Which is the best site to find my nearest relatives...

[askyourgran]

I've had reasonable success with my relatives from 1600/1800 but I am stuck trying to find my fathers' brothers and sisters and their families. I know very little about them. Except that there was nine of them including my father, all deceased now: born between 1899 and 1918.

[petal54]

excuse butting in,but have not heard of the name Litherland

[dotty.]

it should be, Daisy had 4 children, Willie (1937), Hazel (1946) and twins Alan T (1951) but he died in 1970 aged 19 and David A. (1951)

[dotty.]

Litherland is actually a place near Liverpool and so very familiar to me petal having grown up in Ormskirk

[dotty.]

Amy Litherland married John Liversidge, they had one child a daughter jean in 1937, the same year they married

[dotty.]

edith married John E kirk in 1935 a son John E was born in 1936 and i think a son barry in 1944

[askyourgran]

Hi petal, Litherland is actually a place in Liverpool, and I believe there are a lot still living there. My side of the family all lived in and around Appleby Magna in Leicestershire from the 1600's. The Gt Gt Grandfather x 10 I think was born somewhere in that area about 1580. My Gt Gt gt Grndfather moved from Tamworth to Leeds in the 1830's. He was a cut nail manufacturer for the boot/shoe making industry. It's fascinating and I would like to visit those places.

[dotty.]

I think Norman married emma k baxter in 1931 they had kenneth n born 1932, Colin B. born 1935, granville t born 1939 and christine e born 1945

[askyourgran]

Thank you dotty for those names I didn't know who they all were, I've met cousin Hazel. And the oldest cousin Mavis Parkinson daughter of Florence but that is the sum total of them all. I know there is one cousin called Colin married to an Italian lady never met them. I worked at the DVLA for a while, one day we were sitting around a desk sorting some mail out and the girl next to me got out her leave sheet, her maiden name was Litherland, it was such a surprise, she was Colin's daughter.

[dotty.]

violet married frank e hughes in 1926, i am not sure if they had any children.

george married rosetta s wild in 1927 they had geoffrey in 1933 and maureen r in 1938

[dotty.]

florence married alfred parkinson in 1920 and just had mavis in 1928

[askyourgran]

I remember my father telling me we had a cousin called June who was adopted by another family, but I can't remember who her father was. I think her mother left them and he couldn't cope, she was born about 1939 I think it could have been George but not sure. Never understood why they gave me the same name.

[dotty.]

frank E married Norah Jeffcosk in 1932 they had george,1932 jeffrey, 1933 peter, 1935 june 1939 and ernest, 1943'

is that all 8 now? i think it is

[dotty.]

that should be jeffcock , that's the june you knew about then.

[dotty.]

june had 3 older brothers and then a younger brother when she was about 4, maybe the father kept the boys?

[dotty.]

actually norah litherland nee jeffcock died in 1949 aged 35

[askyourgran]

There are also cousins called Trevor and Sylvia, I can remember my dad saying their names. Dad always kept in touch with his family as his work was in the area but we lived at the other side of Leeds. Mum wasn't so keen on visiting them anyway.

[dotty.]

It's possible that you're meaning the grandchildren there i think,

[askyourgran]

Oh that must have been why June was adopted. I remember there was something sad about it all. I dont know what happened to the boys. I think I'll have to try and make contact with Mavis to find out what she knows.

[dotty.]

i've got to get to bed now, i've got my grandaughter in the morning, night,

[askyourgran]

That was brilliant thanks so much dotty. I didn't know if it was possible to find people to date. I'll be spending tomorrow filling in another sheet.