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Family Notes - September 2006
This is a sample of the information provided to members of the P*rr*tt Society in the September 2006 edition of Family Notes. Family Notes is a 56-page printed magazine that is distributed to society members every quarter.
How to Buy a UK Certificate of Birth, Marriage or Death
METHOD 1 - PERSONAL APPLICATION or Go to the Register Office for the area in
which the event took place and order and pay for it there. Get the address
of the office from the local telephone directory, under ‘REGISTRATION OF
BIRTH, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES’. Certificates cost £7.50 each.
METHOD 2 - BY THE INTERNET ADVICE: Birth certificates will give the date and place of birth, the parents names and father’s occupation. Marriage certificates will give the names of both parties and their status (single, widowed, etc), their addresses, their fathers names and occupations as well as the date and place of marriage. Death certificates will often be the least useful when it comes to tracing ancestors but if you are interested in the date, place and cause of death it is the only reliable source of this information. A P*RR*TT PHOTO GALLERY
The Web Site, ‘Ghosts and other Haunts, New Zealand’ manages to
find a P*RR*TT and describes him thus:
George William Parratt (seated centre, below) was
born in 1837 in Bath, son of George Ferris Parratt and Ann, née Buck who had
previously lived in Bristol but whose origins were in Chipstable, Devon. The
family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (‘the Mormons’) in
1851 and decided to move to Utah in 1864. George married 5 weeks before
departure; his bride was Mary The transatlantic journey was hard; several
children died en route. The Civil Mary Ann died in childbirth in 1871; in 1872
George William married Minerva Regrettably the marriage did not survive. It is
thought Minerva became jealous of her eligible stepdaughters. However we have no
record of the grounds for her
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