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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.

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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 2,483 Send Message	Lynne	Report	14 Apr 2003 09:32
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 2,483 Send Message	I spent 4 hours at the Family Record Centre last week searching for a marriage between my great grandparents -Alice Owen and John Humphreys, living in Manchester and both aged 30 on the 1901 census. The census states that they are married but I checked every record for both names from 1887 - 1901 and there were no matches. They had 3 children. I have Alice's birth cert but without the marriage, how do I find John's birth? Was it common for people not to marry in those days even though they had kids?

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