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Offline Alison Watson

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TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« on: Sunday 23 June 19 21:02 BST (UK) »
How would l find out what my dad's ex wife's name is so I can trace my half brother?

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Re: TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 23 June 19 21:04 BST (UK) »
Welcome to RootsChat! ;D

Try to find your dad'a marriage on a site like FreeBMD?
www.FreeBMD.org.uk
Both parties will be named.
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 23 June 19 21:06 BST (UK) »
Welcome  :)

You haven’t told us what country you’d be searching in, or what time period is likely for the marriage or birth, but if in England & Wales have you had a look for a possible marriage on FreeBMD?

NB Rootschat is for tracing deceased ancestors rather than the living so we don’t name living people on here (I know you have not done so).

Cross-posted with KGarrad  :)
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 23 June 19 21:18 BST (UK) »
Alternatively, if your father is deceased & died in Scotland his DC should name his 1st wife?

Dates & places are crucial when names are not known...e.g. when likely your father was 1st married & where & hopefully not a common name?


Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

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Re: TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 23 June 19 23:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Alison Watson on Sunday 23 June 19 21:02 BST (UK)
How would l find out what my dad's ex wife's name is so I can trace my half brother?


Ask your dad?
Give a man a record and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to research, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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Re: TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 23 June 19 23:05 BST (UK) »
Hi     

WELCOME to Rootschat.     


As mentioned, Rootschat is not meant for tracing living relatives.     
So, please don't post details of living relatives     

However, once you have made a couple more postings then the Personal Messaging system opens up for you/( & therefore us )                             [ just separately say Hi! and Thankyou!  ]     


Prepare, and post to whoever responds, a summary of the family around who you are looking for.     


Advice WILL come back, if not some detail         


Rootschatters are all volunteers / ( even as a hobby )       

Some of us are even human AND friendly         

Ray
You can post that summary to me, if you wish.        :)         









   



 


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Re: TRYING TO TRACE MY HALF BROTHER
« Reply #6 on: Monday 24 June 19 16:02 BST (UK) »
Look at the "Help" section where there is advice on tracing living relatives.
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