Genealogy Chat

Have found two unknown great uncles, George E Boyles b, 1897 and John W boyles b 1899. Found on the 1901 census at Wellow Road Ollerton Notts. Where do I go to find more on them after this census, my mother, their niece did not even know they exisited so have no family knowledge.

Ian, you could check on Ancestry BMD (it's free) and find out if they married. I usually start looking from 20 years after they were born. Then you can possibly trawl through the Births and find any children who are born to them. After 1910 the births show the mother's maiden name. You could look at the Commonwealth War Graves site and see if either died in WW1 or the National Archives site to see if their war medal cards are on there if they fought in WW1. Susan

You should be able to identify your George Edward L Boyles on Free BMD born 3rd quarter 1896 registered Southwell, Nottinghamshire - Ollerton being part of that Registration district. The next point of contact should be his marriage which could be from 1914 onward but, as has already been mentioned, it may be worth checking the CWGC to ensure that he wasn't jkilled in the WW1. Searching through the Marriage records should be no problem from 3rd quarter 1914 and due to the War you may not find anything prior to 1918 - but worth a try. The entry will show the name of the bride. From there you can search for children in the Births - workinjg from the Marriage quarter onward - the birth entry also shows the maiden name of the mother.

Ian - there are two other people on this site who have both of these two names in their trees - Jeanne & Margaret. Would be worth contacting them if you haven't done so already. Richard