Hello Everyone After seven years of searching it's possible that I might have found the death record of my great grandfather. Eric Lionel ARMSTRONG left Maesteg, South Wales in March 1912 and went to Stellarton to work as a coal miner. The Registration of Death states that an Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG age 71 years and 11 months died in November 1951. He was a coal miner from Wales and a widower. When Eric ARMSTRONG left the port of Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1912 he was 31 years of age, a coal miner from Wales, travelling to Stellarton, Pictou. He also lived in Minto, New Brunswick for a while before returning to Stellarton. The death of Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG was registered by a neighbour so it's possible that Llewellyn could have been Lionel. The dates, age, location and occupation all seem to fit, so I'm almost convinced that I have found the right man. Please can anyone tell me whether it's possible to find any more information for Eric and where to look? Or suggest the name of a reliable researcher. Thank you. Jill

Hi Jill, Have you already fround the passenger manifest for his trip from Liverpool to Canada? I'm not sure if people from South Wales had to be Naturalized http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-505-e.html or if they needed to register for the 1940 National Registration http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogie/022-907.006-e.html You can also try http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ which aims to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales Kevin -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/ On 6/10/07, jwyze1@gmail.com <jwyze1@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone > After seven years of searching it's possible that I might have found the > death record of my great grandfather. Eric Lionel ARMSTRONG left Maesteg, > South Wales in March 1912 and went to Stellarton to work as a coal miner. > The Registration of Death states that an Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG age 71 > years and 11 months died in November 1951. He was a coal miner from Wales > and a widower. > > When Eric ARMSTRONG left the port of Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia in > 1912 he was 31 years of age, a coal miner from Wales, travelling to > Stellarton, Pictou. He also lived in Minto, New Brunswick for a while > before returning to Stellarton. > > The death of Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG was registered by a neighbour so it's > possible that Llewellyn could have been Lionel. The dates, age, location > and occupation all seem to fit, so I'm almost convinced that I have found > the right man. > > Please can anyone tell me whether it's possible to find any more information > for Eric and where to look? Or suggest the name of a reliable researcher. > > Thank you. > Jill