Genealogy Chat

Still in my 'odd certificate' file is one I bought to confirm a mother's maiden name. I had been through parish records and found no one of the bride's supposed surname, neither was there anyone on familysearch. Someone local to the area suggested a well known Sussex surname may have been wrongly transcribed ( groom in shepherd's smock and chewing a piece of straw??) The certificate came back and instead of the hoped for BROCKHURST it showed mother's maiden name as GREEN.We sent for the birth certificate of the only other sibling born since 1837 and that came back with mother's maiden name as BROCKHURST so I've no idea where the GREEN fits into the story, - if it does?

My dad was telling my Mums uncle about my finds and he asked had I found the death of his dad. Telling him 'yes' with a rye smile my dear great Uncle of course tried to correct me ''how on earth can he have died 4 YEARS before i was born?Tell her not to be so silly'' I wasn't...and what is more, Gt Uncle has the surname of the people for whom his mother was in service for, some 4 years ago for a middle name!.... His mother was a fibber..and got away with it!! jess

Ted, my Mother-In-Law is 83, and her memories of past years are spot on! Such a shame she cant remember what happened last week!! LOL Kim xxxx

Bill, Hi. yea your dead right, but doesnt it make you wonder about all the cert you collect and wonder why some people are really hard to find? All that Ive told you about has happened since 1920 and by then you would think that people would be more open about who married who, who had children before they were married etc. Still like you said critical times and you dont think straight and dont want any shame bringing to the family. Pit it isnt like that now. Every day you see young girls pushing babies in prams, they dont have husband, just boyfriends. Gold help future historians. TED

> families told the truth the whole truth and nothing but the > truth. In most cases there is simply no way for a recorder to know what the 'truth' is, so they simply record whatever the reporter of the information tells them. Sometimes it is a direct lie, but more often than not I suspect that it is the best information the reporter can give at the time. Most BDM records are collected at stressful events in peoples lives and there are a host of reason why real people under stress may innocently provide incorrect information. Cheers, Bill Sydney, Australia

valerie, hi. its real strange isnt it, the things people will say to hid the truth, theres no need. I couldnt care less what people got up to, or, get up to, who the hell does care?

Sorry pressed the wrong key before I had finished. HE also give me the wrong maiden for his wife. I found his birth certificate. he was born before his mom and dadd were married, obviously, thats why he didnt have the name SMITH. Found his marr cert showing he had been married before, AND putting his dads name down as HARRY JONES, instead of HARRY SMITH. Then I found his first marr cert, same thing on that one. Then I found his wifes first marriage. all ok. THEN i found his daughters birth cert. seems that she was his first wifes child, not his second wife. But it just goes to show how people dont always tell the truth when registering births and marriages. So its worth bearing that in mind when you find info on long lost relatives. TED

oh Ted that is so funny I know what you mean I contacted an elderly aunt who told me all sorts which turned out to be wrong, even told me one of her sisters was named May because she was born in May, turned out she was born in March, I sent her some old photos including one of her brothers and she asked me who he was when I told her she said she had never seen him before because he had short hair and her brother had long curly hair, but in the Photo he was in the Army, so he would hardly have had long hair

hi all, it makes you wonder if all the marr, birth, certs are all accurate and whether families told the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I wont mention any names as some of the people are still alive. I recently found a son of one of my uncles born in 1900. i went to see him for the first time 6 months ago and he gave me lots of info about the family and my g/uncle, his WW1 history etc. then he started telling me about his mum and himself and his wife and familly. Gave me his date of birth, which was wrong. Told me when he got married, told me when his daughter was born and when she had a daughter, which again was wrong. And I wondered why he didnt have my name. Shall we say SMITH. I didnt ask him why, ;because I guessed