Recent content by antonia

Thank you, that's very helpful :) xxx

How does one go about tracing records from France and Germany? My Grandmother is French and knows two generations back, we have a family tomb at Père-Lachaise but after that? And my Great Grandfather, Victor Grunhut is German born... Awkward so and sos!!!

That is interesting - how does one access the1911 census? I have an account on genes reunited and have looked at previous censuses

That's brilliant thank you for everything guys!!!

The other thing I have is a newspaper article about Victor Grunhut, lawyer, and he does look like my Grandfather! I know they had contact and he met my Grandmother but my Grandfather never told her who he was until the end of his life. She remembers him coming to see my uncle when he was a boy...

Thank you, yes that's him, that's the D.O.B my grandmother gave me, but as you say I couldn't find a birth record either. Thanks for looking :D Need to get a look at this will as I believe Hermione went on to marry and have another child. My grandmother gave me a married name Scott. Hoping...

Thanks :) I haven't seen the will yet, my grandmother is digging it out for our weekly friday lunch so will check any details I can gather on him. The family is all Newcastle/Yorkshire so far

Hi there, I've just started tracing my family tree. Bit difficult as my decesed maternal grandfather so far I can't find a birth record. His mother was Hermione Cradock, father Victor Grunhut. He was apparently illigitimate but there are some documents that my Grandmother has for me to look...