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Help... how can I find who was living at an addres
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Jackie | Report | 6 Nov 2009 15:23 |
My grandmothers birth certificate is "father unknown" I have the address her mother was living at when she was born and am thinking that if I can find out who else was living at that address I might be able to trace the father |
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brummiejan | Report | 6 Nov 2009 15:26 |
When was this Jackie? You can search electoral registers, from roughly 1920ish, or census reports up to 1911 . |
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Jackie | Report | 6 Nov 2009 15:32 |
Hi Jan |
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brummiejan | Report | 6 Nov 2009 15:37 |
OK Jackie. No electoral registers are online as far as I know. You need to find where they are held for the area. Most people google search if unsure then contact the place where the records are kept just to check - usually the main library for the area. As it is London someone here might know if you put the address on here. Then it is a case of: |
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AllanC | Report | 6 Nov 2009 18:30 |
Jackie |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 6 Nov 2009 18:40 |
Allan - if were 10 years earlier, I'd say we were cousins. ;) |
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Selena in South East London | Report | 6 Nov 2009 19:51 |
Do you have your grandmother's marriage certificate? Is any father listed on that? |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 7 Nov 2009 01:09 |
also don't forget that pregnant girls were sometimes/often sent elsewhere to wait out much of their pregnancy, deliver the baby, then return home with or without the baby. |
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