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Just walking through the thread so I can bookmark it to see how Gemma gets on ..................

My OH is in the same situation, has a name for birth father, rough age, and knows where he was from and where he was when my OH was born ( knows the town I should say not the address ) but that is all we have to go on.

Good luck Gemma................hope you find him

Fingers crossed for a very happy ending - let us know how you get on.

Nicki
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Hi Everyone
I am Gemma's Aunt and I am writting this email to thank you all for helping Gemma find her Father, god bless you all.

April

okay so I have just called the GRO - www.gro.gov.uk/
ordered a death certificate for :
Name: Catherine Cairns Long
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1922
Death Registration Month/Year: Mar 1988
Age at death (estimated): 65
Registration district: Southwark
Inferred County: London
Volume: 15
Page: 211

they are saying it is unlikely that there is an address on there but ive ordered all the same. . . so have 5 days to wait now.

has anyone on here done the same thing and got far ?

yeh ive posted there, i didn't get a number sadly

Wow, that sounds exciting. What are you going to do? Phone? Write?

Post a request on an electoral roll thread and get them to check who lives there now. I will nudge up Jean's thread for you.

Edit - You have already posted on there - I would still add the address on there and Jean will pm you with who lives theres.

Nicki

just looked it up on 192.com and the address I have for my biological father matches the name Catherine C Long living at 56 rotherhithe old road...

this is not a coincidence surely?

http://www.192.com/search/search.cfm

LONG, Catherine Cairns Southwark 1988 March (if this is her (and my best bet at the moment) then she died in the year above. My aunt confirms that she died when i was around 3 yrs.

Gemma

I think your start point should be the ordering of the death certificate. Do you know what year she died?

Nicki

I have been given some names that could be my granma, is this a better way to go ordering her death cert or more likely to find David using the above ^^ website to order Davids Birth cert??

this is not working for me! I am trying to order the birth certificate under the GRO bit and its asking me for a full birthdate, tried putting the year only like this:

00/00/1961

no luck with that!

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/app_ew_birth_quoted.asp?APPLICATION_ID=5T6E7381A7IP4892E8256IX4GLXLRAYE7D

Can someone double check this as I do not want to get it wrong. Thanks

Gemma

You can order the cert online from the GRO - www.gro.gov.uk/

Tick the box that asks if you have the GRO reference and then enter the details given above
David Long
Year 1961
Quarter 2
District - Camberwell
Volume No 5c
Page 157

sorry I am new to all of this, how do I order the cert and which one for David or the "KEY" one?

Sorry being a little slow

OK, Gemma,

Good Luck with that one.... please post back here when you get the cert and let us know if the data looks promising for you.

Tracey

David Long, mmn KEY, Camberwell, 5c 157, 2Q 1961.

this one looks very promising, with the year. Thanks

As for his age, my mother told me he is around 47yrs (4 yrs her senior) - she is 43 now

The salavation army does not trace for unmarried parents.

Gemma

Keep us updated with how you get on.

Good luck.

Nicki

hey guys thanks for all your tips and advice, i have a lot to do now haha

What about the salvation army - dont they try to trace people?

They are the only 2 i would consider relevant, someone else is welcome to verify this for me!

I have also only looked for the years 1959 - 1961, as per Gemma's thought tht he's 47 - 49.

Tracey