Genealogy Chat

HI ALL AFTER ONE YEAR I'AM STILL NO FURTHER FORWAD I HAVE E.MAILED CHURCHS,TALKED TO NUNS,PHONED CONVENTS, BUT KNOW ONE CAN TELL ME WHERE I MAY FIND SOME FILES ON MY MOTHER AND HER SISTER WHOM WERE PUT INTO A CONVENT IN LEWISHAM AROUND 1910 I DO BELIEVE IT TO BE THE SACRED HEART CONVENT SCHOOL. CAN ANYBODY PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE MAY BE FILES TO FIND AND WHERE I MAY FIND THEM AS IT MAY GIVE ME A CLUE TO MY MOTHERS SIDE OF THE FAMILY MANY THANKS GEORGE.

Hi George Probably obvious and you already have, but have you got your mums birth cert?

no sorry no b/certs for her or her sister i beileve all distroyed in a fire and i do not have anybody to ask george.

Hi George give us their names and see if anyone can help. There are fab people here who mange to find my lot when im convinced they never existed!

my mothers name is sophia clare neil or palmer d.o.b 1908 and my aunt name was ellen hellen elenanor neil or palmer d.o.b around 1910 also it may help both were born in islington london. george

Hi George: Have you contacted the Catholic Children's Society for help? Children weren't always placed in the area where they lived. In 1905, my great aunts were placed in a convent in Penzance (although they were living in Lewisham when their mother died). Their brothers were separated and placed in two different orphanages, one in Brighton and the other in Eltham. Linda

George if their birth certs were destroyed in a fire, the originals will still be held. Have you tried the ancestry bmd beta index for these girls?

LINDA Thanks for sugggesting the Catholic Children's Society (0208 668 2181) They couldnt actually help me as I am looking for Scottish children BUT they were very helpful in giving me several numbers. GEORGE Keep going - I know exactly what you are going through She

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George, if they were Scottish why were they in a convent in Lewisham, and how do you know they were Scottish? nell

Have you looked in the Scottish GRO records? nell

And there's an Eileen Neal Sept qrtr 1910 west ham

Nell - I think it is Sheila who is looking for Scottish children, not George! Kate.

yes it was me looking for Scottish children lol

Sorry if this is stating the obvious - but do you remember your mother's [and/or your aunt's] birithdays? Knowing the exact date, would make it easier to find them. Victoria

George, I don't know if this is significant to you but I have found Winifred Nellie Neil, June q 1907, Islington, Volume 1b, Page 233. I looked for Neil babies from 1905 to 1912 ( with exception of a couple of missing quarters) and Winifred is the only babe registered in Islington? Something or nothing, I don't know.... Lisa