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From: "Lesley Robertson" <>
Subject: Re: last appeal for KITCHEN
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:57:06 +0200


> "DENISE" <> wrote in message
> news:8qrci4$694$1@diana.bcn.ttd.net...
> > This is a last ditch appeal for help! My paternal grandmother was Isabel
> > Kitchen and my father was born on 1 Sept 1914 so presumably Isabel was
> born
> > around 1890- 1898 ish.

This might be a bit conservative, you only give her an upper age limit of
24. Unless you have reasons to the contrary, I'd check at least 10 years
earlier.

>My father was illegitimate and no name was given
> for
> > his father (I realise I can't get any further with that).

In rare cases, there's more info on baptismal certificates than on birth
certs.

> > I can't find Isabel's birth cert in either the Penrith or the Leeds
> offices
> > and I've now ground to a full stop - and it's not much of a family tree
if
> I
> > can't get past my grandmother.

What about her death cert? It should at least solve the mystery of her age,
giving you a better chance at getting her birth cert.

Lesley Robertson

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