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Any help please.

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Willy

Willy Report 17 Sep 2004 12:32

My Greatgrandfather Ernest Archer was born c1886 in the Workhouse Louth Lincolnshire,according to the 1891 census he was five,and ws born in the workhouse.l have hit a brickwall trying to find who his parents were.Any help would be very kind.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 17 Sep 2004 13:00

Hi Bernard, Have you looked for his birth registration on Free BMD or 1837online? Gwynne

Joan

Joan Report 18 Sep 2004 08:49

No Ernest, but were these two part of your family? Births Mar 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer Fanny Louth 7a 616 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer Flossie Louth 7a 511 Good hunting Joan

Unknown

Unknown Report 18 Sep 2004 08:57

Bernard I can't see his birth on FreeBMD or Ancestry civ reg. As he was born in the workhouse, it is quite possible that he was illegitimate. I think you will need to go through the GRO indexes to find his birth cert which will certainly give you his mother's name at least. nell