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Thank you for your interest. The parents are from Ukraine, their daughter is the person I am researching. She came to the UK (possibly with a ballet company) and married in England in 1911. I have...

I would like to find a birth record for Odessa 1891. I have tried Ancestry Worldwide and Family Search. Several articles seem to indicate that Ukraine Birth Records for that period were made...

Thank you for the links - they are very helpful.

Does anyone have information about the names of those 'shot at dawn' being included on War memorials. Was it a local decision made by the council or church or were the names always omitted? I...

Thank you for the link to SLV. They have been very helpful and provided me with the information I needed.

Thanks for the links to trove - I will give it a go.

Thanks for reply.

I only have a nickname 'Mac' so searching on surname is a problem! Do you know how the electoral rolls for Australia are accessible from the UK? I also have an address for the...

Is there any way I can find out who was living at this address in 1922?

1 Raleigh Street, Windsor, Victoria

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

1911 Census Return for Wales for George Jenkins aged 51 of 4 North Street, Abercynon

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I have come across the occupation 'bepearer' twice recently - a census return and a marrriage certificate. Both men were in mining in Wales 1911-1914 and so far I haven't found any...

Yes, that is a possibility worth investigating. I have already discovered it was quite a regular occurrence for that family to give a child two christian names, only for that child to be known by...

Pleased to report brick wall demolished as far as James Ernest is concerned. Marriage cert for 1916 proved that he is the person I was looking for.

Good news, but another brick wall has emerged....

The letter written some years ago provided information on the 15 children and at the end stated 'I was told one child died in the canal'.

Re: The Merchant Navy Link - if James Ernest is not...

Thanks for the advice.

I have searched Welsh Newspaper site without success. There are many reported child drownings in the canals in Cardiff for that period of time. The boy in question, James...

Help needed for possible brick wall demolition.

Some family letters have indicated a drowning in canal of a child sometime between 1901 and 1911 in Cardiff. I have checked for death...

Thanks for all the advice. Companies House have offered an Archive check (cost £20!) and have records back to 1856. The information they may be able to trace is probably what we know already. Will...

Has anyone had any experience of dealing with Companies House?

Great Grandfather was a bit of an inventor and started a company in 1921 called 'Gardner's Household Requisites Limited'. Are...

Help needed to find out the electoral district for this address:

14 Riverina Flats, 3 Park Parade, Waverley, NSW.

Assuming the sub-district is Waverley?

The only other information I have is...

Hello to everyone from Shropgirl, looking forward to using the boards and maybe getting over some of my brick walls!

Currently researching Gardner family from Cardiff and helping a friend with...

A bit more information has come to light! The christian name of the soldier was George and the nickname was 'Mac'. There are photos of the party in pierot costumes and one of the groups had a name...

Interested to read your post on WW1 concert party research. We are looking for an Australian called 'Mac' who was a member of a concert party who performed at Sutton Veney and Paris as well as Rouen...