Hi, this is my first post and I hope I've made it neither too simple or complex!
Myself and 2 cousins have been trying to research the shared part of our tree (for me, this is the last remaining branch!), but are completely stuck with our (G)Grandfather, believed to be Sidney Charles Martin.
Unfortunately we cannot find a marriage for him and our (G)Grannie - Catherine MacGruer/McGruer. We do have their childrens BCs (1920's) and he is listed as the father on both - in fact he registered the first himself, and also on their marriage certs (1940's) where listed as deceased. The children grow up not knowning much about him, tho it may well be that he left them rather than died. He is however named on (G)Grannies gravestone, with the fornames reversed.
It seems to me that our next likely source is going to be Electoral Rolls or Land Registry records to find out if he did actually live with them at all, but I have no idea whether this is possible and how you go about it - so far all my research has been using census, BMD and other on-line resources. I have a specific address in Southampton 1923 and also Nottingham up until 1948 to investigate.
Any tips as to how to go about this would be much appreciated!
Thanks
xx
Myself and 2 cousins have been trying to research the shared part of our tree (for me, this is the last remaining branch!), but are completely stuck with our (G)Grandfather, believed to be Sidney Charles Martin.
Unfortunately we cannot find a marriage for him and our (G)Grannie - Catherine MacGruer/McGruer. We do have their childrens BCs (1920's) and he is listed as the father on both - in fact he registered the first himself, and also on their marriage certs (1940's) where listed as deceased. The children grow up not knowning much about him, tho it may well be that he left them rather than died. He is however named on (G)Grannies gravestone, with the fornames reversed.
It seems to me that our next likely source is going to be Electoral Rolls or Land Registry records to find out if he did actually live with them at all, but I have no idea whether this is possible and how you go about it - so far all my research has been using census, BMD and other on-line resources. I have a specific address in Southampton 1923 and also Nottingham up until 1948 to investigate.
Any tips as to how to go about this would be much appreciated!
Thanks
xx
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