The big search began

I didn't know what year my Dad was born even.I never knew my Grandparents names.I was born in Essex and I always thought Dad might have come from London.Mum was born in 1919 so I started searching the Births for 1919 in London, as that was all I had to go on.
After a couple of weeks of fruitless searches and tearing my hair out I saw, out of the corner of eye, my Dad's surname and the name Victor.Wow!I knew that was his brother's name , as we have an unusual surname,I sent off for the Birth Certificate.
When it arrived I then had Eva and Frederick's names.I said Hello to my Grandparents for the first time.
I started to learn abit about the theory of tracing ancesters to help me.I then knewI needed to speak to Valerie,my eldest sibling.Just shows it's worth doing things properly-she had a wonderful memory and photographs I'd never even seen.This made me so Happy!
I contacted my brothers Jonathan and David and about 8 years before they'd heard from a Tom,with the same surname, who whilst researching his own line had done some work on our direct family and found our Dad two more brothers,Frederick and Frank.My brothers had never got back to him, but although he'd moved,I managed to Google him.I contacted him in Massachusetts and he phoned and faxed me some certificates.Thank you so much Tom.
By this time I had found another brother Charles and had several relevant certificates.
I then found Reginald(my dear Dad.)Born 9th February,1918 in Luton,Bedfordshire.
My husband Bill knew just where the address on the Birth Certificate was as he'd past it every day on his way to work at a job he'd once relocated to.I knocked on the door and asked the family if I could take a photo.Aren't people wonderful! They showed me round the whole house and I even went in the bedroom where I believe my Dad was born.At the bottom of the bed was a Moses's basket- they were expecting a new baby anytime .It was such a happy family home with their two little sons running about.That day has given me true happiness beyond my expectations.