Mary Laura THOMAS b1882 Q4 Morriston, Swansea

[JohnG_Swansea]

I am conducting research on the wider family of John (b1819) & Elizabeth (b1822) HUMPHREY, the builder of several schools and many chapels across south west Wales.

I have run into a brick wall with their Granddaughter Mary Laura THOMAS, who is shown by "FreeBMD" as the birth being "registered" in Swansea, 1882, Q4 (December), Volume 11a, page 630; my standard search protocols on Ancestry have failed to find a matching birth with that name, year, volume and page details.

Is there any means by which an Ancestry search can conducted using Volume and Page details?

Thank you for reading, JohnG_Swansea.

[rosie99]

The GRO index has
THOMAS, MARY  LAURA     Mothers maiden surname HUMPHREY
GRO Reference: 1882  Dec Quarter in SWANSEA  Volume 11A  Page 630

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

[rosie99]

I have found it on Ancestry by searching Mary Thomas born 1882 Swansea, Wales and putting 630 into Keyword


http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pty/

[JohnG_Swansea]

Hi Rosie,

Very many thanks for your incredibly speedy responses.

Your first response ties in with the information I have elicited over the time since this research commenced back in 2017, Mary Laura's mother was born as Ann Humphrey, the first daughter of the above mentioned John and Elizabeth Humphrey.

Following your second post, I have gone around the loop again, dropping 'Laura' and dropping 'Glamorgan' from my search parameters and I have been presented with a page I have seen on a number of previous occasions: "BIRTHS Registered in July, August, and September 1882" with the page number 516 a little further to the right.

When looking down the centre column I can see two Mary Jane's followed by a Mary Letice, between which I would have expected to see Mary Laura, but no Mary Laura is to be seen on my screen.

The odd thing is that when I open up the index, there is Mary Laura THOMAS, Swansea, Glamorgan, 11a, 630, between a Mary Josephine THOMAS and (the afore mentioned) Mary Letice THOMAS, but I am at a loss to see Mary Lucy on my screen.

Ohh the unexpected mysteries of Family History Research!

I thank you again for you assistance,

Stay Safe, JohnG_Swansea.