Genealogy Chat

Hi all, I have managed to find quite a bit of info thanks to the kind people on this site but there are a couple of grey areas still. Firstly once you have the month and year of birth, is ordering a birth certificate the only way to get the date. Secondly is anyone out there a dab hand at reading the census pages. I have a few which have details which are illegible to me

Paul You might find exact dates of birth at: www(.)familysearch(.)org Remove brackets when typing address into Search Bar Second eyes requests are always good. Just post what you would like us to look at. Joy

Paul, hi I should think so, cant think of another way unless of course you might know where they were baptized and you could get the info of the church records, otherwise its a case of paying your £7 to the REG OFFICE. TED. tell us what census you have been looking at, name etc and I will have a look at the census and see if I can help you. sometimes a second pair of eyes can help. TED.

Paul Certs are good for exact dates

Just realised that this site doesnt let you input website addy's. If anyone would be kind enough to take a look, please forward your email addy and I will send the image(s) to you.

paul, give us the name, the place and the 1901 census number ie RG13/XXX FOLIO XX PAGEXX and I will have a look. TED.

Its the Whitehead family The administrative county is Northumberland, the civil parish is Longbenton, the Ecclesiastical parish is Killingworth. The reference is RG 13 /4808 - Page 20

Margaret E Bertram abt 1897 North Shields, Northumberland, England Granddaughter Longbenton Northumberland View Record Mary J Bertram abt 1870 Washington, Durham, England Daughter Longbenton Northumberland View Record Mary J Bertram Junr. abt 1899 North Shields, Northumberland, England Granddaughter Longbenton Northumberland View Record Richard Bertram abt 1872 North Shields, Northumberland, England Son-in-law Longbenton Northumberland View Record George W Whitehead abt 1878 North Shields, Northumberland, England Son Longbenton Northumberland View Record Margaret Whitehead abt 1834 Rothbury, Northumberland, England Head Longbenton Northumberland View Record William Whitehead abt 1876 North Shields, Northumberland, England Son Longbenton Northumberland ted.

PAUL ive had a look at the census and it looks pretty clear. What is it you cant read? TED.

Paul Is this them? Margaret Whitehead - Head - 67 - Northumberland, Rushby William Whitehead - Son - 25 - Coal Miner/Stonemason - Worker - Northumbeland, North Sheilds George W Whitehead - Son - 23 - Coal Miner/Clever - Worker - Northumberland, North Sheilds Richard Bertram - Son-in-law - 29 - Railway Plate Layer - Worker - Northumberland, North Sheilds Mary Bertam - Daughter - 21 - Durham, Washington Margaret E Bertam - Grandaughter - 4 - Northumberland, North Sheilds Mary J or I Bertram - Grandaughter - 4 - Northumberland, North Sheilds Living at 161 Turner's Buildings - West Allotments. Joy

It is the addresses and jobs which I have difficulty reading. So far I have the printings from 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 - its the deciphering of the handwriting which is time consuming.

Paul 1881 - George Whitehead living at 3 Jacks Row, Backworth, Northumberland. He's a Railway Signalman. Joy

Paul Do you have the Piece, Folio and Page Numbers for the other Censuses? Joy

Paul, only two differences from what Joy has given you. WILLIAM 25 SON is a coal miner STONEMAN not STONEMASON, and GEORGE W 23 SON is a coal miner HEWER he is the man who digs the coal from the coal face. TED. a STONEMASON works with stone and a STONEMAN seperates the stone from the freshly dug coal, two COMPLETELY different jobs. TED.

Ted I'd better get my 'comenearerscopes' (glasses) on. Joy

Hi I certainly do 1891 - Admin county of Northumberland - Civil Parish of Backworth - Page 40 - RG12 /4234 1881- Civil Parish of Backworth - Page 45 - RG11 / 5088 1871 - Civil Parish of Seaton Delaval - RG10 / 5131 And the Prudhoe's on 1881 - Civil Parish - Preston - RG 11 /5077

Paul 1891 Margaret is the Head Living at 7 Jacks Row Alex Whitehead - 19 - Son - Coal Weighman - Northumberland, ?Seaton Delavel William Whitehead - 16 - Son - Labourer - Northumberland, Balkwell, North Sheilds George W Whitehead - 13 - Son - Coal Hewer - Northumberland, Balkwell, North Sheilds. Joy

Paul 1871 Living at 7 Whetbridge/Whitbridge Row, Seaton Delavel - George is a Coal Miner on that one. Joy

Paul 1881 - Prudhoe Houshold - Living at Allotment, Preston Robert Prudhoe - 37 - Head - Coal Miner - Northumberland, Delaval Mary E Prudhoe - 30 - Wife - Northumberland, Holywell. James W Prudhoe - 12 - Son - Scholar - Allotment Matthew M Prudhoe - 10 - Son - Scholar - Allotment Ann Prudhue - 8 - Daughter - Scholar - Northumberland, Allotment Isabella Prudhoe - 7- Daughter - Scholar - Northumberland, Allotment Robert R Prudhoe - 4 - Son - Scholar - Northumberland, Allotment John G Prudhoe - 2 - Son - Northumberland, Allotment. Joy