This is my maternal great great grandfather : I am trying to solve a family mystery about James Cole b.1874 to Joseph b.1831 in Ruardean . He always told his family that his father's name was Thomas , but in all the censuses he is named as Joseph : did he lie about his father , or maybe was he orphaned and then lived in Joseph's house as his" son " ? I really need to see James's birth certificate , I guess : are you able to check out these registers ? I cannot get any further back than James who married Hannah - do you know any more ?