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Probably seems like a dumb question to you lot but, were is the best place to do a search for people because i have tried doing search's for myself and even for my grans death which was only last year but it seems i was never born and my gran never died, is there a place to search for free?
thanks and sorry for the dumb question
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chris
Hi Chirs
Not a dumb question at all. The most recent births, deaths and marriages available are probably 2006. (Somebody will I hope correct me!!) as the various online sources are still transcribing the most recent events. That explains why you cannot find grans death. As to why you can not find your own birth, I'm not sure. I'm not sure how upto date the births are on FreeBMD, but it would (unless you were adopted) be found on one of the pay to view sites.
All the information that you will find on any site for a birth would be the mothers maiden name, fathers surmane, registration district, volume that the birth is recorded in and the page number. From this information you can purchase a copy of a birth certifcate. Death records may provide the date of birth, or approx year of birth, if the dob is not know. Marriage records, bride & grooms names, but all records only provide the details that are required to order the certificate. (Parish records do contain more information, but tend to be used for research prior to 1837.)
Now your gran has died, you could post her name to this site, and the members would help to find her marriage, birth etc. If however your granda is still alive, then you would need to pm someone on this site, who will then help you with your research. (We are not allowed to post information about living people.)
Hope this help and welcome to AA
Brian
Last edited by Brian2009; 22-09-2011 at 11:53 AM.
Census information Crown Copyright, from The National Archives
thanks Brian, the free bmd doesn't even find my mum and dads birth or their marriage, , doncaster married 14 feb 1981 i think or 1982 will have to find out again, unless i am just entering thinks wrong, i will keep trying though i won't let this beat me lol
Last edited by mexbigshow; 22-09-2011 at 04:26 PM.
mexbigshow,
Hi and welcome,
What was your gran's name? and is your grandfather alive or not?
I have found what I think is your parents' marriage but if they are both alive then I will put the details in a private message to you as we are not allowed to put the names of living people on here.
wow that was a quick response lola, my grans name was Irene Lee my grandfather died in the early 2000s i think we lost contact due to marriage break up before i was born i think he was called len not too sure yet though as my mum despised him for what happened, and yes both my parents are still alive and together
thanks for any help you can provide and sorry for being such a newbie lol
Will pm you the marriage details and will look for grandparents.
Don't worry about being a newbie.... everyone is welcome on here. We were all newbies once.
Hope you have great enjoyment finding your roots. Anything you need just ask. Can't promise that we'll find things but we will certainly try.
TRY Google searching. Just put a name in and see what comes up.
Mexbigshow
Can I ask that you go back to the post number 3, and use the edit facility and remove your mum and dads names and dates of birth. Lola5 is looking into the details for you and will pm you soon with anything she finds. The reason we do not include details of living persons, is they may not want their details published and also to prevent possible identity theft. Hope you understand
thanks
Brian
Census information Crown Copyright, from The National Archives
thank you Brian never thought about that, you may find my mums name crop up in election polls due to her job don't know if that info is any help but i thought it might help find her easier
just seen my mum and she said someone on my dads side (Phillips) did a family tree once, traced it to Wales with links to Tom Jones and famous a bear knuckle boxer who has a statue in Wales somewhere, i think i'll see what google knows about said boxer
I sent you a pm . Did you get it?
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