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My Dad and his brother remember well their father serving in the Home Guard in WWII. They recall arguing over who got to hand him his gun when he left to join his unit and loved looking at his uniform. Both men want to get their father's records (though we know there might not be much info on them) but we have no idea what unit he served in!
The family lived in Newbold upon Avon in Warwickshire. Is there anyone who can tell me what was the closest unit (Rugby, perhaps?) or of there is a web site that can tell me?
Thank you so much!

Is it possible to have a look up for a Sunderland marriage? It is between Elizabeth Laburn and John Burnicle, in the June quarter of 1889. I am trying to find out who Elizabeth's father was. She might be a relation of mine.
Thank you so much in advance for any help! 

Sylvia

Not sure where to put this post, so I will try here.
Martha Hannah Kearney was born on 22 May, 1903 in Fullwell, Sunderland, to Sarah Ann Stephenson and William Kearney. She was their 3rd child. A son William was born, and died, in 1904. My Grandmother was born in 1907. Around 1906 or 1907 Sarah Ann took up with another man. In the 1911 census William is living with his two oldest children, my grandmother is living with Sarah's parents, and Martha Hannah, now called Hannah, is living in Wallsend, Northumberland with William's full brother (Thomas) and his half-siblings (Mary Ellen and James Lynch). After 1911 I lose Hannah. Can't find a death record, have found some marriage ones, for a Hannah Kearney, but they just don't seem to add up. I know what happens to all the other children, but not her. And it is driving me crazy! Not sure if anyone can help with some new ideas or not, but I must say it felt good to get it off my chest! Thanks!

Sylvia

While growing up, my grandparents told the story of how my great grandmother ran a fish and chips shop in Sunderland. They said it was hers, not her husbands, because she was worried he would gamble it away or lose it due to being in dept. But they never said where in Sunderland, how long she owned it, or what in what years she had it. Is there any way I can find out whether this story is true or not?
Her name was Isabella Leybourne. She married Charles Leybourne in 1904, so if she ran a chippy, it was after that. I also wonder if she had the chippy between the years of 1913 and 1921, I think she was not with Charles between those years. (no children born in those years, and she had been giving birth almost every other year. Odd.) I do know the marriage was very rocky. I have the addressess of where she was living when her 6 children were born, if that helps. And I do know that Charles was a fish monger for awhile, and I contacted Sunderland local studies back in 2008. They only had a listing for Charles as a fried fish dealer, living at 55 Sunderland Rd in 1923 and at Morgan Street in Southwick in 1937. So, where do I go from here?
Thanks in advance to any that can help!

Squirrel