Unfortunately - educated guesses have often proved to be incorrect as many people will tell you having spent a lot of time and money only to subsequently find they were following the wrong line
and I cannot imagine English records ever being as accessible in the online world as Scotland's People - oh - how I wish that England could be like that!!
Perhaps you may have an opinion as to whether or not it is likely that England may one day have all their GRO records online?
Ancestry and FindMyPast have the full GRO (ie) BMD index from its inception in 1837 up to 2006 but unlike Scotland - the full details from those certificates are not viewable online.
Whilst marriages and deaths from 1837 can usually be found - failure to register a birth only became a fineable offence in 1875 so may births went unregistered prior to (and in some cases after) 1875
England and Wales have
www.freebmd.org.uk which is an ongoing volunteer project and currently contains 228,234,652 distinct records and 288,486,564 total records
If you access the Home Page and click on "A breakdown by event and year can be viewed here" you can see the breakdown for each event
From it's title - you can see it's Free to access
Perhaps I need a better 'rundown' on what exactly 'rootschat' is all about.
Rootschat is manned by volunteers with access to a variety of FH resources. If you have difficulty tracing an ancestor or need help as to where to look for info - we will try to help
In return - we ask that you tell us what you already know about them and what census info you already have. There's nothing more frustrating than spending a lot of time tracing someone only to find the poster already has that info. We also ask that you tell us clearly what it is you need help with.
It is helpful if you set out the details in a logical sequence so they are easily understood - saves us having to come back to you for clarification. If you look at your opening post - it tells us very little about exactly what info you are looking for.
I haven't been able to find any info about Knossingham. Can someone help pls?
I'd imagined it might be a place where lots of "local people help out people who discover they have familial roots".
If by this you mean people who share the same FH - then you need to post the surnames you are researching on the various Surname Interests boards. RC is linked to Google so if somebody is researching one of your surnames and uses Google - your post will be picked up
Whilst the cost of certificates is not cheap @ £9.25 per time - they can often help to advance your FH. It is usually unneccesary to purchase "hundreds" given the amount of info now available online and via locally produced transcriptions
In this case - you are stuck because you don't have proof of Sarah's maiden name so are unable to find a marriage. Emma's birth cert will provide that info.
You keep referring to George as George Joseph - he has no middle name on any census entry and I asked in my reply above where you found his middle name from? That type of info is important as it can often help eliminate other George Rawlings entries found in any search