The end of the line
I started my family history research several years ago (just before the 1901 census was available) and was lucky enough to go on a course that our local library ran. One of the places that we went...
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Hi Janet,Never give up ! I have just begun to infiltrate the brick wall surrounding my great grandfather, Louis. Having stumbled on a potential baptism for him not six weeks ago I have discovered his...
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Thanks for the offer - I'm leaving him for the moment though - perhaps will look again in a year or so.I have plenty of other brick walls to work on particularly those that are in parts of the UK that...
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It isn't just parts of the UK that you don't know about but some on your own doorstep have changed their names over the years and stump you for a while. I was told my great grandmother was born at...
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Two of my gt gt grandfathers were illegitimate and both born a few years before civil registration started. One took years to track down the truth, but eventually I found it when I found a bastardy...
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My gt grandfather Charles Crisp didn't exist on paper before he married in 1896 - I thought that was the end of it, since he wasn't sure when or where he was born. He claimed his father had the same...
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I have failed miserably to find my John Sims b between 1796-1805 according to census and other documents, birth places given as Wells Somerset, Wraysbury Middx and Alperton Mdx and married (pallots)...
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