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Question: ALL GENEALOGIST: Crack this!!?
Even though I have all the details I can't find the parents or any more info for this person:

Gordon Arthur Walcott
Birth: 01 Nov 1919 in Barbados / West Indies
Death: 1988 in London, England, UK

Help appreciated!
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You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history!. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department!. Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc!. Our public library has both www!.ancestry!.com and www!.heritagequest!.com free for anyone to use (no library card required)!.
Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers!. They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you)!.
A third option is one of the following websites:
http://www!.searchforancestors!.com/!.!.!.

http://www!.censusrecords!.net/!?o_xid=2739!.!.!.

www dot usgenweb dot com/

www dot census dot gov/

http://www!.rootsweb!.com/

www dot ukgenweb dot com/

www dot archives dot gov/

http://www!.familysearch!.org/

http://www!.accessgenealogy!.com/!.!.!.

http://www!.cyndislist!.com/

www dot geni dot com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever!.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example!.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

www dot associatedcontent dot com/article!.!.!.

Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test!. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father!. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA!.
I used www!.familytreedna!.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program!.

I don't do searches for the simple reason it is impossible to tell if the person I find is the correct person!. also, check other answers this site and Number One's sites! (Just click on his profile)
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http://www!.ancestry!.com
England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005
Name: Gordon Arthur Walcott
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1919
Death Registration Month/Year: Apr 1988
Age at death (estimated): 68
Registration district: Camberwell
Inferred County: London
Volume: 11
Page: 1330

http://www!.ellisisland!.org
First Name: Gordon
Last Name: Walcott
Ethnicity: Gt!. Brtn!., African Blk!.
Last Place of Residence: St!. James, Barbados
Date of Arrival: Apr 01, 1923
Age at Arrival: 27y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Vestris
Port of Departure: Barbados, British West Indies
Manifest Line Number: 0021
(is this the same person!?!? If so, the dates of birth wouldn't match at all!. This man would have been born in 1896)!.

http://www!.ancestry!.com--this listing matches the Ellis Island listing:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Gordon Walcott
Arrival Date: 1 Apr 1923
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Barbados
Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality: Black
Ship Name: Vestris
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Barbados
Line: 21
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_3274
Birth Location: Barbados
Birth Location Other: st james
Page Number: 160

There is this listing, with his first and middle names reversed:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Arthur Gordon Walcott
Arrival Date: 18 Aug 1944
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1920
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bridgetown, Barbados
Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality: West Indian (Native American)
Ship Name: George Washington
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Brb,Bwi (Barbados, Barbados, West Indies)
Birth Location: Brb,Bwi
Birth Location Other: st george
Page Number: 10
Line: 20
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_6843

From ancestry!.com: You have to contact the person who owns the tree:
Has a PERSONAL tree that includes:
Name: Gordon Arthur Walcott
Birth: 01 Nov 1919 - Barbados
Death: 1988 - London, England
Tree Name: Walcott / Aumann Family Tree
(http://www!.ancestry!.com!.au/CB/ComposeMes!.!.!.
Send a message from the above site)

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