Family tree help

katie4

My husband has been desperately searching for his fathers records but there is absolutely nothing out there.
My husbands father has said he has not seen his own birth certificate and we can find no record of it either
We have found my husbands fathers mothers birth certificate but we don’t know who his father her partner was

Can anyone suggest anything?

Grumpelstiltskin

Which country was he born in?

The answer to that will help us give you the correct suggestions.

katie4

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

Which country was he born in?

The answer to that will help us give you the correct suggestions.

Wales uk 1948

debbie22

Hi Katie

If you want to inbox me the details, would be pleased to have a look for you x

Grumpelstiltskin

Beat me to it, only possible problem with Wales is the common surnames, good luck.

Mojisola

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

Beat me to it, only possible problem with Wales is the common surnames, good luck.

And that the first name he's known by may not be the name on his birth certificate.

Most of my Welsh relatives were known by their second name - or even something completely different to what was on their BC.

CRANKY40

Does your husband's father have any siblings whose birth records might give you a clue? Also happy to try looking for you if you pm some details....

sheramber

Does he know for a fact that he was born in Wales?

PasturesNew

DNA can be the quickest/easiest way to help nail down "the unknown". In any case, even if you get his birth certificate, it can help to find more extended family more quickly.

Once you've explored "the obvious", it's just as well to simply stump up and have the DNA done. Which company you use to do the DNA can help this to be faster as they aren't "all the same" and some are better at "connecting" than others. e.g. Ancestry's version has many tools to help people find extended family... there might be others "as good", or better, which is something others might know more about.

It's a one off cost that is perpetually "out there" seeking new connections.

Maybe there was a typo.
Maybe he was illegitimate.
Maybe he was adopted, or found, or stolen.

DNA does cut through all that uncertainty stuff and cut straight to the chase.

Mojisola

PasturesNew wrote: »

DNA can be the quickest/easiest way to help nail down "the unknown". In any case, even if you get his birth certificate, it can help to find more extended family more quickly.

Once you've explored "the obvious", it's just as well to simply stump up and have the DNA done. Which company you use to do the DNA can help this to be faster as they aren't "all the same" and some are better at "connecting" than others. e.g. Ancestry's version has many tools to help people find extended family... there might be others "as good", or better, which is something others might know more about.

It's a one off cost that is perpetually "out there" seeking new connections.

It only works if someone reasonably closely related has also taken the test - I've been waiting for years for a connection to be made.

Maybe there was a typo.
Maybe he was illegitimate.
Maybe he was adopted, or found, or stolen.

He would still have had a BC in these cases.

miriamac

Mojisola wrote: »

He would still have had a BC in these cases.

However, it might be in a different surname - making it even more difficult to find.

I had terrible trouble finding my great grandmother's birth registration. It turned out that she was illegitimate (as was her older brother and one younger sister - the great great grandparents got married one month before the next sister was born!).

Although every other record for great granny - including a couple of censuses - was in the surname we 'knew', her birth surname was great great granny's maiden name.