Dear Listers I thought I would share this news with the list because no one else really quite understands my excitement. After 16 years of searching I have found my great grandad! I always had plenty of records of him from his marriage in 1897 onwards, but no matter what I tried I could never seem to find him in any censuses prior to that and never a hint of a birth record. In desperation I tried looking for possible fathers for him and planned to work them forwards to try to prove a link. Thanks to the help of some people on this list a few weeks back, I discovered that one of those possible fathers, William Humphrey, was living in virtually the same street as my great grandad, also William Humphrey, in 1901. After following the family of William senior both backwards and forwards I managed to trace members of his family to a village in Cambridgeshire and last night I found my William as a six-year-old living with his aunt, William's senior's sister in 1881. This gave me the link I needed to prove that William senior did actually have a son, William, of the exact age to be my William and born about 20 miles from where I have always thought my William was born. I hardly slept last night in the excitement and will be a bag of nerves until the birth certificate arrives in the post later this week. I am sure you will all understand my excitement. I always said I was never going to stop looking and I am so thrilled that I didn't. Joanne :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Joanne,              That is so fantastic. Now if I could have the same look with my ggggrandfather and gggggrandparents in finding their parents.     Carla ________________________________ From: Joanne Humphrey <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com> To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 11:59 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Success after all these years!!! Dear Listers I thought I would share this news with the list because no one else really quite understands my excitement. After 16 years of searching I have found my great grandad! I always had plenty of records of him from his marriage in 1897 onwards, but no matter what I tried I could never seem to find him in any censuses prior to that and never a hint of a birth record. In desperation I tried looking for possible fathers for him and planned to work them forwards to try to prove a link. Thanks to the help of some people on this list a few weeks back, I discovered that one of those possible fathers, William Humphrey, was living in virtually the same street as my great grandad, also William Humphrey, in 1901. After following the family of William senior both backwards and forwards I managed to trace members of his family to a village in Cambridgeshire and last night I found my William as a six-year-old living with his aunt, William's senior's sister in 1881. This gave me the link I needed to prove that William senior did actually have a son, William, of the exact age to be my William and born about 20 miles from where I have always thought my William was born. I hardly slept last night in the excitement and will be a bag of nerves until the birth certificate arrives in the post later this week. I am sure you will all understand my excitement. I always said I was never going to stop looking and I am so thrilled that I didn't. Joanne :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message   :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Carla. Keep posting your queries - you just never know when someone might have an idea which will help you unearth the nugget you need! Joanne :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message   :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm sure we all understand your excitement!! It is such a thrill to finally get such an important date. Well done Jenni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Humphrey" <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 4:29 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Success after all these years!!! > Dear Listers > > I thought I would share this news with the list because no one else really > quite understands my excitement. After 16 years of searching I have found > my > great grandad! I always had plenty of records of him from his marriage in > 1897 onwards, but no matter what I tried I could never seem to find him in > any censuses prior to that and never a hint of a birth record. In > desperation I tried looking for possible fathers for him and planned to > work > them forwards to try to prove a link. Thanks to the help of some people on > this list a few weeks back, I discovered that one of those possible > fathers, > William Humphrey, was living in virtually the same street as my great > grandad, also William Humphrey, in 1901. After following the family of > William senior both backwards and forwards I managed to trace members of > his > family to a village in Cambridgeshire and last night I found my William as > a > six-year-old living with his aunt, William's senior's sister in 1881. This > gave me the link I needed to prove that William senior did actually have a > son, William, of the exact age to be my William and born about 20 miles > from > where I have always thought my William was born. > > I hardly slept last night in the excitement and will be a bag of nerves > until the birth certificate arrives in the post later this week. > > I am sure you will all understand my excitement. I always said I was never > going to stop looking and I am so thrilled that I didn't. > > Joanne > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Jenni. I know you all do understand and it's very exciting to be able to share the good news. Joanne > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message