Genealogy Chat

iI have my mother's birth certificate and have been using it to trace my tree, but so far all I can find is my grandfather. I have tried numerous sites and cannot find anything at all. Can anyone please help?

Jackie you need to post as much info as you can on here and then we may be able to help. If the info is sensitive or includes living people send me a personal message, just click on my name. Georgina.

You need to work back one generation at a time. You have your mother´s birth certificate - this will give the names of her parents. The next thing you need to do is to find your grandparents marriage certificate - do you have any idea when or when they might have married?

WHO are you trying to find, WHERE and WHEN?

My grandfather's name was Charles Henry Simmonds, and we know that he married Cecilia Farrant, my grandmother. However, this is all we know other than it is likely that they both came from Winchester and that Cecilia died in the 1950s but not a precise date.

Either death certs or marriage certs will give these people's ages. Marriage cert would be a better bet as it would give the names and occupations of the fathers and then you could probably find them on the 1901 census. You don't know when they married, but do you know when any of their children were born? Couples generally married a bit earlier than the birth of the first child, though not always. nell

Jackie when was your mother born & was she the oldest child? Georgina.

she was born in 30/08/1931 in richmond county of york she was the only child .name p . simmonds father c .simmonds mother c farrant . i can find her father . but cannot find her mother .

This could be Charles´s birth registration Births Jun 1901 SIMMONDS Charles Henry Winchester 2c 134 but we really need to find his marriage first

yes that is the one .but i canot find his marriage

Have you searched through the COMPLETE IMAGES on Ancestry ? (not the Free BMD partial index)

hi IM looking for emily frances simmonds born 1874? kingswood surry got her in reigate surry and in portsmouyh. she wed a john castal, amos balchin in surry,then william skinner portsmouth . can any one find her after that please .1927 on words. she some times went under emma. her sister Elien simmonds wes born 1882 she wed william golds he was born 1875 wiston sussex they wed in 1900 .horley sussex . lived in worthing sussex had lots of kids. would like to know more about her if any one comes across them thanks for your time.