue where in poland they came from thats y i was hoping when i ordered granddads death it would give me granny as next of kin?

Adraid not. If she did sign as informant then I assume she would be using the anglicised married name so all you may learn is her first name. As I said, ask family members for anything they may have, photo albums, documents, school records, employment info, anything that may help. Google, check out National Archives on line for immigrant info and check out any churches (for instance the one where dad married - which would also give his home address at the time) and anything else which may be helpful. Who are the witnesses on dads marriage cert - are they any help?

thanks for ur advice ive just had a look at dads marriage certificate and it shows granddad was deceased at time of dads marriage and he was a tailor but as for witnesses arnt a help on dads side because they were mums brother and sister in law that signed aw well im gonna have to do lots more digging before i order this death cert lol