How to research your family tree

1:57pm Monday 11th August 2008

Everyone seems to want the answer to television’s Who Do You Think You Are, as this column frequently shows.

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Seaford success

9:56am Wednesday 6th August 2008

Brian Jeffries emails from Australia: “I have had so many replies to my request to locate my parents’ old home in Seaford, I have found out all I needed to know.

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Hello to Bozenna

9:55am Wednesday 6th August 2008

Maureen Rafferty (nee Coker) emails: “I am looking for Bozenna Budziarek. She lived in Burgess Hill some time ago and I’d love to know how she is getting on with her life. We lived in the same street in West London.”

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Hero Joe Carter

10:06am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

Neal Aplin emails: “I am working on my wartime family history from the First World War. A Brighton man named Private Joseph Carter (service number 10938) died alongside my relative Lance Corporal Douglas Aplin during the Battle of Cambrai, France on November 25, 1917 while serving with the 15th (the Kings) Hussars. Joseph and Douglas were good friends and Joseph’s mother’s name and address are recorded in the war diary of Douglas.

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Hove’s anglers

10:03am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

“The Hove Deep Sea Anglers celebrates its centenary in 2009. I am compiling a history of the club and would be most interested to hear from anyone with any information, old photographs or memories which could contribute.”

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Mum’s last wish

3:10pm Monday 7th July 2008

Brian Jeffries emails: “I am a 73-year-old now living in Australia. I left England in 1960.

Chef in the navy?

12:42pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

Mike Spear emails from Cambridgeshire: “I am organising a 25th anniversary reunion and would like to find Chris Fielder from Brighton...

A showbiz lawyer

12:39pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

David Seabrook emails: “I’m researching the life of the showbusiness lawyer David Jacobs (1912-68) for a book and would be most interested to speak to anyone who knew him.

Beachy Head hero

1:57pm Monday 23rd June 2008

Sheila Ryan emails: “Is it possible to ask your readers if anyone has any information on a former policeman, Harry Ward?

Half-sister Barbara

2:43pm Monday 16th June 2008

Brenda Carlisle writes: “I am searching for my half-sister Barbara Thornton, born August 5, 1940 in Hove, Sussex.

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