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The simple answer is that you may not find one, as she may not have been registered. It wasn't compulsory until 1875.

If, however, she was born overseas........or at sea.....the birth may be on the separate register, which can be accessed on findmypast website

Hi

Can anyone give me advice on how I can find a birth entry for my great grandmother, please?

All census records show that she was born in Southampton, although she didn't appear to live there until 1881. I have searched through the GRO entries on Ancestry.com (not the free bmd version) and she does not appear. Her father, John Luxton, came from Crediton, Devon and her mother Elizabeth unknown came from St Blazey, Cornwall. I also cannot trace their marriage, which would have been prior to son's birth in c1862. The family lived in Exeter and moved to Gloucester by 1871 when Mary Jane was two. She had a brother a few years older than her, named John. I have his birth date and the date he died, I acquired this through his National Archives Naval record, but I cannot find his birth or death in GRO index either! His birthplace is mentioned as Exeter on these records, where the family were living before they moved to Gloucester prior to 1871.

Last year I wrote to Practical Family History magazine for assistance, and they said that if the father was a sailor (he was at some point, but no record of him anywhere other than stating he was a sailor as his occupation, so I do not know which boat he was on) and therefore, the place the ship was docked would be the birthplace, and in this case it would have been Southampton.

I wrote to Southampton Records Office and they kindly searched for her birth, but unsuccessfully.

However, I had a slight breakthrough in 1911 census for Mary Jane (Channell) when it stated that she was a "subject".

So how do I find out where her birth was registered, please?
Any ideas?

Thanks

Regards, Dee