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Finding a birth
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 18 Apr 2007 07:23 |
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11 years on, I'm still looking for some proof of my 2 x great grandfather's parents. Fair play to the man, he doesn't change his mind about age or birthplace on the various census returns.... but I can't find him in parish records. There is a couple with the right ( unusual) surname having children baptised in the right parish. 'Dad' has the same trade as did Henry, later on. There is even a convenient gap between other children's baptisms, .... but no Henry there or in the surrounding parishes. Each time I go to the Record Office, I think 'This might be the day that I find him '... but it's not happened yet. Gwyn |
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Helen in Kent | Report | 17 Apr 2007 22:50 |
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Frustrating, isn't it??? I have 3 liitle kiddies who seemed to arrive on this planet between 1867 and 1871 but were never registered, christened, or whatever. I am beginning to believe in fairies! |
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Laura | Report | 17 Apr 2007 22:43 |
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You took the words out of my mouth Heather! lol.... I have a few like this in my tree..... they were known by different names later on, often middle names. It can be frustrating, I know, but hang onin there! Laura |
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Heather | Report | 17 Apr 2007 20:58 |
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I guess you looked at any born to the right named parents? I mean it could be a boy baptised in one name then went on to use a different name when he was older. |
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Sidami | Report | 17 Apr 2007 20:40 |
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thankyou...it seemed strange that all his siblings were in parish records |
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Ajwyorks | Report | 17 Apr 2007 20:15 |
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Nobody HAD to be baptised although most people were.The parish registers are for Church of England baptisms - other denominations had their own registers, |
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Newby CI | Report | 17 Apr 2007 19:57 |
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Hi Sue, My g.g.grandfather was as far as I can see was never baptised.No one on this site could find anything under his known name. X |
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Sidami | Report | 17 Apr 2007 19:12 |
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I have one of my ancestors on the census years from Edenham Lincs year c1826 well I have looked in the records for the parish registers and I can't find him anywhere, did you not have to be baptised in 1826? Sue |
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