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The Common Room / Tip for birth record lookups
« on: Monday 22 August 05 18:27 BST (UK) »
Hi,
If you're having a problem finding a birth record after 1837, try searching the indexes with "male" or "female" instead of the person's first name. If the child's name had not been chosen on the day of registration, this is what was entered into the register.
In the indexes available at http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/, these entries come after all of the "named" births--I saw them by chance when looking for a "Richard"--and found what I believe is his birth, a "male" in the right place at the right time (no Richard).
:-)
Alison
If you're having a problem finding a birth record after 1837, try searching the indexes with "male" or "female" instead of the person's first name. If the child's name had not been chosen on the day of registration, this is what was entered into the register.
In the indexes available at http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/, these entries come after all of the "named" births--I saw them by chance when looking for a "Richard"--and found what I believe is his birth, a "male" in the right place at the right time (no Richard).
:-)
Alison