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how to find a birth possibly not registered

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Robyne

Robyne Report 1 Aug 2005 14:03

hi, how do i find a birth that i cant find on Ancestry and is possibly not on 1837? I have got the info from 1837, but it doesnt appear to match the area.

☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy

☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy Report 1 Aug 2005 14:05

If it's not on Ancestry, try FreeBMD. That is more up-to-date, but still not complete. How do you mean the area from 1837 isn't right?

Unknown

Unknown Report 1 Aug 2005 14:07

Robyne Post details of what you are looking for and what you found on 1837. If there's no birth registered, then you will have to rely on baptism registers. Nell

Robyne

Robyne Report 1 Aug 2005 14:21

On 1837 its a bit hard to read, but i have what looks like Pattenfury??? vol 15 369 and S Colinne? 9 68. The area i need is the Stowe/Bury st Edmunds area. which i believe (from a sister) 4a sorry i cant be any more help. its all for Alfred Osborne born c1844

Montmorency

Montmorency Report 1 Aug 2005 14:42

Potterspury and St Columb -- there's a list of all the districts on the FreeBMD search page, though you can get minor variations There's also this one, spelt without an e but the district looks better Osborn Alfred 1844 Jan-Mar Stow 12 452

Kate

Kate Report 1 Aug 2005 19:10

In 1844 they would still have been using the old volume numbers, and Bury St. Edmunds was volume number XIII (13) and Stow was volume number XII (12). They changed to 4a later. So I would reckon the one Robin found is the right one. Kate.