No trace of my Crighton ancestors after 1865

[liverpool annie]

Hi Al!!

I'm not sure about exchange rates these days .... is that a lot of money 

I wonder what you would get - did it say? and I wonder if it would give more information ... sounds exciting to me - but then if he's not yours ......... 
if it was me - I'd go for it - but as always -  I'm so good at wasting money ...... 

I have no idea right now what I need ( you know me - disorganised Annie !!!! ) - is there a time limit? plus you never know you might need them yourself to go forwards!!

[alcrighton]

Hi Annie,

23€ is about US$28 or 15 quid.  The units are valid for 1 year and they charge 1 unit for each name in the document.  My guess is that un acte de naturalisation would have 3 or 4 names (the individual, parents and possibly the wife if naturalisation was being sought through marriage).  This means that 23€ would buy access to 10-15 documents, on a par with Scotlandspeople's costs and much cheaper than a priority certificate from the GRO (sorry Annie, couldn't resist slipping that one in ).

Let me know when you get yourself organised with your French ancestors and I'll let you know when I have my units from Votre Nom dans L'Histoire.

Regards,

Al

[liverpool annie]

Sounds good to me Big Guy!!

Enjoy your search - how exciting 

Annie 

[jcrighton]

Hi, I'm new to this thread, but since I'm a Crighton and my dad is from England, I thought I should get in on this. My grandad is Clifford Crighton, and his father was Samuel Crighton. Samuel fought in World War I.
I just received a picture of him today from 1917. I don't know where I can go from there. I don't know much more about that side of the family. If you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

[alcrighton]

Hi Fellow Crighton,

Welcome to Rootschat!  If your g grandfather fought in WWI it's very possible that he would appear in the 1901 census.  I've found 3 Samuel CRIGHTONs in the 1901 census, 2 of whom would have been of the right age to have fought in WWI:

Samuel CRIGHTON, Living in Bootle, Lancashire, aged 10, born Seacomb, Cheshire, Father: Richard C CRIGHTON (born Liverpool)
Samuel CRIGHTON, Living in Bournmouth, aged 11, born Portsmouth, Father: George CRIGHTON (born Kent)

Could either of these be your g grandfather?

The National Archives site (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) has 2 WWI campaign medal cards for Samuel CRIGHTON, one from the Argyl & Southern Highlanders and one from the Army Service Corps, Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force.

Regards,

Al

[liverpool annie]

Al - I just came across this thread - wonder if it would help you   

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,78269.0.html

Annie 

[alcrighton]

Thanks Annie!

I saw the thread you mentioned a little while ago.  I'm not alone in finding that if you don't know exactly where your ancestors were born or living in France then it's damned difficult to track them down!

Cheers,

Al

[liverpool annie]

Have you been here Al?

I scanned the thread but didn't see it - but you know me

http://tinyurl.com/zlrzc

Annie 

[alcrighton]

Thanks  Annie,

1837online has the indexes for these records and there is no sign of my CRIGHTONs.  It's not clear to me whether all registrations of British births overseas would be with the British Consul or just those for England & Wales.  There's something in the Scottish records called Minor Records that also appear to include registrations of Scots born overseas but I've included these in my searches on Scotlandspeople and not come up with anything there either.

Il faut chercher encore en France!

Cheers,

Al