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Bit lost on this brick wall and wondered if anyone can throw any light on it with fresh eyes.
I'm helping with my partners family tree which  is centered in the Netherlands. Lots of family stories but I'm trying to work with fact.

What I know..
I have a photo of a tombstone in Spain which reads Anna Weinreich Vos. Born 26 Sept 1911. Died 30 June 1978.
This is my partners Grandmother,  she was definitely born in Netherlands and died in Spain. I believe her husband's name was Kareltje Weinreich.  He also died in Spain. They were apparently married in Spain and I'm thinking is not before 1950.
Her 3 children were born to another relationship prior to this marriage and they have the surname Vos ( we have been told Vos was her maiden name and the children were all given that surname) and she was unmarried to their father. I do have his name. I only have a date of birth for 2 of the children.
I am going thru a lot of papers, all in Dutch and I'm in New Zealand so it's a big of a struggle. Her oldest son is near me but the information is limited and a bit confused. I'm hoping I might come across a birth certificate or similar records.
Any ideas on where to start?

I'm helping my stepson with his family tree for his Mothers side of the family and have hit a brick wall.

I have traced his Collins family from New Zealand back to Australia with the birth of John Harry Collins (9/5/1861) in Victoria to John Palmer Collins and Annette Lewcock (Mary Annette). Also siblings Frank Collins, William Palmer Collins & George Edward Collins. The family came across to NZ sometime between 1859 and 1869. I have a marriage of John and Annette in 19 Oct 1858,  Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia

I have some information on Annette Lewcock and can trace her parents but John Palmer Collins is a mystery. He died in NZ in 1886 and information I have come across puts his birth at around 1819. He was a Captain (Master Mariner) and is listed as such in some of the information I have found about his later life but birth and parents (and other family) are a mystery.

I have ordered a death certificate in the hope it might bring some information to light as at that time parents and place of birth if known are meant to be recorded on death certs in NZ. Until that arrives I was wondering if there could be any other information at an Australian level that I haven't come across thru Ancestry.

Many thanks
Anna

Hitting a brick wall on my Taylor's

I have Deborah Taylor b Stretton on Dunsmore 1849 parents George Taylor (1818-1855 and Eliza Sheasby (1822 remarried to William Webster on death of George)
George has parents of James Taylor & Sarah Johnson (Baptism 1818 lists parents)
James and Sarah married 16/4/1812 Stretton on Dunsmore (banns appear to show him as  widowed) birth in approx 1771. I have them both on census in 1841
While I've managed to find Sarah's parents and siblings and can move this line backwards and sideways I am stuck when it comes to John. I find no first marriage nor birth so far and getting frustrated as I can't move this any further back. A witness of William Taylor on the banns implies a brother??
Any suggestions?
Many thanks
Anna

I've hit a wall.
I have a John Crane Born Walthamstow Essex b approx 1793 to Thomas Crane(b1765?) and Ann(e) Colen.
Siblings Thomas(1790)and Charles(1788). All baptised St Mary's Walthamstow.
Have a marriage for Thomas and Ann in Curry Rivel Walthamstow 2nd June 1788
I have no death found for either Thomas or Ann.
I'm wanting to try and move this family line back further so would like to find a confirmed birth and parents for Thomas. Hi birth date was given by someone else researching so I have yet to prove this by fact but am working on this.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks
Anna

Doing some work on part of the extended family tree and running into big brick walls and wondered if anyone had any suggestions before i head down the certificate road.

I have a Robert Martin born Timaru c1870 (parents Robert and Catherine Martin) He married a Charlotte Heasman in 1898 in Christchurch.

I am keen to track more on his Martin family having found a lot out about the Heasmans. I found mention of a brother on Papers Past of the death of a son of Robert and Catherine called William so I believe there was at least 1 sibling. Catherine's maiden name was given to me as Flaughton but I believe this is incorrect as I cannot find anything linked to this at all, it may be wrong or a typo.

I don't know if they were married here or England so unsure of when they may have arrived. I found a death for a Catherine Martin in 1924 in Geraldine and Geraldine was mentioned by another family member as a place that was visited in the holidays.

Any suggestions appreciated

thanks
Anna