A durn wrote: > Could anyone help me with my research re GEORGE BAMLETT better known as WEE GEORGIE WOOD. ( 1895-1979) > As an ancestor of mine I am tring to find out more about him. I wonder if there is access to a newspaper which might have articles about him > Also I believe his mother Georgina had at least 21 children. He was born Jarrow but his family seem to have been Durham. > Any information would be gratefully received Aileen You say you want to find out more about him, but you don't tell us what you already know or where you have looked. What records have you looked at so far? For example, have you got his birth, marriage or death certificates? Have you found him on the 1901 and 1911 censuses? Have you seen his will or an obituary? We might be able to assist once we have an idea what you know. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

Aileen If you can find a library with access to the Times Digital Archive you will find no less than 86 mentions of "Wee Georgie Wood" ranging from a theatre bill for the London Pavilion in 1910 to an "In Memoriam" in 1982 - and including a nice obituary from the issue of Friday, Nov 16, 1979. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

Aileen The GRO death index gives the following: Name: George Bamlett Wood Death Registered: Jan-Mar 1979 Camden (London) 14 2350 Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1895 The GRO birth index gives: Name: George Wood Bamlett Birth Registered: Jan-Mar 1896 South Shields 10a 814 There are images at: http://www.rondrew.co.uk/theatre/images/Wee%20Geo%20Wood%20(colour)(2x4).jpg http://www.itsahotun.com/jpegs/images/weegeorgiewood220.jpg http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/hipper/star%20wgw.jpg Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer