advice on tracing descendents please..

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Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	21 Jan 2004 21:43
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	My mother was fostered as a toddler and knew nothing about her family. We have done really well tracing our ancestors. Today I discovered my maternal granny had a younger brother born in 1912. Very exciting, but how do I trace his family and descendents? Any advice welcome, Kim
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 877 Send Message	Irene	Report	21 Jan 2004 23:26
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 877 Send Message	This could take a bit of time. First you want to find if he married. Mid 1911 they started to put the partners surname in the indexing. Lets hope it not a common name for you. If you can find a marriage then you look in the birth after the marriage any children will have mothers maiden name included. I would start looking from the age of 16. So 1928 you start looking for a marriage, then there is WW2. You could then try the Electrol Roll books, there is a disc for 1998, and you can get the later one on line use to be 192(.)com. You may get lucky and some still living let hope you find them. Irene
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	22 Jan 2004 08:02
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Irene, Thanks for your help. I will be able to get to work now. Regards Kim