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Birth record mystery

  • 12-02-2012 1:58pm
    #1
    Kalimah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭


    I'm doing a bit of research for a friend and have found her relative in the 1911 census aged 7 months. The census says he was born in Wales and this tallies with family stories. However when I tried the index of Births Marriages and Deaths in Britain I can't find him. I've looked in all four quarters for 1910 and no joy. Anyone any ideas? It might help that his name is so uncoomon that there is only one of that name in the 1911 census and it's him!


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  • #2
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Double check the spelling, check for an Anglicised version or Welsh spelling version, or what about him being born out of wedlock and taking his mothers maiden name instead of the obvious Surname? check English records too, he might have been born just across the border in England?

    Good luck.


  • #3
    maryb26
    Registered Users Posts: 108 ✭✭maryb26


    Parts of Wales were in England at various points in time.


  • #4
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    He may have been late registered in the first quarter of 1911. The UK GRO will do a search for someone for a small fee, failing all your own efforts.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #5
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,103 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Look for "Male" as his first name. Often babies were registered before a name was chosen.


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