Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Pyxis

tiredoflife wrote: »

Afternoon all.
Stuck at work on a sunny day, this is not good!
Any plans for the weekend? I'm trying to convince the husband a BBQ should be on the cards if the weather is nice, if....

It looks to be good so far!

tiredoflife

yes, a balmy 23 in South London predicted for the weekend. Finally! I feel slightly obsessed with the weather at the moment! Summers went on forever when we were little didnt they.....

zagubov

I'm in South London too and hoping for good weather. I need good weather all the time, as i'm the evening dog-walker in the household.

Doozergirl

GDB2222 wrote: »

You lot are so knowledgeable!

I knownit's a woodpecker as there was a picture of one of those on cider cans when I was a teenager!

Such a crazy work day. I have sought solace in a bucket of tea in Starbucks. My brain is bursting.

ivyleaf

I hope the tea helped, Doozergirl

GDB2222

Our youngest wants to work in the EU commission, as a faceless bureaucrat, although he's hoping to keep his face intact. He wants to apply for German citizenship, which he is automatically entitled to under their Article 116 (2) of their basic law.

I think he will need:
1. His birth certificate
2. Our marriage certificate
3. Our birth certificates
4. Grandparents' marriage certificates.
5. Grandparents' birth certificates, if available.

I have the first three items. Item 5 will involve checking German records, as they were all born there. But various people here (PN, are you there?) have special expertise in how to find the Grandparents' marriage certificates. The marriages took place in London, around 1946. Can you remind me where to look, please?


Edit In case it's not obvious "our" refers to DW and me.:)

GDB2222

Doozergirl wrote: »

I knownit's a woodpecker as there was a picture of one of those on cider cans when I was a teenager!

Such a crazy work day. I have sought solace in a bucket of tea in Starbucks. My brain is bursting.

It was green, so my immediate reaction was it's a Parakeet. Loads and loads of those round here. But the beak was all wrong.

They've escaped from captivity and done remarkably well in N London.

oldandhappy

testing my photobucket...testing testing:eek:looks large?

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

The marriages took place in London, around 1946. Can you remind me where to look, please?


Edit In case it's not obvious "our" refers to DW and me.:)

For English copies of certificates, just apply through the General Records Office, it'll be about £10.

You can look them up online on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl easily enough, to get/check the specific record office/quarter, but there's no need.

If you're working with unusual names, just the surname and a range of years +/-5 would give you a short list to choose from .....

But, you don't need to look up the record/page reference to get the copy, just contact the GRO with what you know.

chris_m

oldandhappy wrote: »

testing my photobucket...testing testing:eek:looks large?

Dunno about large, it looks extremely contented :rotfl: