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Searching for half siblings

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Karen

Karen Report 15 Sep 2015 11:53

Thank you so much for the help. Now I know I'm looking for three half-siblings: Yvonne Downs (born 1956), Brian Downs (born 1958) and Carol Downs (born 1951). That's news I didn't have yesterday.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 15 Sep 2015 04:22

Also go the Search at the top of here and select Search All Member Trees. Someone with the same name as one of the daughters has all these names in her tree. Click on her name to send her an email.

Rose

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Sep 2015 00:10

Go to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Select Births
Father's name Downs
Mothers surname Harrison
Year range 1956-1961
Select Huddersfield from the District List
Click 'Find' (its near the bottom of the page, on the left)

Karen

Karen Report 14 Sep 2015 22:54

I think Constance was married when she had these children. I see the Huddersfield marriage of 1955 which you refer to. But I can only find one child, a boy named Brian Downs from this marriage. How did you manage to see 3 children? Could you tell me how to search for the other 2?
Many thanks for your help.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 14 Sep 2015 21:13

If you look on FreeBMD, you should be able to find their names.

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

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 14 Sep 2015 21:11

Was Constance married when she had these children? I see a marriage in Huddersfield in 1955. Were they the children born to this marriage?

I see 2 girls and a boy born to this couple.

Rose

Karen

Karen Report 14 Sep 2015 20:40

I'm looking for my half siblings, a sister and brother, possibly adopted, born to Constance Harrison. Constance was born in 1936 in Huddersfield and grew up there; her parents were George Harrison and Adeline Alice Porter. These siblings would have been born around the late 1950s or possibly early 1960s.