Genealogy Chat

well it looks like its not only me thats learnt something new today! this part of gr comes in so useful for many reasons and merry monty and janice are just two of them. so many thanks merry monty and janice. julie

Thanks, Merry. Janice

Family Relatives is good expecially for Marriages 1912-1920 and for Births 1911Q3-1920. For 1866-1920 all the entries are transcribed, but generally it's cheaper (well....FREE) to use Ancestry/FreeBMD to do the lookups for those years, except for the above dates. The good bit for those few years is that for marriages the spouse surname is there and for births the mothers maiden name is there and these are searchable...... So, for this lookup I asked the site for births for surname Offord and with mothers name ....Oh, whatever they were....first one and then the other...!!!!. The results come as a number (''there are three results'' or whatever) and you only pay if you want to see what they are. In this case I didn't!! I also use the site as a check.....say you want to look at all the Frederick Taylor's who died in Wandsworth District between 1870 and 1903. First I would do the lookup on FreeBMD or Ancestry. Lets say there were 20 results. I could do the same request on FR and if there were 20 results I would know everything had been transcribed. One word of warning though....there ARE some errors on FR. I used it to search for a birth and the entry didn't come up. Looked at the GRO pages on Ancestry and it was there. Turned out that the mother's maiden name had been mis-transcribed on FR.....so there's nothing to compare with viewing the pages for yourself, rather than relying on transcriptions.........But still the site is useful and £6 (min sub) lasts three months. It takes me all of that time to use it in dribs and drabs! Merry

Ah - the WD40 is on the roller skates; that's what I'm doing wrong! Is Family Relatives easier to search than Ancestry then? I've not used that site. Janice

LOL Janice!! And in order to do the lookup I had to ................ go to the kitchen .............. to find my credit card ........................ so I could buy some units on Family Relatives................... so I could do the lookup !! (not that the lookup actually cost me anything, but you have to have units to do it!!) Merry

this looks like Florence in 1901 - names again seem to fit with teh birth - her mother being called Annie: Anne Maund abt 1893 Kensington, London, England Daughter Kensington London Annie Maund abt 1867 Kensington, London, England Wife Kensington London Ethel Maund abt 1896 Kensington, London, England Daughter Kensington London Florence Maund abt 1887 Kensington, London, England Daughter Kensington London John Maund abt 1864 Kensington, London, England Head Kensington London John W Maund abt 1885 Kensington, London, England Son Kensington London Mabel Maund abt 1889 Kensington, London, England Daughter Kensington London

I'd agree with the Florence marriage to based on this birth: Name: Florence Annie Offord Year of Registration: 1905 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Kensington County: Greater London, London, Middlesex Volume: 1a Page: 113

Merry - just came to post similar and you're there again LOL Do you take daily doses of WD40? Janice

The spouse was probably Florence Maund. There are three birth registrations Offord/Maund between 1912 and 1920 and none for Offord/Stack. Merry

There are usually 4 names on each page - they are not in any particular order - so you don´t know who married who. So Henry Offord married EITHER Florence Alderson OR Catherine Stack

thank you all! how on earth did you get this info so quickly and why are there two names? yes the marriage was in kensington. well i'm over the moon you made it look so easy! many thanks once again. julie

Do you know of any children who were born after 1912 as the birth registrations will show the mother´s maiden name.

HI Julie these are the entries for the page, so it could be either Florence or Catherine - can't help any further at the moment I'm afraid. Looby Surname First name(s) District Vol Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Mar 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALDERSON Henry Kensington 1a 223 MAUND Florence Kensington 1a 223 Offord Henry Kensington 1a 223 STACK Catherine Kensington 1a 223

Was the marriage in Kensington? If so, bride was either Florence Maund or Catherine Stack. (It's on FreeBMD) Janice

i have a reference number but don't know who he married how can i find out? he was henry offord and he got married in j-m qtr in 1905 but there is no name of his wife. what can i do? regards julie