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please can anyone help...

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jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Oct 2007 10:33

When you get the cert. post fathers details on here i will bookmark this message

Kerry

Kerry Report 13 Oct 2007 10:23

Thank you so much once again...Have just ordered marriage certificate on gro site.....This is addicitive,the more i think i know the more i want to know...This is the nearest ive ever got to knowing something about my fathers family..You ladies have made a very happy today...

Kerry

jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Oct 2007 10:08

Thanks Shirley

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 Oct 2007 10:03

its 3a! was very blurred on one of the refs

jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Oct 2007 10:00

http://www.gro.gov.uk you can order certificates from this site

Kerry

Kerry Report 13 Oct 2007 09:58

Janice and Shirley thank you so much...You dont know how much this means to me....

jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Oct 2007 09:58

I see we have 3 or 5 for vol? can someone check please

jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Oct 2007 09:56

marriage
Mar qtr 1938
St Albans
vol 3a
page 1664

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 Oct 2007 09:56

marriage ref
Mar qtr 1938

Mary W E Westwood to Harold G E Jones St Albans 3a 1664

That cert will tell you both dads names so will be a cross check for both birth certs

Shirley

Kerry

Kerry Report 13 Oct 2007 09:55

Wow soo quick.....Thank you all...

Kerry

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 13 Oct 2007 09:50

The only one in Essex I could find was this:
Name: Harold G Jones
Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Putland
District: Edmonton
County: Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 1061

jansmith

jansmith Report 13 Oct 2007 09:48

??? birth index
Harold G E Jones
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's Maiden Name: Ellis
District: Rugby
County: Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 1579

Kerry

Kerry Report 13 Oct 2007 09:47

thank you so much everyone...

Shirley, i know he had two children...Christopher Harold born Feb 1940 and Martin Thomas born Nov 1944...

Kerry

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 Oct 2007 09:42

Kerry you need the GRO ref.

to find it we need some clues .ie when was the first child born . or do you know what age he was on marriage. ,anything to start off the search

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 13 Oct 2007 09:41

You only need the info from the GRO to buy the cert, do you no the year?

Roy

Kerry

Kerry Report 13 Oct 2007 09:36

Thankyou...Would i need to know the exact date of marriage to get that certificate...

Kerry

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 13 Oct 2007 09:35

I would start by getting his marriage cert, this will give you his age, fathers name and occupation and some times witness info can help.

Roy

Kerry

Kerry Report 13 Oct 2007 09:31

Really dont know where to start,am looking to find where my grandfather was born...All i know is was Harold George Edward Jones died in 1964? aged 49 and buried in Welwyn Hertfordshire..
Think he may have been born in Essex? sorry dont know alot more but would love to know how i go about finding info on him...

Know he married Mary Eileen Winifred nee Westwood in Wheathampstead Herts..

Many thanks for any help Kerry