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Title: Name appears on Census but not on Birth index
Post by: AFerg67 on Thursday 28 September 06 13:50 BST (UK)

I need a bit of help/advice here. ???

My g/f, Anthony FERGUSON, was born 13.06.1902, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  I have not been able to trace his birth index, so because of Scottish links I looked on ScotlandsPeople.

There was only 1 Anthony FERGUSON born in 1902 but that was 17.02.1902 and I am not convinced this is the right person.

Out of curiosity I decided to check the Scottish census for Anthony FERGUSON’s father (another Anthony FERGUSON).  I found him but also found that there was an entry for a further Anthony FERGUSON born around 1900, but this person did not appear in my original index search !  Therefore I can’t view his birth record to see if this may be the right Anthony FERGUSON.

Any clues/ideas ?

Many thanks
 ;D

Title: Re: Name appears on Census but not on Birth index
Post by: TikTokToo on Thursday 28 September 06 17:58 BST (UK)

SP has the following births for an Anthony Ferguson between 1895-1905 :

one born 1899
one born 1902

The SP Census for 1901 has five Ant* Ferg* (all ages)

Keep Digging

Title: Re: Name appears on Census but not on Birth index
Post by: AFerg67 on Thursday 28 September 06 19:30 BST (UK)

Thanks for the info - I'll keep digging.

Title: Re: Name appears on Census but not on Birth index
Post by: trish251 on Monday 02 October 06 11:07 BST (UK)

Hi AF

FreeBDM is complete for this time period (which you probably know) - the closest I could find was
Anthony Fergusson Jun 1903  Sunderland   10a 743

My UK geography is not good but parloc tells me Sunderland is 9.7 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne.

Apologies if you have already discounted this entry

Trish