Genealogy Chat

I have a couple who got married in 1869 but can find no trace of them on any census since , No children nothing ,do you think its possible they emigrated Many on here have tried to find them for me but nothing.

Before the days of the internet, I didn't realise just how many of my rellies did emigrate. Canada censuses can be searched for free. 1881 is on familysearch. Index for 1901 is on Automated Genealogyhttp://automatedgenealogy(.)com/index.html, with links to the original censuses and they are working on 1911. NSW records can be searched for births and deaths: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ and there must be lots of sites for New Zealand, America etc Good luck. (PS Sorry for wasting your time last night!)

Valerie do you want to put their names up for one last search? Georgina.

sorry got thrown off just got back I dont like to ask again it seems impossible but here goes for anyone strong enough. Sarah Emily Sigston B 1851 Regents Park St Pancras married John Thomas Keen B 1850 Shoreditch married Sep 1869 St Pancras no sighting that I or anyone else can find since, he is down as a labourer thanks for bothering but dont kill yourself trying.

Phoenix ignore what I said last night i was very tired, didnt mean to sound cross. Thanks I didnt know you could do those look ups will try tomorrow

Valerie I take it you have seen this file from the family search site... Sarah Emily SIGSTON Compact Disc #11 Pin #922317 Sex: F -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 12 Feb 1851 Place: Regents Park, St. Pancras, Middlesex, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: Henry Samuel SIGSTON Disc #11 Pin #922134 Mother: Frances Mackay THOMSON Disc #11 Pin #922135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage(s): Spouse: John Thomas KEEN Disc #11 Pin #922318 Marriage: 26 Sep 1869 Place: Old Church, St. Pancras, London, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes and Sources: Notes: None Sources: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitter: Steve SIGSTON 136 Davis Avenue Sacramento, CA 95823-2410 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Search: 789742-0314100174642 URL: CD-ROM: Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #11 CD-ROM Features: Pedigree View, Family View, Individual View, Reports, Downloadable GEDCOM files, Notes and Sources. Order Pedigree Resource File CD-ROMS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File: The Pedigree Resource File is a new lineage linked database of records available on compact disc containing family history records submitted by individuals through FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service. Family information is organized in family groups and pedigrees and includes submitted notes and sources. Many charts and reports can be printed from this data. Each disc contains about 1.1 million names. With the publication of every five discs, a master index for those discs will be published and packaged with that set of discs. With the publication of every 25 discs, a master index for those discs will also be published and packaged with that volume of discs. Discs may be purchased as sets or volumes. Georgina.

hello again Georgina yes I was lucky enough to have been in touch with Steve he has researched the Sigstons from way back, its amazing what he told me ,but he doesnt know what happened to them either its so frustrating as I was hoping to find they had children and go forward to see if they have any living rellies , thanks very much for looking The funny thing is her mother died the same month and year she got married ,so I have sent for the death cert hoping she may have been an informant or something

Do you think John might have died and Sarah remarried? I found this on freebmd Marriages Jun 1877 -KEEN Sarah Emily Bradford, Y. 9b 188 Gwyn

WOW Gwynneth thats interesting never thought of that thanks will definitely look into that , And I have just noticed it is in Yorks that is where her family were

The marriage that Gwyn found is on YorkshireBMD - she married Samuel Scott: Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1877 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference KEEN Sarah E SCOTT Samuel St Wilfrid, Calverley Leeds CE127/P/415 However, I can't them on the 1881 census either! Richard

thanks so much Richard is there any way without getting the cert I can find out her parents names ??? If not my hubby is going to kill me , when he finds out they arent free !!!

Hi Valerie If you contacted the relevant records office (not register office) for Leeds they might be able to send you a photocopy of the entry in the parish register. This usually works out cheaper than an official cert, especially as you now know the year and church, so there's minimal searching involved. The register entry will have identical info to the cert - i.e. will give you her father's name but not her mother's. Cheers Richard

You could look to see if you can find a likely death for John Thomas Keen between the two marriage dates. Kate.

I did have a look for that Kate - the only one on FreeBMD that sort of fits is: Deaths Mar 1872 Keen John Thomas 23 Bicester 3a 447 But age is a couple of years out, and wrong area? Of course, FreeBMD is not complete so maybe not transcribed yet...

thanks again Richard will ring them tomorrow and Kate yes I did try and find a death for him too dont know if thats the right one my husband said he thought there was a war on about the this time so maybe he got killed in that