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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Oxford Family
« on: Monday 31 July 23 22:28 BST (UK)  »

  To expand my family tree, I am trying to trace members of the Oxford family who as far as I know resided in the Edinburgh area pre 1953.  My aunt Margaret Charlton married William Oxford in Edinburgh between 1953 and 1956. This is all the information I have. Any help would be most appreciated.

Many thanks

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Australia / Re: Totally Lost and confused
« on: Tuesday 04 July 23 21:34 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou so much Boo, that find is fantastic and I am so grateful, with the help of yourself and members of this forum, I have been successful in tracing a relation of Edwin Smurthwaite. We are in the very early stages of communication and both looking for answers. Hopefully there will be progress.
Thank you to each and everyone who have helped and offered advice.  This forum is invaluable.

Doric

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Australia / Re: Totally Lost and confused
« on: Monday 03 July 23 19:29 BST (UK)  »
  Thankyou Tickettyboo  for pointing that out to me, I don't know how I didn't realise that.  I am going through the information I have again and see where I have gone wrong on the name descrepancy.

         Many thanks

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Australia / Re: Totally Lost and confused
« on: Monday 03 July 23 19:26 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou so much Annbee for those finds.  So grateful to you. 

              Doric

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Australia / Re: Totally Lost and confused
« on: Monday 12 June 23 10:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi CassT,

Thankyou so much for taking the time and trouble in helping me withmy request and supplying me with links to follow through.  I am not familiar with the Ryerson Index or indeed with research in Australia, so I am presuming I can access these from the UK.  I am so very grateful for all the help.

Again many many thanks.

Doric

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Australia / Re: Totally Lost and confused
« on: Sunday 11 June 23 23:22 BST (UK)  »
Wow,  Thanks a million Neale for that piece of information.  I was completely at a loss how to move forward with this.  I had looked at the passenger lists from England, but got nowhere.  Not being familiar with Australian records I felt deflated and defeated.  Thanks to you I now have a renewed incentive to go forward.  Again many thanks
Doric

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Australia / Re: Totally Lost and confused
« on: Sunday 11 June 23 22:02 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Neale1961,  I live in England, can I access that on-line?

I understand we can't name living people, but the family in question are all deceased.

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Australia / Totally Lost and confused
« on: Sunday 11 June 23 20:19 BST (UK)  »
I am really needing some help, my mind is addled and I have hit a big brick wall.  I agreed to help my daughter-in-law to do some research on her father's family of which she has only limited knowledge.
I am currently trying to find information on her father's sister ELLEN FINLAY born Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1911.  The only information my daughter-in-law has that in 1934 ELLEN married EDWARD SMURTHWAITE born in 1912 (birthplace unknown) at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and in 1935 they had a son JOHN EDWIN SMURTHWAITE.  In 1939 the family appear on the Census in Newcastle.  My daughter-in-law is certain she remembers her Aunt emigrating to Australia when she was a child, she was born 1965.  I have checked passenger lists but the only thing I have come up with is a record for JOHN EDWIN SMURTHWAITE going to America and then ending up in Australia.  No evidence of a death in England for Ellen, but there is info available for an ELLEN
SMURTHWAITE who is buried in Hindmarsh Cemetery in South Australia.  Furthermore I have checked for EDWARD SMURTHWAITE in Australia but drawn a blank there also.  On checking deaths for him in England find that his death is registered in 1991 and took place at Tynemouth, Northumberland.  This has got me going around in circles now and hope other eyes might get me on the right track again.


Would be most appreciative of any help I can get.

Many thanks,

Doric

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Northumberland / Re: William Campbell Finlay
« on: Monday 29 May 23 08:55 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all who have helped me re the parentage of William C. Finlay, the problem has now been resolved. Your help has been very much appreciated.
Doric

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