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Title: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: kiwicatz on Wednesday 04 March 15 07:30 GMT (UK)
I thought they were different people but dates and parents names match. I don't understand this. I assume that Spilsby is the place of registration? Or I just getting this wrong?
Regards
Jan
Title: Re: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: whiteout7 on Wednesday 04 March 15 07:42 GMT (UK)
I've seen this happen with my ancestors, quite often the local church recorded their births and then the nearest largest town also recorded their births.

"Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the town of Spilsby"

I think you are right Spilsby would be where they were officially registered at birth. In reality the actual physical birth was probably at Toynton.
Title: Re: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: kiwicatz on Wednesday 04 March 15 08:04 GMT (UK)
Thank you :)
Jan
Title: Re: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 04 March 15 08:06 GMT (UK)
These are the places covered by Spilsby RD
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/spilsby.html
Title: Re: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: Redroger on Wednesday 04 March 15 21:15 GMT (UK)
Yes that is the case. Many of my ancestors were born married and died in Alford Lincs, the events were all registered in Spilsby which as stated was the area office.
Title: Re: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: Glen in Tinsel Kni on Friday 06 March 15 00:31 GMT (UK)
I've seen this happen with my ancestors, quite often the local church recorded their births and then the nearest largest town also recorded their births.

"Toynton All Saints is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the town of Spilsby"

I think you are right Spilsby would be where they were officially registered at birth. In reality the actual physical birth was probably at Toynton.

Recorded by the church?

The church records will be a baptism and could be at a church miles from the place of birth and potentially a different county or even country. The birth registration will have been made by the informant with the  local registrar within the Registration District within which the birth took place.
Title: Re: Confused by births that are seemingly same people borm Spilsby and Toyton
Post by: kiwicatz on Friday 06 March 15 04:38 GMT (UK)
Thank you
Jan