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Re: Divorce records
« Reply #27 on: Thursday 26 April 12 14:23 BST (UK) »
Hi Adeline B

Do you have James death certificate, if so it may be worth getting someone to look at the electoral register for the address prior to his death.

At least the rest of the family kept together.  :)

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« Reply #28 on: Thursday 26 April 12 14:36 BST (UK) »
Adeline

Do you have Sidney Browns Attestation Papers ie War Records these can be obtained from
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.

There is a lot of information in these records that may help you, my cousin in Ottawa uses these a lot with his research, and it as helped with his missing links in his tree.

Canada Soldiers of the First World War 1914-1918

Sidney Brown
Birth 19 May 1892
Birmingham England
Mother Fannie Brown
Reg No 9749

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« Reply #29 on: Friday 27 April 12 01:24 BST (UK) »
Hi Marg,

I have Sydney's attestation papers but there is no information that will help me on James Brown. Would love to get death certificate for James Brown,thought I would need his middle name so I can get correct date of Birth.I guess I should get his Birth certificate first. Do they send info via computer or would I have to wait to have one sent out? If I live in Canada and I need to contact bmd Birmingham how long would it take?

Thank you for the reply :D
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« Reply #30 on: Friday 27 April 12 01:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Adeline

You can purchase certificates from either the local register office that covers the area he was born in or the General Register Office (GRO) If you order online from the GRO (for 9.25 GBP) it takes a couple of weeks to receive the certificate in Australia so I guess Canada would be similar. Local office is a bit more complicated, you would need to identify which one was applicable and then to check how you can purchase through them. Not all accept credit cards.

Before you try to purchase a birth certificate you need to work out when and where he was born, his marriage certificate should give you his fathers name which would be helpful.

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« Reply #31 on: Friday 27 April 12 02:07 BST (UK) »
Hi Andy,

I have James Brown father, Henry James Brown.I have him on several census but there are a lot of James Brown from that area.I know my James Brown died on Jan 31,1955 would that information help me? I've tried looking for an obit, not sure when they started publishing in news papers out there as I can't seem to find one for him.

Thank you for the reply, I really do appreciate all the help :D
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« Reply #32 on: Friday 27 April 12 07:50 BST (UK) »
I know my James Brown died on Jan 31,1955 would that information help me?

Our death certificates give very little information - Name, date of death, cause of death, address where death happened, name and address of informant.

The web site you need is  http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

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« Reply #33 on: Friday 27 April 12 10:37 BST (UK) »
Hi Adeline

I think that this may be his baptist record

James Brown
Baptised 9 March 1862 Hampton-in-Arden Warwick
Father Henry James Brown
Mother Clara Brown

To support this,  brother Henry 22 March 1859 the same information as above

Source FamilySearch.org

This now narrows your search for his BC  to the  1 quarter of 1862 in the Aston area of Warwickshire, I would contact Birmingham Registrar's Office who are extremely helpful, they may then check James Brown and confirm if his parents are Henry and Clara before you buy.

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Coley Dudley.
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Proud Walsall.Proud Cape South Africa
Horton Darlaston.
Stanton Walsall.
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Pittaway. Droitwich

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« Reply #34 on: Friday 27 April 12 10:53 BST (UK) »
Hi Adeline

This is the only BC that could be him

James Brown
Jan Qtr 1862
Reg Dist Aston
Warwickshire
Vol 6d
Page 151

And his DC

James Brown
Jan Qtr 1955
Year of birth abt 1863
Age 92
Reg Dist Sutton Coldfield Warwickshire
Vol 9c
Page 1325

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http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=SystemAdmin%2FCFPageLayout&cid=1223092615075&packedargs=website%3D4&pagename=BCC%2FCommon%2FWrapper%2FCFWrapper&rendermode=live
Family History is a Pandora's box if you don't like what you see find a new hobby,only concentrate on the proven facts and not the facts you think you know.
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Coley Dudley.
Baston, Cleobury Mortimer.Wolverhampton
Parker Stafford.
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Duckworth Cheshire.
Proud Walsall.Proud Cape South Africa
Horton Darlaston.
Stanton Walsall.
Tudor. Radnorshire
Pittaway. Droitwich

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« Reply #35 on: Friday 27 April 12 11:12 BST (UK) »
Hi

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James Brown
Jan Qtr 1862
Reg Dist Aston
Warwickshire
Vol 6d
Page 151


The page no should be 351 not 151, Ancestry has a clearer image.

There is also this registration which is a possibility as you had 42 days to register a birth

James Brown
June Qtr 1862
Reg Dist Aston
Vol 6d
Page 277

Andy