Genealogy Chat

I'm desperatly trying to find the reference for the marriage of my great grandfather George Hasler. All I know is that he was born in 1911 in Portsmouth and died in Hull in 1998. I have looked all through the records for 1931 and 1932 with no joy. Any help appreciated as I'm losing patience fast!

Woohoo, found it! Wasn't under Hull or Portsmouth as expected but got it anyhow. Didn't know great grandmother's maiden name until now, I can feel myself getting hooked, just located the birth certificate reference for great grandmother and therefore her mother's maiden name. Someone better rescue me before I start spending a fortne on certificates! Is there some kind of family history rehab clinic just in case i need to book in?

Did you know his middle name was Daniel? Name: George Daniel Hasler Birth Date: 21 May 1911 Death Registration Month/Year: Mar 1998 Age at death (estimated): 86 Registration District: Hull Inferred County: Yorkshire Register Number: A56A Entry number: 215 Merry

OK so where now? Guess I'm gonna have to order some more certificates to get any more info aren't I and I hate having to wait.

you order certs here make sure you say yes to having GRO ref they will cost £7 each http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp Jeanette

For future use, perhaps, Emma... Have you tried the Local BMD sites? you can find most, if not all, via www.ukbmd.org,uk One set, which all use the same database/search software can be searched either individually, or en bloc. I used it just now to find this: Surname First Name(s) Spouse's Surname Spouse's First Name(s) Year Church / Register Office Region Registers At Reference HASLER George D PUZEY Doris 1933 St John (Newland) Yorkshire Hull HS/5/456 That means that - if you can find out where there are copies of the Parish Registers for St John (Newland), Hull, Yorkshire, you could get a copy of the Register page instead of a certificate. There are three advantages I can think of immediately: 1] The Register is the original record and source for all the others - there are NO intervening transcriptions at all. 2] You get to see the original signatures (or Xs) of the parties to the event. 3] It's often significantly cheaper - the cost of a photocopy, if you can get there yourself, otherwise there may be a research fee and postage to pay. Christine

Wow! I'll have to look that up, I'm in Derby so would be a bit of a trek to the office but I might get in touch with the office and see what I can get. I'm going to have to go to work in a bit and I don't want to :'(

Found that Doris' mother's maiden name was Woodcock from the Bith Index, put that in the local BMD search thingy and look what I found Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference PUZEY William WOODCOCK Elizabeth Sculcoates Register Offices Hull SRO/74/119 Do you think that could be right?

They're good, aren't they, the Local BMD sites! I'd say that ''hit'' was very promising. You can always look back the GRO index to see if there are any plausible alternatives. Incidentally, I had a look, using the Yorks-only pages (which it looks as if you did, because there's no year in your posting) and found a later link between those two families - in 1935) Christine