Genealogy Chat

I am trying to find my grandfather Alfred Boom born between 1876 and 1880 (in Shadwell )but have found nothing. I've looked on Freebmd, 1837online, LDS and don't know what else to do!!! What next? thanx Aileen

Hi Aileen, If you go to ancestry(.)co(.)uk {remove brackets} and put in his name it gives 2 listed in the 1891 census-unfortunately I am not a member to access this data,so if you request a look up someone will help. They also hace some civil registration and there are 6 listed so you may wish to check those out. As far as LDS go have you tried mis-spelling Boom for Room maybe as Quite a few of my lot on that site have been mis - spelled. www(.)genuki(.)org have huge listings and info for all areas and also the 1901 census on www(.)census(.)pro(.)gov(.)uk Hope this is of some use to you-good luck Sinead

Thank you all so much for your help DAWN ...I think you've done it!!! Why couldn't i find an entry for Alfred's Birth.....I recognise all the names of this family cropping up in my uncles'families...I'm thrilled!!! Aileenxx

From the 1901 Alfred BOOM 24 1877 Shadwell London West Ham West Ham General Labourer Florence BOOM 21 1880 Tidal Basin Essex West Ham West Ham Florence BOOM 3 1898 Custom House Essex West Ham West Ham Alfred BOOM 1 1900 Custom House Essex West Ham West Ham Using the decoder so i might have missed some Bob

DAWN, Where did you get that census from? Aileenx

Bob Thank you...what's a decoder please? Aileen

Aileen. The decoder sorts out searches on the 1901 site into page or individual numbers. Lots of people on this site us it. It seems a little unfriendly at first but is usefull. www.censusdecoder(.)com/ Any problems ask here, plenty have!