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Good luck, and keep us posted!
Jan

Thankyou brummie jan I do have a copy of my grandparents marriage certificate and have managed to trace a few great great grandparents . But you are right the death certificates often have a close relative listed Thankyou for your help x

Janet, I wonder if it might be worth getting the marriage cert for your grandparents, if you don't already have it, with a view to seeing if you can find deaths for them once you know when they were born. You might also be able to track down other relatives with the extra info it will give you

That might sound a bit odd, but the informant for most deaths is a relative, and this approach has proved to be successful in the past - I speak from experience!

Jan

with reference to the Aunty I am trying to find Josephine Clara. As far as I know she was not adopted but they had different fathers but my dad was given the name Spencer on his birth certificate. It seems a little complicated but the strange thing is that my dads birth mother and Josephine were at my dads adopted sisters wedding and are in the wedding picture along with a little boy aged about 7 who is there brother !! I am in the process of trying to find if Josephine got married and have come across a Josephine Clara who married a smith but I have not had that confirmed,All the details mentioned above are correct and I have the certificates to prove those findings . My father very sadly died in February.

I'll let Janet know how to find her way back to her replies.

Hi Jan

I have edited.........I meant to say Josephine not Janet!

:-S

PricklyHolly, I think Janet might have put 'nee' in error, and actually means Josephine's mother's name (see births above)

In short she is trying to find her father's sister and family.

I thin so anyway!

Janet, do you have any reason to suppose she was adopted also?

Jan

Apart from Josephine's birth........do you have any other details about her?

You say (Nee) Harris........does that mean you know who Josephine married?

Welcome to the boards Janet

Is this the marriage you are referring to......


England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
about Caroline M Harris Name:Caroline M Harris
Spouse Name: William D Spencer
Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1927
Registration district:Pancras
Inferred County:Middlesex
Volume Number:1b
Page Number:161


Ooops........I was a bit slow off the mark!

I guess Josephine is his sister.

Name: Josephine C Spencer
Mother's Maiden Surname: Harris
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1927
Registration district: Bedwellty
Inferred County: Wales
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 163

Name: Terence Spencer
Mother's Maiden Surname: Harris
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1930
Registration district: Bedwellty
Inferred County: Wales
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 178

Are these his parents?

Name: Caroline M Harris
Spouse William D Spencer
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1927
Registration district: Pancras
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 161

????

Marriages Mar 1927 (>99%)
Garvey John F Goodfello Pancras 1b 161
Goodfellow Lilian M Garvey Pancras 1b 161
Harris Caroline M Spencer Pancras 1b 161 xxxxxx
Spencer William D Harris Pancras 1b 161 xxxxxx

Can I also just ask this - you have pit Josephine Clara in your heading, but I am not sure who this refers to?

Janet. first of all,welcome to the boards.
You have posted under 'find ancestors', but I am wondering if you are actually trying to find living relatives?
First thing to do is check other members' trees, just in case they have this family - use search box above.
It would be helpful if you gave an idea of when and where all this took place.
Jan

Hello Janet - welcome to the boards :-)

You have to supply some relevant dates and a location - also if these are living people, it would be better posting on "Find Living Relatives"

Ann

I am looking for my fathers sisters family . my father was born Terence Spencer and was adopted he became Terence O'Sullivan, There mother was called caroline Mary Spencer (nee Harris )she was married to William Douglas Spencer . I hope there is someone out there who can help me in my search .