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the local office were unable to help as they did not have the facilities to do a search and they did not have an online index. However, actually talking it through with them has sorted out my thoughts on the matter.

I have a theory that as Edward did have a brother James (who I have been unable to trace), that the two fathers were brothers and they had sons at a similar date that also died within days of each other in the same village. As they were both called very similar names, I think that they might have got confused with each other when the births were copied to the GRO and only one birth and one death were indexed.

As the boys are only a sideline of mine, I think that it will have to remain a theory.
thanks for all your help
Helen

Hi
I have been looking for children for Edward Robinson and his wife Alice Bland, who married in 1859 in Lancaster, he was a breaksman on the railway. Edward was born in 1830 in Brighouse, Yorkshire, baptised in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire and wife Alice was born in Overton, Lancashire.

I had already found Elizabeth Robinson 1860-61 and Robert Henry Robinson in 1864 in baptisms in Preston and I was looking for another one to fill the gap between 1864 and 1869 when Alice remarried to John Fisher in Lancaster. (cannot find Edward’s death!)

I found a baptism in Orton, Westmorland, that stated that James Pye Robinson was the son of Edward and Alice and that he was born 14 May 1867 and died 14 Aug 1867, the baptism was attributed to FamilySearch. I do realise that FS is not necessarily wholly reliable, so I double checked with the GRO.

I looked for the death first and found one for James Pye Robinson in Sep 1867 in East Ward district, but when I purchased it I found that he died on 11 Aug 1967, aged 3 months, in Tebay, Orton and his parents were James Robinson, railway engine driver, and his wife Isabella. So I looked for a birth and found one for James Robinson in Jun 1867 in East Ward district, when I purchased it I found that he was born 28 Mar 1867 in railway cottages, Tebay, Orton and his parents were Edward Robinson and Alice, formerly Bland.

So what should I do now? Should I ditch the FS transcript as false? Help please!
Helen

Hi
My great-aunt died at an address called Hazlemere in Wyton in 1928 - can anyone help with that please?

As it wasn't her usual address I am thinking that she was visiting family with her son but I cannot find any immediate family on her husband's side that are still living there, and it won't be her family as she was born Surrey.
Thanks
Helen

Hi
Can anyone tell me when the bride and groom started to sign the marriage register in Guernsey please?

The reason that I ask is that I have a mainland ancestor who married in 1781 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, and signed the register. When he came to marry again in 1800 in Town Church, Guernsey, after the death of his first wife, the entry on the microfilm just looked like a diary entry by the priest or clerk.

Did signing the register start later in Guernsey than on the mainland please?
Many thanks
Helen