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I really like that idea, Wellington Boot! I think i might start one up! I did something similar with my certs and other official documents, which i put in a clear file and made an index....but i messed it all up because i pulled out pages to scan for other researchers etc and didn't put them back in order (or at all!) ....
I also get distracted whenever i decide to have a sort out, as i'll see a note and want to look into it....forgetting the job at hand!

Very frustrating but entirely my fault!

Cat

Aw!  Didn't check any other marriages!

Thanks Anna.
Was not sure if there were laws in the UK with deaths so recent, i think they were/have done something here in NZ that doesn't allow you to without proof of relation. (I think!) Anyway, will get onto that today!

Yes, i was just having a look around and found their marriage and i think there might be another son, Cyril,  born but in Malling, Kent (just by going by the mothers maiden name) Would be fantastic, if this is my gt grandfather, if i can get in contact with someone who knew him. Yet, I'd be very worried about upsetting his family for revealing some old skeletons!

Thanks again Anna for your help, i'll let you know how i go!
Cat 

Yes, i agree that i should check the deaths! My mind is buzzing around at the moment, so exciting to know his name!

I've messaged you Anna, thank you so much for the offer!

Cat

Hi All
Would love to hear some advice on how i should approach searching for my Nana's father. He was unknown to her. I have just been told who he was. It is POSSIBLE that he is still alive.

I wouldn't even attempt under different circumstances but i was told by my grandfather (my Nana's husband) that he was contacted in the 70s by Nana's Uncle who had been contacted by her father, he was looking for her. Now Nana's Uncle (for unknown reasons) told her father to 'clear off'. Uncle then rang Grandad and told him, of course Grandad got mad and they argued and never talked again! Grandad never told Nana as she would've been very upset as she always wanted to know him. So the fact that he did want to contact her makes me want to find out more about him! He lived in London and would've been born around the 1916 time. The reason he didn't marry my Nana's mother was because his parents didn't want him to.

Any tips on how i can go about this, in a sensitive manner would be great! Its amazing to finally know his name and i'm still buzzing from it! Nana passed away in 2004 so it makes me so sad that we couldn't of shared this moment together!

Any ideas??
Cat