On 16 Mar 2010 at 15:22, Roy Stockdill wrote: > On 16 Mar 2010 at 9:32, Jayne England wrote: > > > > > Dear list members, I am new to this list and hoping someone can > > advise me. I am researching a family tale that suggests there is > > a distant family connection to this well known Leeds chef. The > > story goes on to say the connection arises through MPW's paternal > > line - the WHITE family. I have a copy of the marriage cert for > > MPW's parents and therein lies my problem. Marco's father was > > named Frank WHITE, the son of Frank WHITE according to his > > marriage cert. His age given on marriage would suggest the year > > of birth as 1927. I have contacted Leeds Register Office and they > > have searched for the birth of a Frank White, with father named > > Frank +/- 2 years either side of 1927 and come up with TWO > > options. Both born in Leeds and both in 1927. So now I am stumped > > as to which one is the correct set of parents! I also do not know > > the names if any, of siblings to MWP's father, so can't even work > > out who the parents were via his siblings. I have tried a search > > of google etc but cannot find anything that shows the > > genealogical "tree" of this celebrity, so if anyone could point > > me in the right direction, or can advise me on how to > > differentiate between the two sets of parents, I would be pleased > > to hear from you. I live in the West Country, so do not have > > access to local archives, libraries etc in Yorkshire, so any > > searching I need to do has to be done remotely. Thank you! Jayne > > > > > Are you sure the Leeds Register Office have given you the correct > information? > > I have checked FreeBMD, as well as the GRO Indexes at Findmypast and > they have only ONE Frank White born in a Leeds Registration District > in 1927 - in the June quarter at Hunslet, vol 9b page 723, mother's > maiden name LEE. So unless there was another Frank White whose birth > record never made it to the GRO (or there is a Whire with Frank as a > middle name) that would seem to be the one. > > If you go to the marriages indexes of YorkshireBMD at: > > http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/marrind.cgi > > you will find a marriage for Frank WHITE and Nellie LEE at Holbeck > Registered Building in 1922. There is a link to download the > certificate. Yorkshire BMD is the website for indexes from the local > register offices, not the GRO. The marriage doesn't yet seem to appear > at FreeBMD but I found it in the GRO indexes at Findmypast in the Sep > quarter of 1922 at Holbeck (another Leeds registration district), vol > 9b page 1482). There are a number of Whites with the mother's maiden > name, Lee, born in the Leeds area between 1923 and 1934 but because > both names are so common it's quite possible there was another > White-Lee couple. You can find the other children with FreeBMD. > Further to my previous message, who were the witnesses of the marriage? That can often give a strong clue. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE