General Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Genealogy ? ( lol ) Watching Heir hunters... I

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256

Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 Report 2 Jul 2009 11:07

I get all death certs for direct lines (when I can find them!) am missing about 4 I think and have bought quite a few wrong ones :-( in an effort to trace them. the address and informant can be very useful as well as the cause of death being interesting. I have also bought some of the children's ones just to see what they died of - some are very sad including my dad's younger brother who died of a sort of malnutrition thing at 2 days old - obviously a digestive problem that couldn't be diagnosed or treated in those days :-((
xxxxxxxxx

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 2 Jul 2009 10:39

it did lol rose xx

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Jul 2009 10:38

awww lol Joy, yes I can see cbeebies would have to take precedence :)

Researching:

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 2 Jul 2009 10:36

i love heir hunters
but baby Satan had other ideas
he wanted cbeebies on

nana lost

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Jul 2009 10:27

Hi Elisabeth, I know there are a couple of cases of TB in mine also, my 'auntie' reminds me every time I phone when I have a cough lol... she tells me " TB runs in the family dear ...." ( she also says 'heart problems, cancer and alchohol dependency run in the family too" LOL...but forgets to say that most of the family did manage a good age even 'back then' :)

Researching:

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Report 2 Jul 2009 10:23

Yes Rose, I do quite often.

I haven't found any Spanish Flu causes though in this era, just lots of TB.

Elisabeth

Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Jul 2009 10:21

wonder...they were referring to the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak and how many died. I know my gt gt grandfather died 1918, have the date on an 'In Memoriam' card. Does anyone ( already knowing the date of death of a relative and not needing any other details from a cert) still get a death certificate just to see what the cause of death was?

Rose xx

Researching: