Genealogy Chat

I am hoping someone can give me a sanity check as I have a group of rellies which are driving me nuts! My gg grandfather had 8 siblings that I know of thus far. I know 2 died as children and 2 had married before the 1901 census and I have been able to find them married in the census with their children. Of the other 4 I have been able to find all 4 of them on the 1901 census with ages ranging from 17 to 25. But then after 1901 I can't find anything. I have been through the marriage and death records to 1910 now and haven't found any of them! I have found my ggg grandmothers death in 1907 in Portsmouth but that's it. Should I continue searching in 1837online or perhaps consider that they left the country? If so where do I start? Surely all 4 of them can not have stayed single???

Hello Angela Perhaps if you put the names and dates up maybe a GC member could try and help.

Have you tried looking for them on FreeBMD? Much cheaper than the 1837 site. Jan.

Since FreeBMD rapidly looses coverage after 1901, I have used 1837 from 1901 to 1910 looking for deaths and marriages. The names I am looking for are- Theodore Burghard b. 1875 Frederica Burghard b. 1879 Anna Burghard b. 1881 Amelia Burghard b. 1884 I know a great deal about them and the family prior to 1901 but it's after 1901 that I'm now interested in. The one thing I can think of is perhaps they may be listed in a trade directory after 1901 as I have one from 1899 of Portsmouth and the Burghards are listed here a few times. I haven't managed to get a later one yet though. Surely I don't have to wait until 2012 to be put out of my frustration!!! I'd like to find out if any of them married really or maybe left the country. I'm just looking for advise really on whether I should continue on the births and marriages route or try something else.

I've just checked the Ellis Island site and can't find them on there, so it doesn't look like they went to America.

Thanks for looking for me Helen. I guess I will keep plugging away at 1837 for now. Maybe they all didn't marry or die ever!!! May have to put this in the now huge 'on hold' file. I'm love to know what happened to them all as they were quite an interesting family from what I have discovered so far. Oh well...

If you know the area they were living the electoral rolls might help - but I think you have to visit (or get someone to search for you) the Records Office of the area you want to search. And there are no minors on the electorals. Failing that - maybe there are historical telephone directories that could be searched- now wouldn't that be a godsend! Rosi

Hello Angela, i will be going to the records office on Thursday i will look up the Kelly's for you and see if they appear on the index. Where are they living in 1891? Eileen

Two very good ideas, thanks Rosi! Eileen, I am sending you an email.