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Hi everyone.  I'm helping my daughter trace her dad's side of her family tree and we've come across a Catharine/Catherine/Kate Mitchell  (depends where you look as to the spelling of her name!).  She was born in 1843 in County Sligo.  We have her in 1861 as a boarder with the Fuin family in Ashton under Lyne in Lancashire, and can find her in England after this date, but cannot trace anything for her back in Ireland. All we can find is that her father was called John Mitchell.  We've tried RootsIreland but the only Catherine we can find on there doesn't really seem to match; that shows birth 1844 (what's a year in genealogy) but with a father's name of James.  Were James and John interchangeable? As we don't even have a town name in County Sligo we've hit a dead end.  Is there anything else we can do?  Anywhere else we can look?  TIA - any help or pointers would be very gratefully received - we were up til 2am going round and round in circles!

I've found a relative who died at RAF Sylt in Germany in 1958 and is buried in a military cemetery in Germany.  Is it possible to get a death certificate for him and if so, how would I do this?  Where would I look to find out anything about his death?

TIA Sharon.

I've applied to the Probate Registry for a copy of my granddad's Will as one avenue.  He wasn't married before the marriage to my grandma, which is the marriage referred to by Cell.

I always got the impression that Margaret's birth was after my dad's in 1947.

Regarding what is now known as maintenance, would there have been a record of maintenance payments paid at that time?  Where would I be able to locate any records that still exist? 

Sorry for so many questions, but never tried anything as difficult at this before with my tree!

Sharon x

My dad was born in 1947 and died in 2004.  His parents didn't have the happiest of marriages and my nana always told my mum and dad that my dad had a half-sister called Margaret that lived in Scotland with her mum.  My dad never tried to find his half sister.  My granddad died in 1975 when I was only 6 so I never got the chance to ask about his daughter.  My nana has now died and I'm the oldest living person now in this line.  I am therefore trying to find my elusive aunty.  The sum total of information I have is:
Name: Margaret (surname not known)
Born: sometime between 1947 and I'd guess 1960 at the very latest.  Possibly born in Leeds as this is where my grandparents lived in this time frame.
Lived: possibly Scotland with her mum, whose name is not known.
Dad: Thomas Ronald Kemp.

Is there anything I can do to trace her?  I've tried Long Lost Family and they suggested the Salvation Army who couldn't assist as I didn't have enough information.  Is Margaret going to be harder to find that the proverbial needle in a haystack?  Do I give up now?

Thanks for any help that anyone can give me.
Sharon

Many thanks Carole, I'll try that.