Forum: General Family History Queries

Clifford Westcott married Grace Jackson in 1915, they had four children, Ron, Marjory,Edna and Arthur. Cannot find any birth certificate or death certificate for Clifford Westcott. Any help please

I have tried unsuccessfully to locate a birth/baptism record for the above so as to determine his parents. He appears to have been born in 1809 in Earlsheaton, Yorks. He was married to Elizabeth Lee in June 1833 at All Saints in Dewsbury so may have been baptised there. I have tried looking via...

My John Connell has been mentioned before in another thread but now I am trying to order a death certificate for him. He was born around 1801 in Ireland but had arrived in England by 1827 when he married Jane Setter in Marylebone. John worked all his life as a tailor, living in London, mostly...

While searching for my 4x G Grandad birth I am coming across a few discrepencies and am wondering if the entries which seem "weird" are mistakes made by transcibers/ The birth I found which I am quite sure is his is Charles Ravenscroft bptisd Tilston Cheshire 4 June 1781 brn 3 March 1781, this...

My husband and I are trying to track down details about my husband's grandfather, WALTER JAMES PARSLOE, dob 1865, born in Marylebone, he married Margaret Ann Cornthwaite in 1890 and they had 11 children, 2 of whom died. Ernest Parsloe, my husbands father dob 1909 was the youngest of these...

Hi everyone, Im new to this site and to family research. I have however found my g.g.grandparents John and Mary Bray on the 1881 census 10 Mary Adelaide Place Liverpool. Both born Ireland about 1835 Cant find marriage cert for them,so they must have married in Ireland. On the census it...

hi, Everyone. I think my brickwalls have become cul de sacs. Some of you kind people have helped me with in the past but this is what I am left with. My fathers maternal grandfather was born in a work house. no father named. Although we have his mothers name from his baptism and the...

Hi,Trying to trace the birth place of James Bethell,born about 1804. His wife was Esther,(nee Fryer)born about the same year. A relative also researching James tells me he died in Lverpool 1879. Cant seem to find where he was born Thanks

One more postcard I have acquired that isn't related to me and looking for a family to treasure it!! Postcard sent to a Miss L. Roffey at 23 Sheridan Road Belvedere, Kent Checking the 1911 census (copyright TNA) there is a family at 23 Sheriden Road Sidney Munn (head) age 31 Ellen Munn...

I’m trying to find the marriage of Reginald Arthur HAYLER and his wife Alice Kathleen (maiden name unknown). They are in the 1901 census living in Fulham, with no children (RG13 pce 58 fo 35 pg 10). Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find them in 1911, which would tell me approximately when...

Would anyone know anything about schooling availablity for children living in the Bermondsey, Rotherhithe,St George in the East, Fulham areas between 1870 and WW1? There were 11 children in the family. I know most of the boys were working by their early/mid teens and the girls usually found work...

Hi I have an ancestor by the above name. I thought she was born in 1831 in Stockton on Tees to John and Elizabeth Coomber. I have the original wedding certficiate of Hannah's marriage to Richard Field on the 4th December 1853, in Lambeth, London. I am unable to find either the birth or...

1911 census hi can anyone look up a few 1911 censuses please as ancestry still hasnt got access to the records.maud burley born 1904 in hartlepool....george burley born suffolk in 1861.........ellen burley born 1873 in theberton....william burley born 1875 in thorpe......herbert burley born 1881...

I just want to start by saying that I have all birth and marriage certificates, except for the birth certificate of the source of the enquiry. I'm also not sure if this is the right forum site, but the 'mod's' will soon move it, if required. It starts in 1841 with the census from Bromley,...

Am looking for information regarding Emma ROYLE (DOB: 1820 - DOD: Unknown) who married John TASKER (DOB: 1818 - DOD: Unknown) and had a son Robert Charles TASKER (DOB: 1853 - DOD: Unknown). John is my maternal Grt Grt Grandfather. Any information would be greatly appreciated... her line has been...

Hi, a simple question, what's the difference between a baptism and a christening if any? David.

On a Marriage Certificate I have been sent the Father of the Groom is shown as Nullius Fillius. I have checked on the meaning of this - but can anyone tell me why the term would be applied on a Marriage Certificate? Was there a legal requirement, or in what circumstances would it have been shown or...

Would anyone know if it was common for children (late teenagers) to use their middle names instead of their first names as I have found someone on the 1911 census who tick's all the boxes except he is down as his middle name and not his first, I believe his father died quite young also. Could this...

Hi, when carrying out a search for people on FamilySearch I often get records which show christening/baptism dates a year apart, are these just transcription errors and if so should I assume that information I get from them is not reliable, or is there another explanation for this?? Here is an...