Genealogy Chat

Hi Margaret...just thought of something you may not have tried...when Poole is written down it could look like 'Pode' so try having a looking under that name. Recently my Henry Conner was found under the surname Corner and Comer and German ancestors called Bumb were Bomb and Bump!!....to add insult to injury, when they changed their name to Boom they showed up as Boon on a number of occasions!! Hope that helps Aileenx

Hi Maggie, yes I have tried every way possible for the name Poole pool Paul Pole even ones it could not be like Powell ,but other than 1 marriage certificate and the 1881 census there is nothing else but I will keep looking Good luck Margaret

Margaret, Have you tried all variations of the name. You'll probably think I'm mad, but sometimes, I lookat where they came from and say their name in that accent!! Particularly if they moved from say Cornwall to Lancashire (as a lot of tin miners did) the poor Lancastrian ennumerator would have to write down what was said in a stong cornish accent, and if the name was, say Truran,(not a common name in Lancashire) it would come to his ears as Troon, Trewin, Trewan, Truin etc. - anything but Truran!!!!! Worth a go Maggie

Although some of my Marquand family appear on Guernsey census records there is scant evidence in the 1850/70's of any of the children having being baptised or their births being registered except for the 2 youngest sons and they appear on the IGI. Also my gt gt grandmother is named on my illegitimate gt grandmothers baptism record , there is no evidence of her being born, getting married, death, arriving at /or leaving Guernsey I also have a gt grandfather who never appears on any census records although his wife and children do. and when he dies in the workhouse infirmary there is only his date of death and no date of admission Bren

There seems to be a long list of people who were apparently beamed down to earth from a spaceship. Maybe we are all descended from these aliens really!!!

Hi Gwen My husband Finch's familiy has been very easy to trace back it is my side of the family I can't the very elusive POOLE family absolutley nothing good luck with your Finch's wish I could help you there. Margaret

Hi is anyone in the same situation as me and their families did not fill in any census forms also none of the births registered. very upset by this Margaret