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Give as much information as possible!!
Brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, Locations, Occupations,
D.O.B. sometimes even nick-names help !!

I am not sure that people, particularly people new to the site, realise they have to come back to the Boards for their answers.

MARRIAGE via Certificate.

This is where one of the partners
Is not able to attend the reading of the Banns.
( due to being of an other faith )

So appoints a member of the Registrars staff
To sit in to hear them
Then a certificate is issued
Usually Marriage register is marked :~

“ By Certificate of the Registrar.”

By the way “ via Licence” can also be in a Church.

Board Abbreviations a few of the many....


atm = at the moment
brb = be right back
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
ASAP As Soon As Possible
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBS Be Back Soon
BRB Be Right Back
BTW By The Way
CNP... Continued in Next Post
EMSG Email Message
FYI For Your Information
GFN Gone For Now
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
IC I See
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IRL In Real Life
JMO Just My Opinion
JTLYK Just To Let You Know
KIT Keep In Touch
L8R Later
LHU Lord Help Us
LOL Laugh Out Loud
OIC Oh, I See
OTTOMH Off The Top of My Head
PM Private Message
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
QSL Reply
QSO Conversation
SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
SYS See You Soon
TA Thanks Again
TOY Thinking Of You
TTYL Talk To you Later
WB Welcome Back
AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact
ADN = Any Day Now
AFK = Away From Keyboard
ASAP =As Soon As Possible
A/S/C =Age/Sex/Check
A/S/S/C =Age/Sex/State/Check
ATK =At the Keyboard
BAC =By Any Chance
BAK =Back At Keyboard
BBL =Be Back Later
BBS =Be Back Soon
BFN =Bye For Now
BRB =Be Right Back
BTW =By The Way
DIL =Daughter In Law
FAAK =Falling Asleep At Keyboard
FIL =Father In Law
FWIW =For What It's Worth
FYI =For Your Information
GMTA =Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 =Great
HTH =Hope This Helps
IAE =In Any Event
IDK =I Don't Know/I Didn't Know
IMHO =In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO =In My Not So Humble Opinion
IOW =In Other Words
IRL =In Real Life
ITA =I Totally Agree
LOL =Laughing Out Loud
MYOB =Mind Your Own Business
NRN =No Reply Necessary
OIC =Oh I See
OTOH =On The Other Hand
PC/PVT/MSG =Private Chat/Messaging
POV =Point Of View
SIL =Son In Law (or SoIL) sister in law
SITD =Still In The Dark
SS = So Sorry
TBD OOTD =To Be Done, One Of These Days!
TIC = Tongue in Cheek
TPTB =The Powers That Be
UFO =Un-Finished Object
UPGS =Unfinished Project Guilt Syndrome
WB =Write Back
WBS =Write Back Soon

I must admit if I think somebody hasn't seen the information I have posted on their thread I use their name on the left hand side to send a personal e-mail to say I have left info. I then tell them how to find it because it has probably long vanished from the screen.

BIRTH

For the father to be named on the birth certificated when the couple are not married either
1 He is present at the registration
2 he provides a written consent for his name to be included
3 The mother makes a 'declaration'

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FRENCH INFORMATION

Google

genealogy.about.com/od/france

Hi to ALL the special HELPERS and I want to say a big thanks and agree with the previous comments that they do the work that Genes takes credit for ,I have been stuck on more than one occasion and have never been let down by the amazing people I have asked for help on here,once again THANKYOU ALL.....

Need the Electoral Register then google


192 Online Electoral Register and Phone Directory

Although I am a fairly new member I have done what I can to help others (unpaid) but yet I have to pay extortionate amounts to GR for this privelge, and when there's a problem they don't care about us !
Sorry going off on a bit of a tangent there but am so angry about recent problems.

If you have pasted a message here
Do not leave the board!!

A normal response from Helpers is under 3 minutes
and they will normally let you know that they are looking

If you have not time to wait do not post the message until
you have the time, as they will probably need to ask you
a few questions to further the search!!

one thing i would like to add is to ask people to add the countys their relatives live and not the just towns.

IRISH INFORMATION

The following website will give you the up to date picture where all the Irish Records are on line at present, and it does include: Leitrim, Armagh, Roscommon, North Tipperary. and Dublin Swords:

http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/

The following are new sites added recently

http://corknortheast.brsgenealogy.com/

To access the site you will have to register which is free. The sting in the tail comes later! The site is name search and then a fee of 10 Euros for each throw of the dice. Great for those with unusual Irish names, but could be costly for those with names like Murphy and O'Neill!

Still it is yet more Irish records online and now follows the North Tipperary, Swords, Amagh and Roscommon sites

All to often they are searching in England for someone that is
living in another country !

please let the helpers know if you
think they may have emigrated abroad as this could be quick
to find out in some cases, and save them a lot of time and trouble

REMEMBER !!

Every scrap of info you have should be posted in tough searches!
Something that may mean nothing to you can make a world of difference to " The Helpers "

Please remember that this Record board is not the only board that the Helping hands maintain they have to split their time between all the boards!!

and Country. Very annoying to be looking for somebody only to discover they are in Australia.

Please make sure you give name & any initials
of the person you are looking for this is a great help!!

If you know what name the initial stands for give that !

Street name may pinpoint a location for someone!

ITALIAN RECORDS

Familysearch.org have some records
http://genealogy.about.com/od/italy/a/family_tree.htm
http://www.anzwers.org/free/italiangen/free_genealogy_research.html
http://www.italiangen.org/default.htm
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Guide=LGItalian.ASP

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