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Does anyone know if there's any way that adoption records can be found for the Manchester area?  One of my ancestors was adopted by her aunt, her mother's sister.  She is shown as adopted daughter of my great aunt and her husband on the 1891 census.  My grandmother, the sister of the adopted girl was told by her mother that her little sister had been taken by the gypsies.  But worse than that, my grandmother was living with her aunt and the little girl who she thought was her cousin, but was really her sister.  How cruel is that?  Anyway to get back to my original question, is there any way I can find adoption details from the 1880s/90s in Manchester?  Help!!!!!! x

Is there any way of finding out what happened to land inherited by my late grandmother, Mary Ann Burns (nee Hartley)?  I know that she was left some land by one of her relatives who went to America, either 1890s or 1900s.  She had two brothers, William Hartley Born 1879 in Manchester UK and Albert Hartley Born 1882, Manchester UK.  William and Albert are the children of William Hartley and Mary Ellen Looney(married 08 Mar 1873 at Cathedral Parish Church, Manchester UK).  Not knowing which part of America that the Hartley Brother went makes it almost impossible to find out who it was who bequeathed the land to Mary Ann.  I know that my grandmother Mary Ann was ill at the time she should have gone to America to sign the papers and consequently she did not sign for them.  I was wondering if it's possible that someone might know how to go about finding out which Hartley brother of my grandmother's went to America, and where he went?  Cheers.  Here's hoping.  This is a great site by the way.  Everyone is so helpful.
Mary

Can anyone tell me if 1 Collier Street, Salford was a lodging house in the 1930s please?   I think it was around the Greengate, Trinity area of Salford.  This was the last address of my paternal Grandfather Charles Young in1937 and is on his death certificate, although he died at 91 Eccles Old Road, which is probably Hope Hospital.  I know he was also there in 1936 as I looked at the electoral roll for those years, but there seemed to be a number of people at the same address.  His occupation by then was a Jobbing Gardener.  Can anyone tell me if it was a lodging place?  Cheers.
Mary

Hi Everyone.  Does anyone have access to the electoral roll of 1914 for
21 Holly Street, [/Liverpool b] please?  I believe it comes under the Islington district of Liverpool.  I'm specifically looking for Charles Young and Emily Wheeler, who were married at Liverpool Register Office on 27 Sep 1914 and on the marriage cert it has them both at this address.  I don't know how long they lived there or if it was just a lodging so they could get married in Liverpool Register Office as Charles Young had enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and is shown to be Private Charles Young(occupation slater).  Any earlier or later electoral roll info would be great too if anyone can provide it.  This site is great.  Everyone is so helpful and kind.  Thanks in anticipation.
Mary