Genealogy Chat

A good idea also is if you know they had children.. on the marriage cert for the children it could be recorded as Father's Name with Deceased attached in Brackets so say you have a 1925 marriage and it says Father is deceased could look between 1910 and 1925.. for the death which will help narrow down the time frame Mo

Be aware though that there were rather a lot of Thomas Howarth's born in Bolton area around the same time - these are just some: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Mar 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 438 Howarth Thomas Stanley Bolton 8c 331 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 457 Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 428 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 364 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 395 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWARTH Thomas Bolton 8c 439 HOWARTH Thomas Bolton 8c 282 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Mar 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 372 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 431 Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 335 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 469 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howarth Thomas Bolton 8c 414 Dea x

Address is www.family relatives.org Yes, it is pay to view but is particularly good for period 1866 (I think) to 1920 as you can search by name and place and not have to look at each individual image. Dea.x May have to disappear as baby Granddaughter should be waking up any minute. x

Hi Dea Thank you very much, what is the web address for this site and do you have to pay to search? Nikki x

If we are sure it is Bolton, there are these between 1910 and 1920 (found on family relatives site: 1 Howarth Thomas Bolton.8c 167 Death 2 1910 2 Howarth Thomas Bolton.8c 244 Death 2 1911 3 Howarth Thomas C 68 Bolton.8c 233 Death 2 1911 4 *** Howarth Thomas 40 Bolton.8c 499 Death 4 1914 ***** 5 Howarth Thomas 60 Bolton.8c 502 Death 2 1915 6 Howarth Thomas 2 Bolton.8c 462 Death 2 1917 7 Howarth Thomas 34 Bolton.8c 382 Death 3 1918 8 Howarth Thomas 51 Bolton.8c 628 Death 1 1919 9 Howarth Thomas 70 Bolton.8c 334 Death 4 1919 10 Howarth Thomas 82 Bolton.8c 558 Death 2 1920 11 Howarth Thomas 66 Bolton.8c 471 Death 4 1920 12 Howarth Thomas 74 Bolton.8c 564 Death 2 1913 The one in 1914 might fit.? Dea

Have searched Free Bmd and Lancs Bmd - none of a suitable age. Then went to cwgc site to see if he had dies during 14-18 war. These are the easy ones. Next to go onto Ancestry and perhaps search starting 1909 (he could have died before child was born. - It is a case of checking through each quarter. Dea x

No further deaths up to 1980! I tried the lancashire site Dea suggested but came up with nothing. http://freebmd(.)rootsweb(.)com/cgi/search(.)pl This is the site (omit the brackets) I used which may help you in other deaths.

Deaths Jun 1910 HOWARTH Thomas 0 Bolton 8c 167 Deaths Jun 1911 Howarth Thomas 0 Bolton 8c 244 Howarth Thomas C 68 Bolton These look more like it! I searched all the way to 1960 for a death....will try a bit later too

Duh! I'm being stupid! My fault, I'll start again...put the birth in as the death!

Hi Mandy, Thanks, but those dates don't fit. I would expect to see a death after 1910. Nikki

Deaths Dec 1876 Howarth Thomas 0 Bolton 8c 271 Deaths Jun 1877 Howarth Thomas 81 Bolton 8c 207 Deaths Dec 1877 Howarth Thomas 0 Bolton 8c 219 Found these on BMD

Hi Dea, thank you. Thomas Howarth born 1876 Little Hulton Married in 1898 Little Hulton Had his last child in abt 1910 Little Hulton Thanks Nikki x

Glen is compiling a list of useful places...here is Bolton's... Bolton Archive and Local Studies Service Contact Details Central Library Civic Centre Le Mans Crescent Bolton BL1 1SE Tel: 01204 332185,Fax: 01204 332225 Website: http://www.bolton.gov.uk Access information Open : Tues 9-7.30; Wed, Thurs, Fri 9-5.30; Sat 9-5 Wheelchair access HOWEVER, try other places first such as BMD and Ancestry or asking for help on here and then use that later when you really can't do any more...you need to KNOW what you are looking for before you go to places like that!

For Bolton, you have Lancashire Bmd site which is really good - depending, of course, on what dates you are looking at. Give us a clue. Dea x

Dea is right...I was presuming you'd tried BMD already! We'll try to help if we can:)

I personally find Free bmd quite good for 'trawling', or local Bmd sites if you have one that covers the area you need. Of course, Ancestry is more complete but it can involve a LOT of searching. Try to establish roughly when they might have dies - e.g. do they disappear between census, in which case, you only need search a 10 year period etc. Give us a couple of examples of who you are looking for and when and where and perhaps we can point you in the right direction. Dea x

How do I do that? Sorry if it sounds a silly question. Unfortunately all my family I am tracing used to live around the Bolton area and I live in Kent. Would I have to go to Bolton to search it?

Where are you looking for the deaths? Have you tried burials at your local registry office?

I seem to be having difficulty trying to find deaths in the family. I do very well with searching births and marriages, but when it comes to deaths I don't get anywhere. I can't imagine that most of my family are still here. Please help with any tips or suggestions. many thanks Nikki