Forum: General Family History Queries

Votes for him being baptised Evan Evans Evans, or was it just a case of the priest's pen getting carried away? Its the baptism at the bottom of the page ...............

My 2 x great grandfather appears on the 1881, 1891 & 1911 censuses (is missing in 1901) where his birth year is stated as being approximately 1874. Born in Norwich but living with his parents and 4 brothers in St John Hackney, London in 1881: Class: RG11; Piece: 304; Folio: 128; Page: 48 ...

For many years I have been very unsuccessful in completing my family tree,this is mainly due to one small area. In 1777 on 12th october Jane Maria Rudyerd married John Hamson at st. sepulchre in london. I have had no luck in finding her parents or her birth,if anyone could shed some light on my...

I know im a newbee in comparisson to many of you. Ive been researching my family history for about 18 mths and have learned so much......but Im having trouble with an ancestor and i really can not go any further until he is in place. Lots of peeps have helped me along but im getting very...

Hi, im researching the family tree and noticed something strange. My girlfriends grandfather was called Sunny Henry Ephgrave, b10-6-1924. We know that her grandmother was Joan Prior and she married Sunny. However, the marriage record shows the she married a John Henry Ephgrave. Now the strange...

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but A******* now have UK divorce records 1858-1911. Just spent a pleasant half hour reading about adultery in Barnstaple. Also a chap whose wife 'committed adultery with a person or persons unknown in a house of ill repute :blush2:." No wonder...

I am looking for a marriage between William Finney and Mary Ratcliff probably between 1825 and 1837 and probably near Ashbourne Derbyshire (or Ellastone Staffordshire). I have a birth cert for William Finney (son) 1846 born Wootton to William Finney and Mary formerly Ratcliff. There earliest child...

Good evening, I am trying to find more information about my great uncle, charles edward jolley. I think i have found him but i need more information eg grave stone to confirm that it is him. the death certificate staats that he died in Woolwich on 15 march 1928. he died at the Royal Herbert...

Hi All I need a bit of help, I’m trying to trace a person that was born about 1834 on Ireland Isle, Bermuda. Emelia Mary Hoskin wed Thomas J K Leuty …December quarter 1857 at Stoke Damerel 5b 538. On all of the census searches from 1861 to 1891 she has listed her place of birth as either,...

Hi there, I want to record the full text of certificates in my family history software programme, and I want to transcribe the whole certificate. Birth and death certs are straightforward as the info in each field relates to one person only, but I'm interested in how others transribe marriage...

This morning before work I found a site that has pictures of graves. I put in the DRAYTON name and came up with a hit to a couple who are in my tree. Laceby Cemetery, Laceby, Lincolnshire In the grave are husband and wife; Albert Drayton b. May 1889 d. Sept 1946 age...

I know that this may be a mistake, but bearing in mind that Deptford in London was not the same size as it is now during the 19th century, would it be possible to say that the majority of the inhabitants with the surname Crouch were most likely from the same family? I know that I could be having...

I've just been to a website which seems ultra-efficient, with hundreds of notations of a particular family which links to mine. On there I see: Mary A Barnaby (born 1815) married George Thompson (born 1829/30) no mariage date given and they had a son John William Barnaby. I've been able to...

Would it be possible for someone with access to have a quick look to see if they can find a burial for this person It is down as William but could also be Edward Fricker died July 1871 in Lambeth. Either aged 16 or 11 Thank you

Hi all, I am currently reasearching my greatx2 Robert Sheldon. I have him on the 1911 and 1901 census' in Rotherham Yorkshire as 'Sheldon' and his birth is a place called Upwood near Huntingdon. The thing is, all I can find for births in Upwood for 1869 is a Robert 'Shelton' I would like some...

2 daughters - one of whom is my Great-grand mother - married. The eldest sister - Alice Tyack Mollard - married William Thomas Jennings in 1878. Her marriage certificate names her father as James Tyrack Mollard a Miner. The sister - Ellen Jane Mollard - married John Eustice Ball in 1883...