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Thanks everyone been great and has opened up loads of new info for me, have now found esthers 1st hubby and children and her mum and dad and siblings. Terriffic. Speking to mum about Lawrence she now vaguely remembers going to his funeral !! Love her !!
Sandie

Lawrence's death is on Ancestry as well as Findmypast - it's just that you have to search every single year a quarter at a time from the date of the marriage in 11917 right up to 1958 when he died - which takes an awful long time. You can't just put in the name, click search and have the record come up.

Kath. x

Hi,
found them on findmypast.com, it has some records ancestry and bmd don't have. As with most sites they loading more records all the tim, none have all records.
Regards Alan

ALAN
THANKS SO MUCH, SORRY BEEN OFF LINE FOR WHILE, JUST FOUND YOUR MESSAGE.
HOW DID I NOT FIND THEM WILL HAVE ANOTHER GO
THANKS SO MUCH, SAVE ME TRAIPSING AROUND TICEHURST FOR NO REASON !!!
SANDIE

THANKS GRUMPY,
SORRY DELAY IN REPLY, COMPUTER WENT INTO SECURITY UPDATE SO WAS OFF FOR A WHILE.
WILL HAVE A LOOK AS THOUGHT i HAD DONE ALL SEARCHES POSS, WILL HAVE ANOTHER GO. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP
SANDIE

Hi,
I've found Lawrence,

Lawrence P Todman age 79
Tonbridge vol 5B pg 1209
Jan-Mar 1958

Marriage
Oct-Dec 1917
Ticehurst vol 2B pg 335

Hi,
found this for you, still looking for Lawrence
Esther Todman age 77
Battle Vol 5H pg 32
Oct-Dec 1948

hi sandie it is in the indexes on ancestry you just need to do a manual search? i found it

Hi everyone
found it ! well marriage anyway. His death remains a mystery think this may take some time ! Going to head into Ticehurst and see what I can find out ! Thankyou everyone for time and help
Sandie

if you really want to find it on freebmd you can try going to the main page and selecting search images. Follow the instructions - you may be lucky at finding the right batch 1st time

Hi Lancashire Ann
Yep have been onto FreeBMD.org and nope nothing there, have tried without names with names extending dates, upside down back to front and inside out And still no marriage or death reg ?? Am going to stay reliant on GR record just wanted to add source on Anc, never mind, still need to chase his death goig to start in Ticehurst cemetry !!
Thanks
Sandie

for info

Ancestry do use the freebmd info but in their wisdom will only use it up to 1916 for free.

Better to use free bmd direct
http://freebmd.org.uk/

actual transcriptions on freebmd
births - up to 1935 but patchy from 1925
marriages up to 1931 plus qtr1 for 1932/33/34
deaths - up to 1930 with some bits up to 1935

edit - just rechecked - the one year which is still only half transcribed for marriages is 1917!!! qtr4 does not seem to have been started until recently

Thanks Janice, I have full service rcord for him and have traced family of elliotts but no sign of him or wife Esther after their marriage. Laura Lillywhite was resident and died in Sussex.
Its just him that vanishes !!

Ancestry you neeed to look on the index pages.
On Search page right hand side has

Birth, Marriage & Death
- UK & Ireland Parish & Probate
- England & Wales, BMD Index - Updated
- English Settlers in Barbados
- more...
Click on updated one and it will open search pages for looking at them

Kath
The last info I have on him is disch from army minus 1 eye in 1917 and marriage November 1917, then nothing. He was born 1877. Have checked emigration nothing. Only sibling of my grandad we have no personal info on.

Army records on Ancestry give his Step mother as next of kin if you are trying to find his family and there is ref. to his marriage with witness names

Is it Lawrence Percy Todman's death you are looking for? Do you have any idea when he died?

Kath. x

Ancestry use the transcribed Freebmd entries.

Oh bother can not find any marriage reg for him other than on GR, Now He does not have death reg either !! This man is impossible !!!

Thanks Kathleen & Fairthorn, will have another search on ancestory, had not realised BMD were still transcribing that far back,but then its not all that long ago
Thanks for your help, This relative has been driving me nuts !! always one in the family !!
Sandie