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| Topic | Posted by | Last Reply | Replies | |
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 | Grace/Amy Spencer | bob | 08/02/2010 19:58:55 | 0 |
| Thanks to a lot of help from the tireless efforts of people on this site, among others, I have pieced together the story. Grace was born in the workhouse in Bradford. Her mother Amy had given birth to two children before her, both illigitimate, probably by different fathers. The first,a boy Harry died at 14months, and secondly Ceciley died unmarried at 23 years. Amy had several brothers and sisters, and they came from the Hertfordshire village of Braughing. I have traced the family back to Amy's great grandparents Thomas Spenser c1793-1845 and his wife Sarah Colton c1797-1879. I have been unable to find any descendants of Amy's generation, or what happened to Amy herself. Once again, thanks for all your help. Bob | ||||
 | thank you for your help and time | Leanne | 07/02/2010 18:06:12 | 0 |
| i have successfully completed the search that i started 6 months ago, there are still a few loose ends but they were not the main focus of my search, so i am closing the folder on my search and putting the information somewhere safe for future generations, leanne | ||||
| lost touch with brother | Rose | 07/02/2010 15:39:23 | 0 |
| I would like to thank all of you very much for helping me find my brother who I have not seen or heard of for fourty years after a family row whirley found out his adress through the voters list sent me it I sent him a xmas card with my phone no and e mail and the other day he phoned me up I cannot tell you how happy I felt after all the years of searching for that chat which lasted about two hrs so dont ever give up keep trying to find them best wishes rose | ||||
| Found andcectors | Merrakesh | 07/02/2010 00:11:54 | 0 |
| Have made contact with my second cousin great! She gave me alot of information after a few days of browsing with friends reunited. | ||||
| Putt Family | Beverly Ann | 06/02/2010 19:36:53 | 0 |
| A big thank you to Genes Reunited for helping me find William Putt's family in Australia. I wrote to them hoping I would have the right relatives, the end result was a success. They are so thrilled to hear from me. We certaily will keep in touch. It just shows what a great site GR is. Thank you once again. Beverly Beverly | ||||
| Thanks to Whirley | Kevin | 06/02/2010 19:10:04 | 0 |
| This wednesday i posted a note asking for help in tracking down the realative of a mate of mine. He was born and raised in a children's home 69 yrs ago. When he was 30 yrs old he managed to obtain his mother's birth cert.. Note posted this Wednesday on G.R-- Whirley God bless her offered her help-Result ! By Friday My mate had contact with his 1st cousin who he didn't know existed . Don't ever give up hope, because with the help of the little angels on here who give their time lovingly and freely..There's no such thing as NO HOPE :) | ||||
| Never ever give up. | Jean | 06/02/2010 10:50:28 | 0 |
| This advice is from someone who was about to end her subscription with Genes Reunited. After searching for 3 years for my G/Father with no sucess even after sending for numerous death certificates, I have at last FOUND him. I decided to post once again on "Trying to find" A week later I had a Hot Match, had plenty of these in the past. Silly me didn't check it straight away because I thought like the others it would lead nowhere. Any way after 4 days I sent a reply asking just 1 question which was a full birth date, I knew the year. When that came back spot on I just knew before I went any further that this was THE ONE. My Hot Match had only just become a member of G/R. I cannot begin to tell you how over the moon I am to now be in touch with an unknown relative. We are slowing putting together information that the other was unaware of. How lucky am I. He could have joined after I unsubscribed and I would never, never have found this information. Please never ever, give up. My thanks to Genes Reunited. | ||||
| lost cousins found | Carole | 04/02/2010 15:42:39 | 0 |
| Hi, Just to say never give up hope of finding any relatives even when you know no information. I have just found two cousins of my mums of whom we knew nothing about. My mum is 82 and when her dad died when she was 4 her mum lost contact with his family, so mum knew nothing about any cousins or aunts/uncles. Thank god for the 1901/1911 census's as they gave me her dads siblings names, and so the search was on. Just before christmas I made contact with two cousins and we hope to meet up in March. | ||||
| 1st and 2nd cousin found! | Margaret | 03/02/2010 18:20:36 | 0 |
| I was visiting a friend in Wales when I heard that I had a 2nd cousin in Menai Bridge, N Wales. So we went to visit her, and she was so welcoming and informative that it was real pleasure, not only to discover her as a relative but also that she was such a great person. She also put me in touch with a cousin in London, who is a very interesting person and is also very informative. So many thanks to GR, and I'm hoping to be able to find more links. | ||||
| Found relatives | Fred | 03/02/2010 18:18:58 | 0 |
| Using hot matches discovered a 7th cousin by birth who was also a 3rd cousin by adoption. What a coincidence as I was not adopted by extended family | ||||
| sutherland family in scotland. | lostandfound | 03/02/2010 12:35:57 | 0 |
| Just wanted to say agreat big thankyou to all the folks who helped me,particularly Aileen and Julcoe and Karen.I learned more from you in one session than18 months on my own. Fantastic. regards joan | ||||
| Mother Found | Teresa | 03/02/2010 01:43:29 | 0 |
| Hey Guys. I have found my Mother on this wonderful site. I found her simply by stating my adopted name, my adoptive parents names, and waiting.!! My happiness was increased to also find a brother and a sister!! MY THANKS to these wonderful people who run this site and my advice to those who dont seem to be getting anywhere? keep looking. it took me 40 odd years, and Genes Reunited speeded it up, but i never stopped looking. | ||||
| Thank You!!! | Gregory | 02/02/2010 13:40:33 | 0 |
| I was determind to find some living relatives of my partners before new year and 6 hours before new year someone contacted me, Thank you so much to (you knwo who you are) | ||||
| thankyou | Diane | 01/02/2010 18:41:59 | 0 |
| thanks to the people on genes united iv found 120 relatives in a week with having the right contacts. not knowing hardly anything to quite alot, still looking for certain members in my dad side of family but looking forward to know more of my history. thankyou, ty. | ||||
| Family Found | Ingrid | 01/02/2010 15:18:42 | 0 |
| I have found the other half of my family in Australia! Thanks Genes Reunited | ||||
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