Genealogy Forum UK

Hi Everyone,

My name is Ruth AITKEN. I currently live in Geelong, Australia. I moved here as a child with my family from Glasgow, Scotland in 1968.

I am new to the forum and hope to make some connections with my family history.

I have been toying with my family history for a few years now, but have been searching with a bit more seriously this past few months. I have had great success with my fathers side of the family, but have become quite stuck with my mothers side.

The two main surnames I have to start with are BARNSLEY and ATTWOOD. The information I have so far seems to base them around Rowley Regis, Dudley and Staffordshire. As my geography is not great, I am guessing these are all the same area broken into towns, counties or districts? I have my Grandfathers (William Frederick BARNSLEY) birth extract as well as the marriage extract for his parents - Robert BARNSLEY and Eliza Jane ATTWOOD. The extract list their fathers as William BARNSLEY and Gilbert ATTWOOD.

Looking forward to any help I can get.

Ruth

Hi Ruth welcome to the Forum. I have Eliza Jane Attwood in my tree daughter of Gilbert, the family line is on BCC here:-

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... d=61613179

Linell.

Welcome to the Forum Ruth.

Snoopy Sue

Thank you linell and snoopysue.

West Midlands Marriage 1897.
ATTWOOD Eliza J, BARNSLEY Robert, Cradley Heath, Holy Trinity . Sandwell Register Office. 19/2/415.

Hi Ruth great to see you on the forum welcome

If you scroll down the main board we have a dedicated Black Country Genealogy section,
just pop a post in there and we will help you all we can

You know about the BCC tree but it would be great to see your line and how it links
so do put a post on and we can help you and add a little to the BCC tree as we go

Hi ruth welcome to the forum

Hi Ruth and Welcome to the forum.

Annie

Ruth

Welcome to the forum

Maths girl

Hi Ruth
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
Jo

Thanks Everyone for the warm welcome.