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Yes I have their marriage cert but no name for father and deceased for mother

Yes I do and it shows a blank line for father and mother deceased

Oh thank you for that. I remember Doreen dying and my dad went to her funeral. I don't think my mum was very happy at him going but it was all talked about in hushed whispers a they didn't think it was suitable for my 10 year old self to hear!

Thanks so much. think I'll look up the sister - see if she had any children before marriage or if she married early on. You never know, my dad might have lived with her. Iasabel is listed as working as working as a Domestic servant, Sandgate Penrith RD

I saw her sister was in domestic service but then she was at home at the time of the census so it didn't look as if she went away to work, like Isabel would have had to if her address was listed as Penrith at the birth. And yet he was born at 22 Brunswick Place Leeds which was St Faith's Rescue Home...

My apologies - of course I've got my dad's death cert but for some unknown reason I always thought he was 73 but he was only 70! He died on 15th May 1985 and was cremated on 21st May 1985.

Thank you. so if I went to Manchester town hall I should be able to look through the electroal roll for 1945 and onwards?

Thank you but I'm pretty sure Isabel didn't come from Leeds - all connections with the family (apart from the mother and baby home) link to Penrith or Whitehaven

Whilst not a newcomer to genealogy, I haven't really done anything with my tree for about 12 years and I'm finding it hard to remember the procedure for a lot of searches - plus I'm now on a pension and don't have the money to spare that I had a few years ago. On my mothers side I got back to 1776 r...

it was 1986

I've "lost" a cousin in the latter part of my tree and I think it's because her parents divorced and possibly her father was awarded custody. Or she was maybe taken into care? Is there anywhere I can apply for details of custody agreement of a child after a divorce? I've already applied fo...