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New member - certificate query

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Hi I'm Gill and I've been researching various family trees for over 12 years now. However I've hit a problem. I've found issues with two certificates. I'm over 90% sure they're both the right ones but on the birth cert, the mother's name is given with a totally different surname. There is no record of a marriage for the parents and no record of the mother. On the marriage, it is Emily's second after being widowed. Her name is misspelt but you can read the signature ok. Her father's name is a compilation of the misspelling and who knows what. His occupation is the same throughout. There are too many correct facts to doubt. Any ideas? Am going round in circles ..... :(
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Post by peterd »

hi gillk welcome to the forum

put a post in the general disscussion area with poss some more info are there address on certs what year are we talking about and who ?

will try to help

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Post by gardener »

Could the mother's surname be from a previous marriage rather than her maiden name? Is there a marriage for the father to a woman with the right first name? If it is a relatively late birth certificate have you tried to find siblings? Do you have the census information? (sorry for all the questions)
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Post the Cert: and we will try and help decipher it!!!!!!!!!
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Post by grangers14 »

Hi gillk16
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
May be if you post your question in the general section we may be able to help and as sparkstopper says post the certificate.
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I have done both those, thank you and had some helpful replies. Still ongoing I think!
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Welcome to the forum.
Currently investigating the Hillmans of Sussex.
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Post by snoopysue »

Hi Gill
Welcome to the forum :-)
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