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I am tyring to find brothers and sisters of
James Smith born 3.3.1923 Hemsworth he had about 10! He was the youngest.
When searching on Ancestry under births Smith mothers maiden name Allott it only brings up two born in Hemsworth Ada and Nellie. Why dose it not bring up any others including James Smith when I know they are there?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
The index is not complete

Unfortunately the seachable index in not complete. This means doing the long slog of a quarter by quarter search of the images on Ancestry.

It looks as if you are searching in the Partial FreeBMD Indexes. These are not complete and have very little for the 1920s.

You will need to search the Complete indexes. This can be a very slow process as you will only get an image of the index and will have to search these quarter by quarter for the relevant years. Also you have to be a member of Ancestry as these are pay to view records. Will try to find James Smith entry for you.

You will have to search the images on the complete
England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983

Donna

Mother's maiden name was only included in indices from 1911.

Angela

Hi Donna.
There are 3 sections for BMD on Ancestry. The top section is easiest searched year by year.
The middle section is a partial index and only goes up to about 1912.
The 3rd section is for BMD from about 1984.

1st quarter 1923
James Smith MMN Allott Hemsworth 9c 3.67

for the partial indexes 1837 to 1983 ............. it is far better to go to www.freebmd.org (a free site).


ancestry takes the information from this site, so it is always a little behind in the information you can find.


Go back frequently as freebmd is a work in progress as volunteers work to input all the records since September 1837.


In addition, you will not find the mmn before 1911 as it was not included in the records before then.


Another tip ........ use the county not the district for the birth place unless you are absolutely certain that the children were all born in exactly the same place. The registration district is not necessarily the same place as the birthplace!




sylvia

Hi,

I can search up to 1920 on this site with surname and mothers maiden name so here is what I have


You are here: Search > Births 1866-1920 > Search Results Births 1866-1920 : smith Records 1 - 10 of 10



Name Mother's Maiden Name District Page Quarter Year View Image Add Comment View Comment
SMITH Ada Allott Hemsworth.9c 432 2 1914
SMITH Eleanor M Allott Rotherham.9c 1593 2 1920
SMITH Elizabeth Allott Burnley.8e 453 3 1913
SMITH Joseph Allott Hemsworth.9c 356 4 1920
SMITH May Allott Hemsworth.9c 386 2 1916
SMITH Nellie Allott Hemsworth.9c 399 2 1912
SMITH Noel J L Allott Rotherham.9c 1251 1 1918
SMITH Philip G Allott Rotherham.9c 1471 2 1912
SMITH Rupert R Allott Bramley.9b 422 4 1912
SMITH Winifred Allott Hemsworth.9c 317 3 1918






Kind Regards

Jane

Thanks so much that is so helpful.