Hello Christine Meg Hedges wrote: > To Sue > Thank you for your reply. I have now subscribe to Roots UK. > My dad was born on 5 august 1920 in Birmingham. On his birth certificate grandad was a bicycle inspector. Grandma died in 5 august 1978 in Birmingham We think she was 89. That is all the info I have. Christine Skinner > Surely not, unless of course you do not even know your dad's first name or that of your grandmother . Probably you have included that in an earlier e-mail which I've missed or not held on to. As a general point it makes it easier for others if one always includes enough information (however sparse) so that they can start to deduce whether they might have links with your family. As it happens your information probably is sufficient to rule this out in my case because as far as I know none of my HEDGES forbears or relations had anything to do with Birmingham. However, rather than just sounding critical, perhaps I can help by suggesting how I would write about my own family, if I were in a similar position to you with very little knowledge. My equivalent statement to yours would be: "My Dad was Stanley Edgar ADAMS born 11 August 1889 in Tilbury, Essex. On his birth certificate my grandad (Robert ADAMS) was "Dock Superintendent". Grandma's (Robert's wife) first names were Clara Agnes. She died 17 May 1934 in Wembley, Middlesex. She was 82". Actually this example, although accurate, is a bit hypothetical as if I didn't know Grandma's maiden name I wouldn't have joined the HEDGES list! She was Clara Agnes HEDGES, born 1851 in Bow, Middlesex, and her father was baptised near Newbury, Berkshire but from a part of the HEDGES family who were mostly living in Faringdon, Berks. As Sue and various others of the group know, we have accumulated a lot of knowledge on these Faringdon HEDGES. I am also trying to find out about a part of the family who emigrated to Canada (Toronto) sometime around the 1850's but who seem to have fizzled out about 100 years later. (I'll give details on another e-mail in reply a recent query from Connie Hedges, which has one or two tiny hints of a connection) Regards Bob Adams (in Sidmouth, Devon) > > > > ==== HEDGES-UK Mailing List ==== > HEDGES One Name Study Registered with GoONS No. 3288 > Administrator HEDGES-UK-L@Rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >