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Thank you Pat, I shall follow that up & see where it leads me.
Regardssusannah

Hi Pam, many thanks for your replies & I never thought that you had lost a brain cell! I'm just so annoyed with myself for not realising I had the wrong name for John's father,even though it was on...

Hi everyone,I have a sort of brick wall developed on my husband's tree,brought about by someone sending me wrong info. I checked it out myself,& in the process of doing that discovered another...

Hi,Percy was indeed born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital; I have his birth certificate.I have checked the LMA ref you gave me, but cannot access the records as they don't seem to be digitised. I am...

I have checked out Percy Holroyd born in Huddersfield,but there doesn't seem to be any connection with Emily. I don't understand why he was registered as Percy McDuff at the school in 1884 either....

Hello,thank you for your suggestion.I have tried all the burial records I think would be relevant,but haven't had any results yet. It's too far to travel down to London,so all on-line & telephone...

Hello Jomot1,
Although I deleted the McDuff tree that I built up I did keep a lot of notes. Just been checking through them & there is a reference there regarding Janet Mclean's mother,Isabel...

Hello, Many thanks for your replies,Christanel & Pam. Regarding Christanel's observation about family connections, I did a full family tree research on John McDuff going back to 1700s, where I found...

Hello everyone,
I joined the forum about 2 years ago as I had been trying to find details of my grandfather.I was helped greatly by a researcher called Jomot1,& thanks to his brilliant detective...

Many thanks,once again,Jomot1. Now to sort out the mothers' names.Janet McLean's mother was called Isabel ROBERTSON,which sounded hopeful. Just need to clarify where Janet McLaren fits in!
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Hello suemalings,many thanks for your research. I am aware of all the info on the various census returns,& have saved them for further evaluation. There seem to be a few anomalies regarding the...

Hello again, Jomot1,
A bit more info that I would appreciate some advice on - I received the marriage cert. for John McDuff & Jane Moore & John's father's name is Peter McDuff,a coal merchant. I...

Hello Jomot1, sorry for the delay in acknowledging your reply........ I have followed your advice & started a new McDuff Tree on Ancestry.Have had one or two hints up to now, but I am waiting for...

Hi everyone,
Yet again I am asking for help with my paternal side.You helped me find my grandad a short while ago... some brilliant sleuthing by Jomot1 & I had a grandad with 3 names. He found my...

Many thanks again for help with finding Jenny Rossall. Jomot1 was right about the 1930 marriage - it was Jenny;I received the marriage certificate today which confirmed her identity.It is good to...

Many thanks to everyone who has answered my brick wall question. All are very helpful & given me new lines to follow. Jomot1, you seem to have come up trumps again with the marriage certificate...

Hello Sandyhall, thank you for your reply.Walter Edward was born to Jenny Rossall on 7 Mar 1907. He was later "adopted " by a family called Barton,& used this name until he married Elizabeth Garnett...

Hi Megan, thank you for your answer. I haven't seen the School Registers before. Betsy died in Sept 1896,but Jenny's father didn't die until 1906.I have the other two records in my Shoebox on...

Hello, this is my second elusive grandparent,& as the forum was so helpful in tracing the first one, I thought that I would ask for help again. I have been researching my husband's family alongside...

Just to say thank you for your input on my Elusive Grandad.I shall be checking out the Australian connection.It's so good to have some info to work with after 15 years of nothing!!

Hello Jomot,thank you so much for your reply - I have a Memorial Card for John Mcduff which was with documents I found after my parents had both died,& it has puzzled me for years! Your research has...

My paternal grandad - Frank Henry (Holroyd)Robertson - died 2nd Jan 1946 aged 64,so apparently born abt 1882.My grandmother was Harriet Daisy Reeve,b.19 Mar 1887;died in Sept 1963.She was always k/as...

Hi Lesley,& thank you for the Welcome information.I am new to this site,but I have been researching family history for the last 15 years or so.I have a brick wall in the form of my paternal...