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Marriages Jun 1864 (>99%)
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Refoy George Westhampnett 2b 527

Deaths Dec 1860 (>99%)
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Refoy Mary Westhampnett 2b 199

Births Mar 1860 (>99%)
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REFOY Martha Anne Westhampnett 2b 318

To start..
Margery M T H Refoy ref .. 2b 611
b.1914 .. MMN Gilkes
POB .. Westhamptnet Sussex

possible brothers
Bernard ,
Albert b. 1916.. d, 1916
Kim

Well you could try finding a matching death reference for the name of the birth refernce you have..if you find a mtch..you got something to go on! :)

I only started my tree about 2 weeks ago...and I truly knew nothing of my family..parents and aunts have all but passed away.. ive had not contact with my family since 86 when my father died....
i didnt even know some of my aunts and uncle names!..I certainly didnt even know my grandparents names !

But I have persevered..and with help from folks here..I have been amazed at what Ive been able to find..if the new link I have got yesterday works out..I shall about to be adding a possible 600 members to my tree!!.... WOW!!!

In just under 2 weeks!

Ladies of the Night usually refers to Prostitutes!

I have been trying to track down a ancestor of mine called Ann Walton - who was known in the family as the 'Black Sheep' because of her many men friends and who seems to have disappeared after the 1891 census.

I have periods when I give up but every now and then you come across a new bit of info that gets you going again.

I've been going thru a good spell recently, but still no sign of Ann/Nan/ ? and her men friends

Good luck

no not got one claire i thoguht her brother would have one but he said he hasnt seen her in many many years and no one knows where she is or if she has past

People do choose to be known by different names sometimes, ...both first and surnames. I guess they had their reasons and just because you found a birth doesn't necessarily mean that they were known by that name.

One of my ancestors was registered with one forname, christened with 2 different ones and died using just the first baptism name.
My mother in law goes by a name that bears no resemblance to her given name.
Maddening though when you think relatives are holding back on information, although again there might be some good reason for them not knowing after a certain time.
My uncle was 'lost' to the family for over 20 years until my cousin tracked him down.

Gwyn

Have you got the birth cert? Does it help?

Lady's of the night.........are they the same as "Street singers"?

claire

i am trying to find a relation born 1914 i found the birth so i know that the person was born.
it just ppl keep saying she goes by different names and it really confusing i have found the birth so now i know the name was wrong what a family member said .

Oh Becki , thats the whole point , the easy bits are .. er well easy , only after that do you really become a genealogist when you are searching for people missing , people who should be there in the next census , children who,s mothers where unmarried and disappear. ..
Thats what this is all about , not the easy bits but the bits in between that make our families history interesting .My opinion is its no good going back to the 17th century with just a list of names , thats easy, you should try to find out as much as you can about each persons life story.
Stuff private dectectives , if I ever needed help to trace someone the people on here would be my first choice..
Kim xxxx

hahahah lmao very true blue eyes .......


ann i will take a look

thanks for the replys

have anyone of you heard of " ladys of the night"

Becki if it's information on your older relations that your family won't tell you, it normally means that there's a bit of scandal waiting for you to find

Either that or find out the truth yourself and wave it in their faces, you know kinda, na na na na na

Have you looked at my thread 'The mystery of disappearing ancestors?' You are not alone by any means. But, as somebody said to me this week. Don't give up, have a break but don't ever give up.

Ann
Glos

thanks .... i really do feel like giving up one family member telling me one thing then another saying no no they got that wrong this is the name it's like one big secret it feels like they not telling me the truth... sorry i just really feel fed up with it think im going to leave it a while.....
might do me good
becki
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i'm fed up ...i give up ...... with my family tree it going no where ...
i ask for information off the family they give me bit's then say they don't no the rest i mean come on how can someone go missing no one seen her or heard of her ......arghhhhh

sorry rant over with

becki