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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 173 Send Message	Debra	Report	11 Oct 2003 19:06
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 173 Send Message	I have just purchased marriage certificate of husbands grandparents but can not find any info on 1901 census can anyone help advise what to look for with information held which is John Shaw 212 Liverpool Road Pewfull and Dorothy Orrell 381 Old Road Ashton both Lancashire areas, dob 26.5.1928 father of groom William Shaw both he and son collier, father of Dorothy John Orrell farmer. DOB for John is 10.10.04 and Dorothy Jan 1905 marriage taken place at Holy Trinity Ashton in Makerfield.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	11 Oct 2003 19:10
	Hi, I would think the next step is to send for the birth certs of both parents. Their parents will be on the 1901 census. Hope this helps, Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Linda & Tim	Report	11 Oct 2003 22:24
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Debra, if I can't find people on 1901 census I try and find them on the 1881 census, and vice versa. I can quite often find people on one but not the other!
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 588 Send Message	Paul	Report	12 Oct 2003 00:10
	Found some Orrell's on the 1881 Census through LDS. Sending them to you direct. Paul