Genealogy Chat

hi victoria
didnt have much to go on re the son.
am going to ask the local paper tomorrow if they might run a story on this..
someone somewhere
regards
stacy

hi iris
thats so kind of you. think she passed away in 2000 in sutton,
i am going to try and order cert from the registrar, also going to call the local paper,,

someone somewhere
regards
stacy

You could ask some kind soul to do a 2007 electoral roll look up

BW

jane

hi kathleen
thankyou for the advice, i was going to try the electoral roll route.
i posted on records and may have the death of eleanor. i am going to order cert if i can...
i should of posted on one board, i do apologise....
regards
stacy

Stacy,

If you have an address for Radcliffe-on-Trent, you could send a letter to the local newspaper there (you could Google to see what it might be), asking if any of their readers remember this family from that address and if anyone knows the whereabouts of any of them today.

I managed to find a half-sister that we didn't know my father had by doing this (after finding a second marriage for my grandfather).

Kath. x

hi joan

you have to see this to believe it....
so many memories,
they seem to be a very close family, lots of snippets, personel letters, photo's etc.
wish they belonged to me..
regards
stacy

iris
gordon was at the arberdour prep school late 50's, and definately up until 1963 as i have school reports, letters to his parents. i have an envelope with an address in Radcliffe-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire
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i shall continue my search
thanks for replyong
stacy

hi sue
thankyou for looking..
i have looked on bmd and family search, but to no avail.
regards
stacy

Wow, what a find!
Eleanor obviously cared enough to keep the memories (organisation is a nursing trait).
Fingers crossed you can find a real home for these treasures.
Joan

I've just looked in the local Banstead phone book for a Gordon Young, but no luck.
Did you get the books from the Banstead area? If not, try looking on the BT site for directory enquiries.

Sue

hi Kathlyn
priceless it is. i dont think the seller from the carboot realised what he had.. he probably did a house clearance and came accross it..
regards
stacy

hi kath
it is quite unbelievable really, and all at a cost of 3 pounds, i didnt haggle at that price !!

eleanor, or norah as she seemed to be known was a nurse. she worked very hard and became a Sisiter,
eleanor went to Bombay to work. (lots of photos )
even a menu for the Bombay Ritz Hotel...

it is just a shame that this family history has been lost somewhere.
i shall post in the trying to find, and will do a name search, could try obtaining thier son Gordons birth cert, and maybe a marriage for him, i have school reports, job card for bob-a-job week, newspaper cuttings etc for him. he went to The Aberdour School( exclusive private boys school ) in the Brighton Road, Banstead
someone somewhere must know this family..

regards
stacy

What a find, I wish you much luck in finding who it belongs to, it is priceless.

Kathlyn

I can't believe that people get rid of this kind of thing. I just wish it belonged to my family.

Try the quick search boxes at the top of the page and see if anyone has these names in their tree.

Kath. x

hi yvette

these books are just fasinating.
i have an eleanor millar-
she seems to be from the Glasgow area of Scotland.kirkintilloch.

there are her nursing records, Royal Infirmary-Glasgow.
military pass for Bombay Docks -Jan 1945.
her Mess Pass.
RAF dance invitations,
British Army pay slip.

by looking through this she married Derek Young( certificate of Proclamation )

there is so much info, some photos have unstuck so need to go through properly and put them in some kind of order.
there is a little love note from hubby to wife ...
it seems they moved to Banstead in Surrey. i have a Building License from Banstead Urban City Council dated 24th October 1949.
also a son named Gordon on 21st March 1950, he was christened at St Davids Church, Kirkintilloch.
the family seem to be living in Banstead, Surrey



regards
stacy

Hi stacy, if you have some certificates with people's names on that might be a start. You could put the name in the GR search site and see what comes up, do the books give any clues as to which area the family came from?

hello all
update....see records board......

i have found 2 scrapbooks at a local car boot sale.1953-1963.
lots of family pictures, events, certificates etc.
a very valuable find.
i would like to find the family whom these belong to.

what is the best way of going about this.

regards
stacy