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Hi,

What details should I first obtain before endeavoring to search for somebody in the immigration records?

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

My mum lived with her mother as a child (although she was in and out of care during this period) and has never met her father. When her mother died she went to live in a children's care home. My mum would really like to find out some information about her father and grandparents on both sides of the family but doesn't know where to start.

We have very limited information to go on however we do have a copy of her mother's death certificate and marriage certificate.

The information I currently have is provided below -

Her mother's full name maiden and married name
Her mother's date of birth
Her mother's date of death
Her mother's place of birth
Her mother's place of death
Her mother's last address
Her father's full name
The date that her mother and father got married and the district of London that they were married in
Both of her parent's father's name and surname
Her parent's residence at time of marriage

If anybody could steer me in the right direction as what to do next that'd be great! It may also prove useful to know that my mother's father is a Chinese immigrant and her mother originally from Scotland.

Kind Regards,

T Gill