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Hi,
 I am hoping someone can lead me in the right direction to find an obituary and/or the name for the newspapers that would cover the area of Salford, Lancashire.
 I an searching for the obituaries of-
John Joseph Fitzgerald b. 26 Dec 1900 d.1981 in Salford
Mary Fry Fitzgerald b. 13 Jul 1907 in Salford d. 1987 in Salford.

 I am specifically interested in the Fry family. Mary Fry Fitzgerald's parents were Richard Fry(born and died in Salford 1883-1936) and Beatrice Pickvance. Beatrice and 2 of Mary Fry Fitzgerald's children died on 23 Dec 1940 in the bombings that happened in Salford/Manchester area.
 I would like to find out if there are any surviving descendants of this family. The Fitzgeralds had one more child, a daughter born in 1943 but I don't want to post her name hoping she is still alive.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Megan

Hi,

 I was wondering if anyone could try and restore this photo of my grandmother and great grandmother.

Thank you,
megan

Hi Everyone,

 I have been trying to research my gg uncle. I have him up to 1898 in Iowa and then I lose him. I am open to any ideas of places to search next as I am at a loss. Here is what I have so far -

Michael P. Creagh/Craugh b. 18 Feb 1866 in Rathdowney, Co. Laois, Ireland

Parents - Martin Creagh McGrath and Anna Frye. The father Martin was a Baker and owned a Bakery on High St. in Ballyragget.

Immigrated to US (NY) - 23 May 1887 ( this info found on naturalization papers)

Naturalized -  22 Oct 1894 in Penn Yan, New York - this is where are of the rest of the family was living.

Marriage - 13 Apr 1898 to Ida Carlotta Lyle in Marion, Linn, Iowa.

On this marriage he lists his age as 27 but he was really around 32, I think he did this because it might have been a shotgun wedding. Ida Lyle was 17 at the time and the father of the bride is listed as the witness to the marriage.

That is the last record I have for Michael. His wife Ida is listed in the 1900 US Census for Iowa. She is living with here Aunt and Uncle. She is listed as Carlotta Craugh, married 2 yrs,  born Texas.

She is also listed on the 1905 Iowa State Census as Carlotta Craugh.

But there is no sign of Michael anywhere. The only other clue I have to a timeframe of a possible death is the fact that Michael Craugh's mother dies in 1903. In her obituary, it lists Michael as living in Clinton, Iowa.

So I at least know he was alive in 1903, or the family thought he was.

Any help or ideas on where to search next would be appreciated.

Oh and before I forget, if anyone does a search , I just want to let you know that there is another Michael Craugh in Iowa at the same time as mine. This Michael is a police officer and is married to a different woman. Unfortunately not my Michael.

The only clue that I have as an occupation for my Michael is that on his marriage cert, he lists his occupation as a Baker.

Thanks,
Megan

Hi,

 I was wondering if anyone had access to obituaries for people who died in Bristol.

I have recently discovered that a relative died in Jun 1984 in Bristol.

Francis Curran O'Neill
b. 20 Sep 1909 in Motherwell, Lanarkshire,Scotland
d. Jun 1984 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

I am hoping at an obit will tell me if he married and had any children.

Thank you,
Megan

Hi,

 Don't know if this is the right board for this but I have just received a photo and it is in a strange format that my computer won't accept.

Does anyone know how I can change it into a jpeg ? The format that was sent to me was - winmail.dat 

Can anyone suggest anything ?

Thanks,
Megan