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Why cant I find them?? HELP PLEASE!!

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Wendy

Wendy Report 20 Jan 2004 19:58

Thanks for taking the time to reply, just hope I get somewhere soon, if I cant even find these what luck will I have with her husband (my grandad) THOMAS SMITH!!!! Thanks again, will try freecen later, wend

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 20 Jan 2004 18:34

you would think so Wendy! i think 6 months would be a long time to go before registering so i would expect she was registered in scotland. good luck - let me know how you get on, Kathleen

Wendy

Wendy Report 20 Jan 2004 17:54

Hi Kathleen, no havnt tried that one, will give it a go, thanks. She insists its LILY, do you think she could have been registered in Bootle, not Scotland as she was only 6 months when they moved? I dont know how soon after the birth they had to be registered then, would she have been classed as born in Bootle then?? You'd think with a mothers maiden name of French, in Scotland, she'd be easier to find!!!

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 20 Jan 2004 17:36

also, was lily her full first name? she wasn't lillian or lillith or anything like that?

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 20 Jan 2004 17:34

Wendy, did you try freecen.rootsweb(.)com? oh, it's just http not w w w

Wendy

Wendy Report 20 Jan 2004 17:31

nudge

Wendy

Wendy Report 19 Jan 2004 22:53

Its Rose AND Albert who have dads called "JACK", for those of you who replied to my other message on this page, talk about confused!!!!

Wendy

Wendy Report 19 Jan 2004 22:23

Thanks William, tried that, the only Rose French's born were 2 in 1900 and 1 in 1873, making the first too old and the other two too young!! plus the parents dont match the marriage cert, and that marriage is the only one it could be, right people, right place, right time, if fred is illigitimate that is, just getting nowhere and its winding me up, must be missing something really obvious!!

Badger Bill, Worthing

Badger Bill, Worthing Report 19 Jan 2004 22:12

Don't despair. Have you tried the Scottish site, I think it is www.scotspeople.???? - not sure whether it is gov.uk or org. No doubt someone else reading this can fill it in correctly. Badger Bill Worthing

Wendy

Wendy Report 19 Jan 2004 22:00

My nan (lily Thompson) was born in Scotland, 26/11/1917 and moved to Bootle at 6 mnths old. Her parents were Rose French And Albert Thompson, and she had an older brother Frederick born 1914/15. I've found a marriage cert for an Albert and Rose 24/01/1917 but I cant find anything else at all, not even nans birth, and god knows where fred went to. Albert is 27 on cert and Rose 26, I know she was born in Motherwell, Scot, but cant find any records to match what I have. CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE???