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May James and George Costello

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Sheila

Sheila Report 8 May 2019 12:46

Thank you everyone its a big help xx

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 May 2019 15:14

the closed records are almost certainly the children of the marriage

Look for their births on freebmd, using the surnames as your criteria

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

greyghost

greyghost Report 7 May 2019 14:53

Records are closed for anyone under 100 years of age whose death has not been proven. So more open each year.

The 1939 register became the basis for the NHS and was updated until around 1990 before it went digital. Since then, the genealogy sites are trying to determine if people have died so they can open further records.

If you want to open a record you can do so by providing a death certificate.

Maddie

Maddie Report 7 May 2019 14:49

because if they have died their death record has not been picked up by fmp or ancestry so they are considerede as living

Sheila

Sheila Report 7 May 2019 14:48

Thanks everyone for your replies I am new to this x

Sheila

Sheila Report 7 May 2019 14:46

Thank you so much that's great I just wonder why the record is closed

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 May 2019 15:31

Just in case you don't have their dates of birth
1939


Costello Household (5 People)
15 Broadwaters Road , Wednesbury M.B., Staffordshire, England


George E Costello Male 29 Jul 1902 Electric Crane Driver Steel Works Married 58 1
May Costells Female 05 Nov 1904 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 58 2
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

Rambling

Rambling Report 6 May 2019 15:28

Nothing showing in newspapers or parish records on FMP so you would have to buy cert for exact date, if that is needed

Just for ref 1939 register

Costello Household (5 People)
15 Broadwaters Road , Wednesbury M.B., Staffordshire, England


George E Costello Male 29 Jul 1902 Electric Crane Driver Steel Works Married 58 1
May Costells Female 05 Nov 1904 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 58 2
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 May 2019 15:28

Here's where you could have looked ...............

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Rambling

Rambling Report 6 May 2019 15:23

Marriages Mar 1928 (>99%)
COSTELLO George E James W. Bromwich 6b 1006
JAMES May Costello W. Bromwich 6b 1006

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Sheila

Sheila Report 6 May 2019 15:07

I am trying to find the date of the marriage of May James and George Costello Married at St Mary Church Wednesbury Staffordshire in the 1920s can anyone help please