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This is difficult as I have so little information to go on.

A great uncle of my Littlejohn family emigrated to Detroit in Michigan so I was told. He was born in Aberdeenshire in 1877 the son of James Littlejohn & Christina Ross.

He was last recorded in Scotland on the 1891 census age 14.

I thought I had found him on the 1930 census in Dearborn, Detroit but his immigration year was listed as 1889.

I think it is possible that he first arrived in Canada then crossed the border.

My parents were advised to put a claim in on his estate as he died intestate. This request came from my father's three sisters who were still living in Scotland. Unfortunately all have since died so I have no idea if one of them had previously had any contact with him and who advised them of his death. I think it would have been around 1959.

I can't find his death registered on any online resource and would love to add the information to my family tree.

Poirot

My ancestor Richard Dowding was buried in Bury Hill Chapel graveyard in Weston under Penyard so I have been told. He died in 1929.

The Chapel is now privately owned and I wondered if there is any way of finding out if the graves are still there.

Poirot

I would welcome some advice as how do proceed with this query please.

I have contacted the owner of the tree and asked him to remove my ancestors and the reply was that he has a person of that name in his family and won't delete it.

My ancestor never married and yet she is the wife of his ancestor and three generations of my family are included on his tree.

His ancestor supposedly died in 1908 whereas mine did not die until 1936.

I have her death certificate and the grave details where she is buried with her parents and four siblings. He has included this information on his tree.

I need proof but cannot find his relative on any census or death records.

Any advice please,

Poirot

I am looking for his second marriage to Ruth Ida Abbott in Victoria, She was christened Ida Ruth Phillips although according to her death cert her Christian names have been reversed. She supposedly emigrated to Victoria in 1970 with her first husband Basil John A Abbott.

I found her with Cornelius on the 1980 Electoral Registers living in North Clayton. She died in 1982 and was cremated at Springvale Crematorium. He died in 1993. Both of them left wills.

As I live in England it is getting quite expensive to order records online and wondered if there is  any other way to access information.

Poirot

Trying to find the death certificate of William and have searched all the resources I have available online.

He was a driver in the Royal Field Artillary, service no. 84458. His military records show he was invalided back to England in 1918 and he deserted at Woolwich. The records mention that he is deceased and there is reference to a copy of his death certificate. Can't make out the date but it looks like 1925 or 28.

I wondered if his death would be recorded at the GRO or just in the Army.

Poirot