Find Ancestors

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Bertha Edith White

Page 1 + 1 of 2

  1. «
  2. 1
  3. 2
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Dawn

Dawn Report 18 Aug 2016 18:02

Thank you I will go and have a look. Thanks again to you all for your help xx :-D :-)

Dawn

Dawn Report 19 Aug 2016 22:40

Checked the probate link and added Arthur but it says no results so does this mean no will ? Thanks

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 19 Aug 2016 22:45

Check which tab you had opened - they're in the middle of the page

1996 to present
1858-1996
Soldiers Wills

There is one for Arthur Geater cos several of us have had a look.

Not every person's Estate went to Probate - you'll often find that if everything was left to the wife, it didn't. Similarly if the Estate was too small.

If you were looking for Benjamin - check succeeding years, Until 1996 they were listed under the year Probate was granted, not the year they died.

Dawn

Dawn Report 20 Aug 2016 08:54

Thank you
Not coming up with any finds for wills. Thank you very much for everyone's help was amazed by your kindness x :-)

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 20 Aug 2016 09:19

But you found the entry for Arthur? You can order his Will online (think it still costs £10):

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations)

GEATER Arthur of Rose Cottage Ashford Road, Ashford died June 1959 at Ashford Hospital, Stanwell Middlesex Probate London 3 July to Bertha Edith White widow Effects £800 10s 6d

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=geater&yearOfDeath=1959#calendar

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 20 Aug 2016 09:54

This is Arthur's wife and daughter, Eva, in 1939.

Walter Household (3 People) 12 Doris Road , Sunbury-on-Thames U.D., Middlesex, England

Eva Walter 26 Jul 1911 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Herbert Walter 12 Dec 1908 Male Council Labourer Married
4 closed records here
Eva Geater 20 Sep 1875 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Separated
------------------------------------------------------

Arthur's son William Esau Geater died in 1968- Administration:

GEATER William Esau of Nallhead Rd, Hanworth Middlesex died 11 January 1968 Administration Oxford 13 May £436
-----------------------------------------

William's burial:

Name: William Esaw Geater
Record Type: Burial
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1913
Burial Date: 23 Jan 1968
Abode: Hut in Field Nall Head Road, Hanworth
Burial Place: St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell, England
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell
Borough: Richmond upon Thames
Register Type: Parish Register

Dawn

Dawn Report 20 Aug 2016 12:18

Thanks xxxx :-)

Dawn

Dawn Report 20 Aug 2016 12:26

Wow. Thanks for info on William Esau didn't realise he had died so young. I knew he had some land that was sold after his death. Didn't realise he lived there too. Thanks again

Dawn

Dawn Report 20 Dec 2016 21:10

Finding this site difficult to move around. I've paid to look at some census and birth certificates I've only actually been able to view two of the ones I requested. It seems GR charges for every little thing now whereas you would see the original census details without having to pay to view different versions of same info or not in my case. It says you can contact support but there are no links that I can find... how do you contact them ? Sorry if it's really obvious

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 20 Dec 2016 23:37

The email address for Support is
[email protected]

They work office hours only and hope to reply within 3 working days.

If you have managed to view a record via credits, do save it to your computer. Pay-to-view census etc etc havea shelf life of either 30 or 90 days depending on the 'bundle' you purchased.

Unless you are looking for relatively recent BMD, use the free site https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
That aims to have transcribed the ref numbers from Sep 1837 when English & Welsh civil registration began, until approx 1973. Its an on going project.
You won't actually see all the details on the certificate as you're only viewing the reference details needed to order a copy from GRO.
You can also search for free on the GRO site itself.
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

Marriages which could have taken place in a CoE church might be on line.
The number of sites are too many to mention - do an internet search for the area + parish records.
2 good sources are
http://www.freereg.org.uk/ (Baptism's, Marriages, Burials)
https://familysearch.org/ which also has census and many other records

Dawn

Dawn Report 21 Dec 2016 20:05

Thank you