Geoffers
23-08-2005, 11:37 PM
Hello folks.
This is just a reminder that this forum exists. As well as general questions on family and local history; it's as good a board to use as any if you've 'lost' someone, somewhere and want to begin tracking them.
I'm sure that you know the sort of thing I mean, an ancestor was inconsiderate enough to die before the first census, wasn't in trade/profession or the armed forces and just turns up in a parish, out of the blue.
To help others help you though, please post the detail that you do know and the sort of sources that you've tried. It doesn't need to be complicated, something along the lines of:
In (year) and (place), AB (died, lived, married, was abducted by aliens, etc) he/she was aged....I've looked in registers, directories, crystal balls, Alpha Centauri spaceship timetable, etc....and then want you want to know.
If someone you just know that someone turned up in a region, try to narrow down the area and the many kind and helpful readers will try to assist.
Good luck
Geoffers
This is just a reminder that this forum exists. As well as general questions on family and local history; it's as good a board to use as any if you've 'lost' someone, somewhere and want to begin tracking them.
I'm sure that you know the sort of thing I mean, an ancestor was inconsiderate enough to die before the first census, wasn't in trade/profession or the armed forces and just turns up in a parish, out of the blue.
To help others help you though, please post the detail that you do know and the sort of sources that you've tried. It doesn't need to be complicated, something along the lines of:
In (year) and (place), AB (died, lived, married, was abducted by aliens, etc) he/she was aged....I've looked in registers, directories, crystal balls, Alpha Centauri spaceship timetable, etc....and then want you want to know.
If someone you just know that someone turned up in a region, try to narrow down the area and the many kind and helpful readers will try to assist.
Good luck
Geoffers