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West Ender · 07-05-2007, 20:21

If the surname is not too common you can sometimes find out a lot by just typing the name into Google. I once googled my full maiden name and found a lady with the same name as me had been a passenger on a ship bound for New York in 1882. I then found her living in Los Angeles in 1890. I don't know the relationship but, with an uncommon surname as mine was, she must have been a distant relation.

For the person you're looking for, if you go into FreeBMD (countrywide, not local) and type in the husband's name with a date range within say 30 years either side of when you think it may have been you might get a hit on his marriage. If you know the town or county where they were married that will also help to narrow it down.

07-05-2007, 20:21	#18
West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 190	Re: Family Tree. If the surname is not too common you can sometimes find out a lot by just typing the name into Google. I once googled my full maiden name and found a lady with the same name as me had been a passenger on a ship bound for New York in 1882. I then found her living in Los Angeles in 1890. I don't know the relationship but, with an uncommon surname as mine was, she must have been a distant relation. For the person you're looking for, if you go into FreeBMD (countrywide, not local) and type in the husband's name with a date range within say 30 years either side of when you think it may have been you might get a hit on his marriage. If you know the town or county where they were married that will also help to narrow it down. __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.