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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: Painterleo on Wednesday 16 November 16 22:24 GMT (UK)
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Hi everyone.
Im new to all this & keen to find out some family history,so any help like starting point,sites etc would be very helpful.
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Give as much information in your next message to RootsChat as you can.
My great great grandmother died in 1944 in London is not going to bring much response.
Give as much information as possible. Names, maiden names, area where people lived, occupations, birth, death, marriages.
Then someone or many are going to be able to help you.
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Welcome to Rootschat.
The main rule is start with what you know and work backwards.
So: Your parents, their dates of birth and marriage
Your grandparents
Your great grandparents.
Free sites include
Freebmd: www.freebmd.org.uk for births, deaths and marriages in England and Wales
Freecen: http://www.freecen.org.uk/ for censuses
FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/search/
Look for free trials on Ancestry or FindMy Past. The latter has an offer of a month for £1 at the moment.
Ask on here. Give as much information as you can, but don't mention names of any living person.
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Thankyou to people who very kindly replied.
I guess i should start with my father he was born in Ludlow in 1928.
He has a brother called who was born 1931.
My grandfather was called Brian Fury i think he was born in 1903 also in Ludlow
My grandmother was called Ethel( nee Bradley) i think she was born around
1907 in diddlebury shropshire.
I will see if i can find anymore dates this week.
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Hi Painterleo and welcome to RootsChat....That's a good start. Ask any living relatives for any information that may help. Good advice from Groom to help get some background information.
Carol
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You've used the present tense for your father and uncle - does that mean they are still alive, if so, you need to remove their name as RC has a strict no living person rule.
To start you off - from Freebmd, here is your grandfather
Births Sep 1902
Fury Bryan Joseph Ludlow 6a 576
Checking this on the General Register Office site - GRO (also free) it shows his mothers maiden name was NICHOLAS . So knowing that, you should be able to find their marriage and find the family in the 1911 census. We are not allowed to give information from that, but you should find it on FamilySearch?
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Hiya Leo and welcome to Rootschat
www.familysearch.org has Bryan J Fury marrying Ethel M Bradley in 1927.
it also has
Ethel May Bradley living at Diddlebury,Corfton Batch , Craven Arms ,Shropshire
her birth registration is 1906
these records are something you can put down on paper .
Brian Joseph Fury is registered as birth 1902 at Ludlow - he dies jan / feb/mar/ 1959 aged 56 name spelt Brian
so we now know your grandparents were
Ethel May Bradley and Brian Joseph Fury - and thanks to Groom mmn Nicholas
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1895 Marriage - also on familysearch.org
Name John Fury
Birth Date 1876
Age 19
Spouse's Name Susan Nicholas
Spouse's Birth Date 1876
Spouse's Age 19
Event Date 25 Mar 1895
Event Place Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Father's Name Thomas Fury
Spouse's Father's Name John Nicholas
looks very likely to be Brian Joseph Fury parents marriage WITH both fathers named as well
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it is more fun if you do it yourself - go to www.familysearch.org
John Fury
birth
1874 - 1878
parents - Thomas
Ludlow
England
Shropshire
search
you will get more info on Thomas Fury and family ..
John Fury was born in Knighton ,Radnorshire ,Wales and is a Nurse Child in 1881 census in Ludlow - he is with the Blakeway family - can another member please explain what a Nurse child is please ?
is it a sick child ?
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Welcome from me, too.
Venue for Bryan and Ethel's marriage is St Lawrence, Ludlow
And the same venue for John and Susan's marriage in 1895.
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Can you see how we are working backwards step by step?
Now you have your greatgrandparent's marriage and the names of both fathers. As Garstonite said, it is more fun and probably easier to follow if you do it yourself. To be really sure you have the correct family you will need to buy some certificates at some point. However, you are lucky as, at the moment you are not dealing with really common names such as Smith!
Shout if you need more help.
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Groom - what is a Nurse Child please ?? John Fury is a Nurse Child aged 4 in the 1881 census in Ludlow - he is with the Blakeway family :)
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Groom - what is a Nurse Child please ?? John Fury is a Nurse Child aged 4 in the 1881 census in Ludlow - he is with the Blakeway family :)
As I understand it, it is probably what we'd today call a foster child.
" A 'nurse child' can mean a number of things, from informally adopted or fostered, to temporarily 'farmed out' to close kin, or family friends or near neighbours or private individuals who offered a service at what was probably a very low price."
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Welcome Painterleo.You will find researching family history fun,absorbing and frustrating,sometimes all at the same time.You will hit the brick walls that we all come across but you are not alone,ask questions here on Rootschat and if any of us can help we will do willingly.Have fun
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Thankyou to everyone who has taken the time to reply to my thread,much appreciated