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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Tracing living relatives - discussion thread
« on: Wednesday 04 March 09 17:48 GMT (UK) »
Hey - well the important thing is to give as much information as you can (like where they lived and when, occupation, names , BMD dates etc) but be careful about sensitive information, especially as there may be other living relatives looking them up.
I checked on freebmd.rootsweb.com for Gomersall in Barnsley and there are only 170 results for ALL births, marriages and deaths (Gomersall) in Barnsley between 1850 and 1932. This is a tiny amount so is a good starting point (unfortunately they don't have earlier than 1850 transcribed).
If you know their forenames and when they were there, you may well find them on this list. If you do, the list will give you a GRO number so that you can order their birth/marriage/death certificates. (Marriage certs are good ones to look up as you can be more certain that you have the right person as TWO names are involved).
Hope this helps?
I checked on freebmd.rootsweb.com for Gomersall in Barnsley and there are only 170 results for ALL births, marriages and deaths (Gomersall) in Barnsley between 1850 and 1932. This is a tiny amount so is a good starting point (unfortunately they don't have earlier than 1850 transcribed).
If you know their forenames and when they were there, you may well find them on this list. If you do, the list will give you a GRO number so that you can order their birth/marriage/death certificates. (Marriage certs are good ones to look up as you can be more certain that you have the right person as TWO names are involved).
Hope this helps?
