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Thank you once again. My grandmother was 90 or 91 when she died in 1963 or 1964 which puts her date of birth at about 1873.

That’s amazing. Thank you so much. I have the original birth certificate and it does not include the parents names which I found very surprising. It was a very long time ago and perhaps it wasn’t a requirement at that time. I can now search in earnest

I’d usually hesitate before posting this but I suppose it’s a matter of public record.

My mother, Annie Swift, born 2nd June 1909. Entry no. 415, register book no. 1, dated 12th July 1909, Bradford Central. Father's name per her marriage certificate is Patrick Swift.

I would like to trace information about my Irish born grandparents but have no living relatives to assist me in my search. My mother was born in England in 1909 and I have her birth certificate which does not contain her parents names. I only know that my grandparents were born in the 1870s and thei...