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I'm trying to be as general as possible.

Someone posted an ad on a genealogy site (not this one) asking for information regarding someone who happens to be living and is a close relative of mine. I happily provided the poster with relevant information about me, my parents, and the person they originally enquired about. I broke down several brick walls that the poster had ran into. They said that in return they would show me their extensive family tree and help me break down some of my own brick walls.

Now they are saying that I'll have to provide them with three divorce certificates at £60 each before they'll help me or even tell me how we are related. I'm annoyed as anything about this as I told them from the off that I'm a student.

They really don't need these certificates and I know that they aren't obligated to help me but they gave me the impression that they would be happy to do so. Now I feel duped.

Sorry but felt the need to vent.

Sorry if my writing is bad. English is not my first language.

Fleur xxxx

Hello me again!

Elizabeth Grenyer married Richard Mills at Saint Nicholas, Brighton on February 22nd 1839. The marriage record states that her parents were called Anna Grenyer and John Gullend.

According to the census returns of 1861 and 1871 she was born in Brighton in 1818/1817.

I can't find a likely birth record for Elizabeth. I think that the name Grenyer is not quite right, but I haven't found any birth records that seem to fit my Elizabeth even when I search her name with the variants option selected.

Also, I don't understand why Elizabeth would have been christened Grenyer rather than Gullend.

Sorry for my poor English. Any insight at all would be really appreciated.

Fleur xx

Elizabeth Whiston was born around 1819 in Addington, Cheshire to William Whiston. She married Samuel Scott on June 7, 1838, in Prestwich. Please could someone help me find out who her mother would have been? I can't seem to find a likely marriage record for William Whiston...

Thanks all xx

Fleur xx

Hello,

Frances Susan Provo was born 1860 in Dartmouth, Devon. She can be found on the 1891 census, living in Edmonton and working as someone's servant.

I have known for a long time that Frances married John Horton in the second quarter in 1891 in Totnes, Devon, under the name "Susan Provo". It says on the marriage certificate that she was a spinster and he a bachelor.

Today when doing my research I found the record of another marriage, also for the second quarter of 1891. The name is listed as Frances Susan Provo but the marriage took place in Edmonton and the there isn't a John Horton listed, but the names of two other men. 

I'm really confused now! Both marriages are listed in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915.

I'll be really grateful if someone could help me shed some light on this?!

Thanks so much and sorry if my English is bad 😁

Fleur xx