Have got my dads wedding certificate

[snatcher]

Am new to this so treat me gently  Trying to trace my fathers line.I have no known relatives to ask about this,only have his marriage certificate which names his father. Also my father had a brother and I do not know his name.All I know is that he had children and that they moved to Toronto,Canada.

Any ideas as to where I should look next would be appreciated 

John Stephenson

[silvery]

What are the names of your father and grandfather?   What is the information on the marriage cert - year, names, ages, occupations, witnesses?

[DudleyWinchurch]

Hi snatcher,
welcome to RootsChat.

I would suggest that you think before putting all that information on line as it may reveal security passwords for banking or similar but first, if the date of the certificate is some time ago, you may be able to use the name and age to find a birth registration on:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

or one of the other sites.   

If the name is not too common, you should be able to recognise the exact entry and find the mother's maiden name (if born after 1911).  then you could use the family name and mother's maiden name on the same site to identify other siblings in the same family.

[silvery]

 

The names of deceased father/grandfather should present no problems on here.  There must be thousands of posts with the same information.

If we can offer help, need some information to get going.   

[snatcher]

What are the names of your father and grandfather?   What is the information on the marriage cert - names, ages, occupations, witnesses?

Father - John Burnett Stephenson, age 37 when married (DOB 1903 Gateshead Jul/Aug/Sep Vol 10A Page1066)

Married - Rose Etta Smith age 27 when married

Married at - St Chads Church,Gateshead 28Dec1940(witnesses L Peacock,B Stephenson)

Grandfather - William Roger Stephenson(occupation looks like fireman)

John

[silvery]

One birth coming up from freebmd - but too late to be grandfather I should think

William Roger Rogerson Stephenson
March 1889, registration district Sunderland, vol 10a, page 639

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl


edit:

[silvery]

another

Rose Etta Smith
March 1901, Gateshead, 10a/1079

[silvery]

You may have to get your father's birth cert for his parents' names.  I'm just looking in the 1911, but it's pretty tricky to find him.

[snatcher]

Really do appreciate the help.It delays stumbling about aimlessly!!! 

John