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The latest on this saga is that I have sent away for a 2nd birth Cert. You may recall that the first one said Macnany. The second was says McInnerny!!

I have a relative, Arthur Leigh Westen Pearson, who was in the Straits Police force, I think as an Inspector. Does anyone know where I might be able to find any records to confirm this? My understanding is that the Straits Police covered Singapore and Malaysia, before independence.


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JMurphy

Thanks for your very helpful suggestion. I have already downloaded SSL and it looks good.I also looked at http://www.namethesaurus.com/ It came up with 251 suggestions and just under 6000 soundex!! I would need another program to sort through this.

Regards

Bill

JMurphy

Thanks for your very helpful suggestion. I have already downloaded SSL and it looks good.

Regards

Bill

Thanks everyone, for being so helpful. The thought of how many permutations there might be, of an Irish name sounding like Macnany,does not fill me with any great optimism!! I have sent away for another of her later children, in the hope that the name is spelled differently and gives me a lead.

Bill

Nick, You said:'Spelling of names is largely irrelevant before the latter part of the 1800s. Most people couldn't write so had no idea how their name was spelt. They just told the person filling in the form or carrying out the baptism/marriage/burial their name and it was up to the person to interpr...

IreneB/Ian112

Apologies for not replying sooner. I have contacted Durham and obtained the Burial Records ( In Latin, confirming he was a Catholic). Very good site and extremely helpful. I have also applied for the birth certificate of one of the children, which will be another check.

Regards

Bill

Nick
Thanks for your very useful information. My email address is :-
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Thanks, you have been most helpful

Regards

Bill Birchall

Jane Thanks for the reply. My Death Cert. was from the GRO, but I had previous discussions with the local office in Durham, who had already suggested, this individual. The death registration district is Durham, Sub - District Saint Oswald, and he died at Tudhoe Grange, Tudhoe, with the informant bei...

philjo/jmurphy I have checked the National Burial Register on FindMyPast with no result.All I have is the Death Certificate. I have no access to 1851, so I do not know the age then. I am sure that the Census personnel are correct as my Great Grandfather William is on with Hugh and he ties in with my...

I am researching my great grandfathers history.His name was Hugh Connor or O'Connor. He was born in Ireland, but I do not know where. I have a problem starting to check for his birth as I have the following, confusing info.:- 1861 Census - Age 64 1871 Census - Age 78 1881 Census - Age 90 Death Certi...

Hilary
Thanks for another very interesting source.

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Bill Birchall

Jan
Thanks for your interesting approach to taking my problem forward.It is much appreciated.

Jane Thanks for the suggestion. I visited the website and carried out a search but nothing specific came up. My grandfather's christian names were Harold William. There were some Harolds and some William but no Harold William. This makes it difficult to know whether it was him or not. Also the age w...

My Grandfather's marriage certificate, dated 1907, age 20, shows his occupation as Ships Steward. Does anyone have any idea where I could find out details of his employment, ship, countries visited etc.He lived in West Ham so presumably he sailed from London.My mother said that she was told that he ...

Nick Walker/LittleMissP
Sorry that I have not replied earlier. Thanks for the advice but how would I go about identifying the parish churches? Are there any online sources? Also my child would probably be before 1912.

Regards

Bill

I have the names of the husband and wife and strongly suspect that they had a child . Is there any way that I can check for a birth with just the parents, year, and location. Or do you need to know the christian name of the child? I have discovered that my Grandfather was married before meeting my G...