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Starting to hit dead ends

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  • 18-07-2011 7:01pm
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    evil-monkey
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    Hi all,

    I am currently tracing my family tree, and I'm starting to hit dead ends.

    I have the death cert of my great grandfather, but I don't have his parents names, so can't get his birth cert. Any ideas? I was full sure that I had found him on the 1901 and 1911 census, but the dates on the death cert and census don't add up.

    Any idea how I can get his birth cert with just the death cert?

    Thanks in advance.


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    Wyldwood
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    why not work backwards and get his marriage cert, should give his father's name & occupation


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    pinkypinky
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    Exactly what I was going to suggest. There's nothing on a death cert to help you get a birth cert, even the age can be in question. Do you know who he married? If so, you can cross reference the indexes on the LDS site to find the likely marriage.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    Thanks for the tips.

    I do know who he married (but not when), but I'm not sure how to use the LDS site (this is familysearch.org yes?). It throws back a lot of names and I can't see how people go about narrowing these down...


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    shanew
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    If you post the names and your estimate for their years of birth we can have a search for you... if they are common names it also helps if you have some idea of which part of Ireland they may have married. The census links can also provide clues such as the counties of origin for parents and/or children, or the number of years married on the 1911 return etc...

    To search for a possible marriage you have to look through the entries on the BMD Index and find matching reference details for the potential bride and groom - i.e. same registration district, year/quarter, volume number & page number. If these match then you have located two people on the same register page.. so they could have married each other.

    Link to the latest BMD Index : https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1408347




    Shane


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    cpb
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    Sorry for hijacking thread but how would you go about getting a marriage cert for a person.


    Apologies for asking have read sticky as suggested. I was just a bit too quick to ask a question before checking out rest of forum.


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    pinkypinky
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    You could read the sticky and Shane's post just above yours.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579524

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    evil-monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭evil-monkey


    shanew wrote: »
    If you post the names and your estimate for their years of birth we can have a search for you... if they are common names it also helps if you have some idea of which part of Ireland they may have married. The census links can also provide clues such as the counties of origin for parents and/or children, or the number of years married on the 1911 return etc...

    To search for a possible marriage you have to look through the entries on the BMD Index and find matching reference details for the potential bride and groom - i.e. same registration district, year/quarter, volume number & page number. If these match then you have located two people on the same register page.. so they could have married each other.

    Link to the latest BMD Index : https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1408347


    Shane

    Thanks for that Shane. I've tried these but as novice I may be missing something.

    PM with further details sent.


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