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Offline lizdb

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Re: finding siblings
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 02 August 07 11:09 BST (UK) »
Another idea is to see if David or Florence left a will. That is likely to mention all their survivng children
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Re: finding siblings
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 02 August 07 11:11 BST (UK) »
sueky

It's really hard till you get the family on a census, and the release of the 1911 is some years away!  :( :( :( :'(

MarieC

It is due (well most of it) 2009 Marie - so really - not so far away!

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Re: finding siblings
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 02 August 07 11:13 BST (UK) »
Another idea is to see if David or Florence left a will. That is likely to mention all their survivng children

Also if you have death dates for David or Florence, a funeral notice could contain information on children (well they do in Australia, I  assume this would be the same in England - but have no first hand knowledge)

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Re: finding siblings
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 02 August 07 11:33 BST (UK) »
Sueky
when starting family tree's you have to claw your way up to 1901,so your nearly there :) if your only just starting it have you got any older rellies still around,who's brain you can pick ;).Do you know when your grandmother died,if so have you looked for an orbit in any papers.That might give some clues.Unfortunately these days orbit's are just one liners. Articles which gave lots of information in older papers, are rare as well unless they were well known.You could also look for an orbit of your G.Grandparents.

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Re: finding siblings
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 02 August 07 11:42 BST (UK) »
Hi Celia

In Australia, obits are very different to death/funeral notices. The latter exist for most deaths and often/usually contain the names of family members. The former, in large city papers tend to be only for well known people(as you mentioned).

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Re: finding siblings
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 02 August 07 19:39 BST (UK) »
thanks to all for your input
i think the john wood (1911) and florence wood (1914) suggested by comosus look promising - both names are repeated throughout both families (although they are fairly common anyway, so it may mean nothing)
i've done quite well with my tree so far, and have gotten back to the 1700's with a few family lines. it's just 1900 onwards thats a real struggle for me because i have no family members who can fill in the blanks.
will try all suggestions for obits/articles
thanks again
sue
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Kennaway, Britton, Cruickshank, Jamieson, Wood, Braidwood, Swan, Inglis (Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Greenock, Glasgow, Lanarks)
Cotton, Wood, Beckwith, Edwards, Rutland, Burgess, Davies (Liverpool, Lancashire, Cheshire, Bucks, Staffs)