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Offline br2az04

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The worst surnames to search for?
« on: Thursday 02 March 06 17:13 GMT (UK) »
I am searching for the marriage index of a
George William SMITH
and
Minnie Louisa BROWN

They married after 1901 and they had a child in 1914 so i presume before this date. They have to be two of the most commonest surnames and when you put them together it is almost impossible!!!
Bradford - St Pancras<br />Senior - Islington, St Pancras<br />Bowles - St Pancras<br />Eaves - St Pancras, Islington<br />Hodges - St Pancras, Islington<br />Nunn - St Pancras, Islington<br />Smith - Islington, St Pancras<br />Brown, Islington, St Pancras

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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 02 March 06 17:20 GMT (UK) »
On the plus side, you are searching GRO indexes which tend to be far better than census for presentation. At least the GRO indexes are alphabetical.

Nothing for it but hard slog; http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx

Images seem to be still free to view at the moment. Start with Minnie, and check the ones in the 'right' area first for a matching spouse.

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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 02 March 06 17:38 GMT (UK) »
I have been searching for a new line - try Googling for the name BOX!!

You get everybody's PO Box numbers!!

 ::) :P ;D ;D
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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN - HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD - GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS - WIL: WEBB, SALTER - RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS - GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY - MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD - SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON - IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)

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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 02 March 06 17:49 GMT (UK) »
My father's family name is a doosey - Doe.  It comes up with everything containing "does" that you can imaging. To make it worse dad's christian name is John, which was a family name. Fancy me having to search for "John Doe"!
Brown - Yorkshire - Australia
Doe - Surrey, Essex, Suffolk - Australia
Frankcom - Gloucestershire - Australia
Hutchins - Middlesex/Kent/London/Chelsea - Australia
Tierney - Tipperary - Australia
Wheatland - Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire - Australia
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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 02 March 06 18:00 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Arranroots on Thursday 02 March 06 17:38 GMT (UK)
I have been searching for a new line - try Googling for the name BOX!!

You get everybody's PO Box numbers!!

 ::) :P ;D ;D


You should see what my MATES line comes up with ;D ;D ;D

My worst of course is a Margaret Jones marrying a Robert Jones in Merionethshire, Margaret's parents were also Margaret Jones and Robert Jones and then it all goes
patronymic  :( and we're into aps
Also got Roberts, Hughes, Evans and Griffiths and hubby has a Smith, Evans and Brown :'(

We'll get there in the end :)

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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 02 March 06 18:03 GMT (UK) »
On the other hand, uncommon surnames mean that no other so-and-so is searching for it, and you're on your own!

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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 02 March 06 19:18 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: meles on Thursday 02 March 06 18:03 GMT (UK)
On the other hand, uncommon surnames mean that no other so-and-so is searching for it, and you're on your own!

meles

..........and the bally things are almost always mis-spelled or mis-transcribed  ???
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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 02 March 06 22:22 GMT (UK) »
Mine is Bann - not that difficult you might think, but mispelt more times than I care to mention and don't even start me on Google!  Just pages and pages about the place in Northern Ireland, a publishing company which aren't too bad as you can exclude them, but the real pain is all the family history sites it brings up because of marriage by Banns!

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Bann - Poynton, Cheshire
Maguire - Dublin
Barkley - Antrim

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Re: The worst surnmaes to search for?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 02 March 06 22:47 GMT (UK) »
Try googling for Blogg, Bradd and Blanks then :(

Weblogging, Brad Pitt and 'filling in the blanks' have a lot to answer for.

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Warwickshire - ADKINS / KENNARD
Hertfordshire - BRADD / ROBLETT / THOROGOOD / WATSON
ABURN - BLANKS - BLOGG - BURGESS - FERRY - FREEMAN - GOODRICK - GOTTY -MEECH - MIDDLEDITCH -  RUSSELL - PLANT - THURSTON

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