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The Common Room / Re: Infant death?
« on: Sunday 24 July 11 00:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi Aghadowey

I have the birth certificate.  No he was the third of six.  I thought that his parents might have gone back to one of the churches where they were baptised (Hadzor and Bromsgrove respectively) or married (the latter).  No joy there either.

Andy

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The Common Room / Re: Infant death?
« on: Saturday 23 July 11 23:31 BST (UK)  »
Sunnee_Dee (great name btw)

Thanks.  I had found that one but ruled it out as there was no connection with the area and the stated age was a year out (I know there can be a little flexibility in ages).  Should have mentioned that in my first post - sorry.

Andy

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The Common Room / Infant death?
« on: Saturday 23 July 11 22:52 BST (UK)  »
I recently found a brother of my Nan's that no-one knew existed.  Harry Chance was born in Droitwich, Worcs on 17 August 1915, the birth eventually being registered on 11 November that year.  Parents Arthur Henry and Nelly Chance.

No problem so far.  As I said no-one knew who he was.  My Nan never mentioned him to any of her family - she was born 18 months after him.  I therefore assumed that he died in infancy but there is no death certificate for him.  I've looked under as many variations of 'Harry' and 'Chance' that I can think of on Free BMD and tried wider searches on just the christian name to see what that threw out.  I've been to the History Centre in Worcester today and couldn't find either a baptism or burial for him. HIs siblings were all baptised within 6 weeks of birth.

My working hypothesis is that he was stillborn and therefore couldn't be baptised or buried in consecrated ground.  However his mother wanted to acknowledge his existence and eventually registered his birth.  Is this possible or does anyone have any other possible explanations?

Grateful for any opinions/advice

Andy


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Worcestershire / Re: 1 Harris Hill Droitwich
« on: Monday 18 July 11 17:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Clare

I've lived in Droitwich most of my life and never came across Harris Hill.  However a quick Google search revealed that it was close to the Workhouse.

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Droitwich/

Sorry I couldn't find anything more

Andy

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Worcestershire / Re: Nailer's of Bromsgrove
« on: Saturday 02 April 11 08:39 BST (UK)  »
David

Link below shows exactly what parish registers are held at the WLHC.

Andy

http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/cms/community-and-living/records/search-our-records/online-indexes.aspx#parishregisters

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Worcestershire / Re: Nailer's of Bromsgrove
« on: Saturday 02 April 11 08:08 BST (UK)  »
David

Forgot to add if you Google 'nail making in Bromsgrove' you will get quite a bit of background info on the nailmaking industry.  Apologies if you've already done this!

Andy

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Worcestershire / Re: Nailer's of Bromsgrove
« on: Saturday 02 April 11 08:04 BST (UK)  »
David

The parish registers for Bromsgrove during the period you're interested in are held on microfilm at the Worcestershire Library and History Centre in Worcester.  See link below.  Last time I was there copies were 70p per sheet of A4.

Good luck with your search.

Andy

http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/cms/community-and-living/records/worcestershire-history-centre.aspx

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Worcestershire / Re: Old Voters Lists for Tardebigg/Redditch
« on: Sunday 13 March 11 17:12 GMT (UK)  »
Graye

The Worcestershire Voter's Lists are available on microfiche in the Worcestershire Library and History Centre.

See link below

Andy

http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/community-and-living/records/worcestershire-history-centre.aspx

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Worcestershire / Re: Redditch Indicator archives
« on: Monday 28 February 11 20:26 GMT (UK)  »
Graye

It appears that these may be held at Redditch Library.  See attached link.

Andrew

http://www.newsplan.co.uk/wm_newsplan/modules.php?name=titleview&cn=000333&cs=0

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