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Heather | Report | 29 Oct 2004 09:58 |
Can anyone please tell me why having searched for ages for one particular rellies marriage - joy I find her listed and then when I click to see "other persons on same page" there is zilch? Scream. Does that mean it couldnt be read or was on the next page? |
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Is it a bird? is it a plane? | Report | 29 Oct 2004 10:13 |
Is this on FreeBMD? |
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Guinevere | Report | 29 Oct 2004 10:14 |
Hi, Free BMD is far from complete. If you are sure you have the right person send for the cert anyway. Gwynne |
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Jean | Report | 29 Oct 2004 11:14 |
I searched for my Grandfathers marriage for ages and got nowhere. Then put in g'mothers name and found it with no g'father. Took a chance and sent for the certificate after speaking to the GRO and told them the names and the certificate arrived, the right one. If you know both names its worth a try. Good luck, Jean |
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♥♪ˇ Karen | Report | 29 Oct 2004 11:16 |
I tried that Jean........the year seemed right as well......but it was the wrong one unfortunately. But it's worth a try. I didn't have to pay for the cert.....just a search fee. |
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Jean | Report | 29 Oct 2004 12:43 |
Isn't it maddening Karen. I was so pleased when I found that one as G'fathers name was Smith and I wasn't getting anywhere with the family. The other g'father was Jones!! Haven't got very far with either of that side but doing quite well with both g'mothers line. |
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Carol | Report | 29 Oct 2004 13:34 |
Heather, if you give me what you have and the name you are hoping to find, I will have a look on 1837 for you. |
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Heather | Report | 31 Oct 2004 15:46 |
Hi thats really kind of you guys. Actually, I was telling 80 year old auntie about this and she suddenly said, oh his name was ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,! So there you are! I then fed him in and he popped up on his own too. I think they must have been put on different pages by accident. It does just show you though that elderly rellies know so much more than they first think or say. I am going to my 90 year old dad again shortly with a notebook and pen this time, because when I went through a box of old photos with him suddenly he was remembering names, dates, anecdotes about all these people who he had never mentioned before. |
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Irene | Report | 31 Oct 2004 17:48 |
Can I also add, write the names down on the back of the pictures. Get copies if you can, I had a cousin, well my mothers cousin, she had lots of photos and said I could copy them any time. When I thought ealier this year I had better do it I had a bit of a shock, they had all been taken down the dump as none of her family wanted them, she forgot I was interested but I can't blame her for that as she is getting old. What really saddens me there were pictures of my granddad which I had never seen, he died in WW1 and my Aunt and Uncle distroyed everything when nan died. I only have one picture of him with his medals from the Boar war and this was my last chance and I missed it. So everyone out there get your rellies to save the pictures and copy them before they go missing. Irene |
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Helen | Report | 31 Oct 2004 19:59 |
Hi Irene - I agree with you totally. When my Nan was leaving her own house to move in with my Mum & Dad, she started going through all her 'junk' and ripped up photos, certificates, the lot. Helen |