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I found this birth record for SJB, do you think this could be him!.
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
about Sydney Joseph Belger
Name: Sydney Joseph Belger
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Birkenhead (1861-1998)
County: Cheshire, Merseyside
Volume: 8a
Page: 587
I shall go and see what else I can find!.
I found a Winifred M Belger aged 33 who died in the J/A/S quarter of 1942, the volume number is 8b and the page number is 150, these numbers are the unique numbers used by the GRO to help them with their search!.
http://www!.gro!.gov!.uk/gro/content/

I think this is quite possibly your gr/ grandad and his parents
and siblings!.
1881 England Census
about Joseph Bolger
Name: Joseph Bolger
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool

Civil Parish: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: 6 CT 1 House Leeds St
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Liverpool
Sub registration district: Dale Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Catharine Bolger 13
Cecilia Bolger 19
Elizabeth Bolger 45
Elizabeth Bolger 16
Joseph Bolger 47
Joseph Bolger 9
Mary Ann Bolger 24

And this is their occupations at the time of the 1881 census
6 Ct 1 House Leeds St
Census Place Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Joseph BOLGER Head M Male 47 Ireland Tinplate Worker
Elizabeth BOLGER Wife M Female 45 Liverpool
Mary Ann BOLGER Daur U Female 24 Liverpool Waitress J S
Cecilia BOLGER Daur U Female 19 Liverpool Housemaid Domestic Servt
Elizabeth BOLGER Daur U Female 16 Liverpool Housemaid Domestic Servt
Catharine BOLGER Daur U Female 13 Liverpool Housemaid Domestic Servt
Joseph BOLGER Son U Male 9 Liverpool Scholar
This information came from http://www!.familysearch!.org/eng/default!.!.!.!.

1891 England Census
about Joseph Belger
Name: Joseph Belger
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Liverpool
Ecclesiastical parish: All Souls
Town: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Liverpool
Sub registration district: Dale Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Catharine Belger 21
Elizabeth Belger 55
Elizabeth Belger 24
Joseph Belger 57
Joseph Belger 19

Joseph sr worked as a "tin plate worker" and your gr/grandad Joseph worked as a "merchants clerk"!. The families address at the time of the 1891 census was 82 Leeds Street!.

I found this information for your gr/grandparents Joseph and his wife Mary F!.
1901 England Census
about Joseph Belger
Name: Joseph Belger
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary F
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Poulton *** Seacombe
Ecclesiastical parish: Seacombe St Paul
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Birkenhead
Sub registration district: Wallasey
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 214
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Belger 29
Mary F Belger 30
Joseph's employment was listed as a "foreman corn miller" and Mary's employment was as a "certified school mistress"!.
Their address isn't very clear it looks like 4 Belamere Court or something like that!.
Your gr/gr/grandad Joseph sr was born in 1834 in Ireland, it doesn't give a place in Ireland though!. It gives Elizabeth's place of birth as Liverpool Lancashire and her birth year is 1836!. You wouldn't be able to get birth certificates for your gr/gr/grandparents as civil registration here in the UK didn't start until July1st 1837!. There may be a baptism certificate for Elizabeth but I am unsure about the birth/baptism procedure in Ireland!.
I am so pleased that you are delighted with the information I found for you!. I could have shared the images with you as you have membership to ancestry!.com I used ancestry!.co!.uk if you would like to contact me via email I can share the images of the census returns!.
I think I may have found Winifred Maud's birth details, if I have the right lady and I must say that this one is the only one with a second name begining with *M* , so you might want to order the certificate from the GRO!.
WMK!. born 1901 Leeds in the O/N/D quarter volume number 9b page number 482!.
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Do a search on the web, everyone has a cousin that they haven't seen in years who has done some of the research already!. in a search engine type in
(your last name)+genealogy
you can also try
(your last name)+family
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U!.S!. answer; but much will work anywhere!.
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!.

There are so many websites devoted to genealogy; just google genealogy and see how many hits you get! You can even google "free genealogy sites" and get so many hits!. Don't forget to type in "smith family genealogy" (whatever surnames for your dad and mom, grandparents, etc!.), "webster county genealogy society", "kentucky genealogy society", etc!.
AND check Yahoo! genealogy answers, especially the top 10!. Just click on their profiles!.

Since you are in U!.K!., don't forget Burke's (father and son) and similar books!. If you don't have any solid info on your father, opt for a DNA test!.

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