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I employed the services of a professional agency to further investigate my dad's family history and recently received their report that has answered my needs. This report also outlined family members that have a relatively recent DOB and hopefully might be able to shed some family knowledge of my da...

Thank-you. i have contacted the website given and i have suggested that i will provide them with all the data i have, what ideally i'm looking for & requested that they review the file and then estimate the cost to proceed in specific area's. Thought this might be a fair way for them to estimate...

Looking for recommendations of Genealogy Services to work with me on my England & Scotland family tree requirements. Have a fair amount of data on file but
much more is required to complete same. Thank-you.

Thanks to all for their help. Have decided to put search on hold until later.......

Once one has posted, received all kinds of quality responses and would like to add more new found info/data to original post, how is it best done? What is the process............Thank-you once again

Thank-you all for your interest and assistance. Propose to ask my family as to what they might know and add later.......Alan

Antie Em wrote:Hello Alan and welcome to the forum - didn't you do well already

Incredible!

grangers14 wrote:I would have thought if Ivy married again it would be under her first marriage surname?
Jo

I wish i had the marriage certificate but i don't.

This is a possible birth for IVY: Name: Ivy V E Steckham Mother's Maiden Surname: Camp Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1919 Registration district: Willesden Registration county: Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 317 That is her. I remember the n...

Do you know if Ivy had been married before? I've found another marriage: Name: Ivy V E Steckham Spouse Surname: Walbeoff Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1935 Registration district: Hendon Registration county (inferred): Middlesex Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 728 Yes she had and Walbeoff is corr...

Jimmy wrote:Did James marry before he went to Canada, if so what was his wifes maiden name.

Yes, he was married to Ivy Vera Elsie in the U.K.. Maiden name of Steckham. Ivy's parents George and Ethel..Thanks

Do you know when your father left for Canada? I could find two James Blues, but both were children, and I get the impression that he was older. Do you have his parents? If not your parents wedding certificate could help. He left for Canada in 1961. No wedding certificates available for either coupl...

At the grand old age of 69 i have decided to investigate my ancestory for the first time and have no idea where to begin. I will start here. I have a pretty good understanding of my Mother's side of the family but none of my Father's side. My dad left Glasgow, Scotland at the age of 14 and, to my kn...