40 +years finding William Aston Born 1839

[avm228]

The index information comes from GRO Online, which indexes mother’s maiden name from 1837 (in contrast to FreeBMD, which begins to do so only from 1911).

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp 

It is free to use, but registration is required.

[LaytonLily]

Well that is very significant !      Doing this FH research for over 40years and still so much to learn.   But then I have not been doing very much on my FH over recent years so have no doubt lost touch with what is now available.     Your information on William Aston June Qtr 1838 might just be what I have been looking for and failing to find all these years -   I will let you know. !

[avm228]

Hope it provides the answers you seek.  I’d recommend ordering the £6 pdf from GRO Online rather than spending £9.25 ordering a certificate by post - it’s cheaper, quicker and provides exactly the same information.

[LaytonLily]

Yes I will order the pdf - and now back home, am about to do it right now.   Didn't know that was available.  Had learnt that ordering a paper copy from Birmingham Register Office they charge £6 admin fee on top of cost of certificate, so to pay £6 for the actual copy is excellent.

[LaytonLily]

I have ordered a pdf copy of the birth certificate for William Aston - will GRO-online e-mail me when it is ready to download ?    I cannot see anywhere on the website where it gives me the option to download the pdf birth certificate.

[avm228]

Yes, it'll take a few days and you'll get an email when it is ready.

[avm228]

Yes, it'll take a few days and you'll get an email when it is ready.

I've just looked back at my emails and, for what it's worth, it took a week last time I ordered one.

[LaytonLily]

Many thanks.   Thought I would get a quicker reply from this website  -  and so it proved!

[LaytonLily]

So today I have received the birth certificate as I requested for William Aston.  At first sight I thought 'Oh no more disappointment' but I don't know, it might be 'the one'.   See what folks think on this very knowledgeable site.

It does give a father's name, which is William Aston - so far so good!   The mother's name given is Jemima Standfield.    Now does that mean they were not married ?     Although I have his mother as Emma, I suppose Jemima could easily be shortened to Emma. 

 I am not deciding one way or other at the moment, it needs further exploration, if that is possible to get to the answer.

The pdf was too big to send (and I don't know how to make it smaller) so I have 'cut' the main section and pasted it into Word document.  Hope it gives you what you need to help.