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I am looking for information and where the birth of my might be 4th great grandfather. His name was Morgan Cassell/castles and born about 1814 as I have his death certificate say he was 61 when he died 1875. What was his parents names, plus who did he marry?


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Hi, I'm new to the forum & have joined primarily to gain a better understanding of my birth certificate.

I have uncovered evidence that there are 4 separate registrations for myself over a five month period from the day I was born until the final registration.

Is there a particular reason why this would happen?

Hello, trying to reach the end of a trail.

Richard James Paice
B 1864 Weymouth to Thomas and Sarah Paice
Moved to Bermondsey with them before 1871


Richard was Gt Gt grandfather. He had things bad in the Southwark / Bermondsey / Rotherhithe area of London at the of the 1800s. He is in and out of workhouses, with and without his wife a Sara Anne ( Annie) and children Thomas, George and Ada Annie. ...

I can't find a death for Alice Hibbard b1882 in Idlicote, Warwickshire that fits into the info I have about her - she was considered a 'black sheep' of the family
Hibbard can also be Hibberd / Hibbert / Hibbord / Hibbort

The last ref I can locate is 1911 cenus aged 28 at Stratford on Avon Workhouse with children Elsie & Frederick Hibbard, both base born

She had another BB son in Albert Ernest ...

Caroline Slaymaker was b 1834 in Bray, Berkshire
Married Jacob Webb on 22 Nov 1856 at Bray
Jacob died in 1909 aged 73 in Wokingham RD, Berks having been at Woodley in 1901
I think Caroline in 1911 is aged 76 widow OAP with Alice Wallis as 'wife's mother' in Maidenhead
BUT I can't find a death registration for her
Any ideas?

Hi, this is my first post as a new member!

My grandmother Doreen Agnes Johnston - born 22nd December 1917 in Johannesburg met my grandfather John Daniel Jones while he was in the merchant navy during ww2.

They married in Capetown and once the war was over she made the long journey by ship to Southampton and then on to Nefyn a small village in North Wales to start family life.

I understand that both ...

I am searching for the baptism of Edward Hemming, widower, buried Langford, Gloucestershire 14 Aug 1833 aged 52 years. Left four minor children: Harriet , James , William and John Edward . Married Elizabeth Mullis 7 March 1818 Hazelton, Gloucs. Robert Wakefield was a witness, his sister married James Hemming from Brailes, Warwickshire in 1809. Cannot find a link in Brailes to both Hemming.

Upon the death of Edward Hemming his brother named John Hemming ...

I am hoping someone can help me. I am researching Nicholas Jones. He was born approximately 1872 in Barbados. But at some point moved to Liverpool. I have his marriage to Frances Clifton in 1899, in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, I also have him on the 1911 Census and 1938 Register.

His marriage record identifies Robert Jones as his father, who is dead by the time of the wedding. Robert was a solider which has led ...

Does anyone know if pre-1813 Isleworth parish records will ever go online? Apparently, parish registers for All Saints, Isleworth are available for consultation on microfilm at the LMA. Only trouble is, it's near impossible for me to travel to London. I'm keen to take my 5 x great-grandparents further back into the 18th-century and beyond, if possible.

How good are these DNA testing companies? I have tested with Ancestry, familytree and living. I have had the most luck with Ancestry so far getting 9 matches that can be confirmed through our trees from 2nd cousin 1 x removed to 7th cousin. There is many more that can not be confirmed. Now family tree I have loads of matches but nothing connects. None of our trees have the common ancestors to link us. ...