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I've only recently put a tree on Ancestry. Something I've resisted doing up till now, but having done the DNA thing it was necessary to get the most from it.

I'm confused about the following relationship.  Stephen and John Wood were full brothers, so why is Stephen described as a half 2nd great grand uncle? The only possible anomaly is that he was born before his parents married, but baptised afterwards and he is always recorded as Wood. He's clearly shown in the tree as a son of the marriage and is correctly described in my Family Historian tree as great (x2) great-uncle.

My great-grandfather made a small mistake when he completed the 1921 census form.

In the household are himself as head; his wife; their six children; and finally his wife's father, Thomas.
Everything is fine until he gets to Thomas.  He should, of course, put "Father-in-law" as that is Thomas' relationship to himself as head of household.  But after listing all the children he has clearly lost track of the question, and (thinking of the children still) has put "Grandfather".

I shudder to think of the wrong paths I could have gone down if I had been starting to trace the family now, and had started with this census!   

I'm considering whether to invest in the Berkshire Baptism Index CD.  Hoping that somebody here who has got it can give a bit of a review.

I realise that it's still at an early stage, but I don't mind paying a fiver to upgrade periodically, which I have done with the Burial and Marriage index CDs.

I'm just wondering how easy it is to use.  They say it has three finding aids: Name Index, Name by Date, and Officiating Minister.  Are these indexed by surname only, or with child's forename or parent's forename? 
(I'm not expecting the minister's name index to be of much use.)

Are images of Stratford upon Avon PRs available online anywhere?  I had expected to find them on Ancestry with the other Warwickshire PRs, but they don't appear to be included.

I am interested in a baptism in 1795.  I've seen a basic transcription but would like to see if there is any additional info.

Eliminate if you can!

Eliza Roberts is my 2x great grandmother, but I haven't found her parents.  All I know is that she named her father on her 1871 marriage as John Roberts, Soldier, 38th Infantry.  Eliza gives her birthplace as Halifax, Canada, on the 1871 & 1881 census.  She was born c1850 and died in 1885.  She lived in Birmingham, but also had some connections to Warwick.

The 38th Regiment of Foot were in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the time of her birth, and I've recently come across the British Army Worldwide Index which confirms that John Roberts was a private in the 38th in 1841 and 1851.  His service number was 1886.  I've been through the medal lists for the Crimean War and he doesn't appear there, so I am guessing for now that he left the army after the regiment returned to England from Canada in August 1851.  (Some of the 38th are at Chester Barracks in the 1851 census, but he isn't among them.)

I've found a possible family in the census from 1861 onwards.  I note that John's birthplace is Wolverhampton, and the 38th was aka the Staffordshire Regiment, so that caught my eye.  I can't find this family in 1851 - can anyone help to rule them in or out?

1861

Woodbine Cottage, Darwin St, Bordesley, Birmingham

John Roberts, head, m, 41, brass tube maker, Wolverhampton Staffs.
Emma, wife, m, 41, Winchcombe Glos.
Thomas, son, 12, Birmingham
Eliza, daughter, 10, Birmingham
John, son, 8, Birmingham

1871

Woodbine Cottage, Darwin St, Bordesley

John Roberts, head, m, 50,  tube maker, Wolverhampton Staffs.
Emma, wife, m, 51, housekeeper, Gloucester
Thomas, son, unm, 22, tube maker, Birmingham
William, son, 7, scholar, Birmingham

1881

57 Dymoke St, Deritend, Birmingham

John Roberts, head, m, 60, brass tube drawer, Wolverhampton Staffs.
Emma, wife, m, 61, Birmingham
William, son, unm, 17, brass tube drawer, Birmingham

1891

7 Lovers Walk, Aston Manor, Birmingham

John Roberts, head, m, 70, case tube maker,  ditto (Aston – probably a copying error)
Emma, wife, m, 72, Gloucester

5 Lovers Walk

William Roberts, head, m, 28, case tube maker, Birmingham
Louisa, wife, m, 32, Birmingham
Violet, daughter, 6, scholar, Aston
Lilian, daughter, 1, Aston

Postings of the 38th Regiment were

1822 – 1836  India
1836 – 1837  England
1837 – 1840  Ireland
1840 – 1843  Zante, Ionian Isles
1843 – 1845  Gibraltar
1845 – 1848  Jamaica
1848 – 1851  Halifax, Nova Scotia
1851 – 1854  England
1854 – 1857  Crimea