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i am trying to trace my mum (deborah norma thomas) dads side of the family, her dad died when she was about two years old roughly in 1968 in december, her mum lost contact with the family after that. we no they lived in south east london, with conexsions to lee high road, we dont really have much information to go on, we have a few names bruce, alan, graham and norma thomas but thats about it, we no alan worked a brans hatch, and bruce went to uni but thats about it, if u sound like the people we are trying to contact please get in touch with me asap thanks alot.

if you have her dads birth cert it will show who his parents were and where they lived. Lee High Road comes under the borough of Lewisham and they have an Archives section in the library on Lewisham High Street. so you could look at the electrol registers and see who was in the house..this might give you clues.on your grandparents marraige cert it will show his occupation and that might give you a lead. Have you tried a letter to the Human resources dept at Brands Hatch? maybe they would be willing to pass a letter to Alan..they would keep his address for pension purposes...might be worth a try.Which Uni did Bruce go to? and when?...maybe they would have a website with a contact section...one of the lecturers may recall him or he may still be there as a teacher himself? all avenues worth exploring? anyway good luck

Have you tried a search on friends reunited, you can do an address search on there, there could be a neighbour listed who would know of them
Good luck,
Liz

hi there thanks for the replys, we really dont have no information on him at all, only what we have stated, we do not even know hes birthday, we really have nothing to go on, the information we was told was from my great nan but she passed away a few years ago now, we think that when he meet my nan hes mum had all ready passed away, we only know the names of hes brothers and sisters and what they were doing at the time, there has bin know contact at all since 1968-maybe 1969 , we was just hopeing maybe they were looking for my mum, thank you for all your help

go onto FreeBMD and try to find dad..lets say he was born 1930 try 5 years either side and you should find him..then if you get the birth certificate and that will show his parents and you can work backwards from that. The other options previously suggested still apply..its sometimes hard work but if you want to find family you have to put the work in in afraid, its unlikely that anyone you seek will see the thread so if you want the possible contact the imput must be yours. anyway good luck.

Hi Debbie,

Is this your mums birth registation?

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Debra N Thomas
Name: Debra N Thomas
Mother's Maiden Surname: Davies
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1965
Registration district: Pontypridd
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 880




if so what was your mums full name and what was dad's name? we maybe able to find a marriage for them and this would give you your Grandfathers age at the time he married plus his fathers name.


Dee x

hi.......

batmansdaughter.........no that is not them but thank you so much for trying to help much appreciated.

we have bin given this information that is correct...........

Dawn C O'Rourke Sry Mid E Dec Q 1943
Alan D O'Rourke Sry Mid E Mar Q 1945
Bruce O'Rourke Sry Mid E Mar Q 1946
Christopher O'Rourke Sry Mid E June Q 1947 5g 586
Graham Thomas Sry N E Sep Q 1950

also we have fount out that there mother is called kathleen O'Rourke and she married ronald fredrick thomas in sept 1948 in surrey middle eastern, so we have fount out they were all born in surrey,

we are just stuck on ways to try and trace them now, so if anyone has any suggestions it wold be much appreciated, thank you

Have you tried the electoral rolls
Liz

no we havent yet.......im not really sure how you go about doing it, is there a website you can go on? im new to this and really have not got a clue.

There are some members who offer to do electoral roll look ups. Go to Records on this site, and enter "who are you looking for 2009 electoral roll look up" and it should give you the names of members who will do this for you. Click on their name and send a message to them giving the names you are looking for.
Liz

is that search records i go to?

On the left under "Board Summary" go to Records Office - then enter "Who are looking for 2009 electoral roll look ups" - there is a member called Jean who offers to do these
Liz