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Hello and welcome to Rootschat.
Do you have the birth certificate for your great grandfather James who was born in 1846? That might be a good starting point for getting further back.
I cannot find a registration record for a James Bucknall in 1846. The closest in Wolverhampton seems to be Q3 1844 vol 17 p 231
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