I think the point which Ray was making was that a pre 1885 record of birth or baptism call it what you want is not going to give up the same quality or quantity of information as a post 1855 image from the Statutory Register of Births. A valid point I thought. Of course one can get lucky and get an 1855 record which is like striking gold. regards George George Brander Torre de la Horadada España On 6 March 2014 22:17, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > It is possible for someone to have a birth 'certificate,' prior to 1855, > albeit as a Certificate of Baptism, which some Parishes gave, which also > showed the date of birth and the witnesses. These will, of course, not be > recorded in 'official' records but will be found amongst family documents. > > Regards > Les > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

sorry that should read "pre 1855 record of birth or baptism" Just a senior moment making a silly typo George George Brander Torre de la Horadada España On 6 March 2014 22:29, George Brander <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the point which Ray was making was that a pre 1885 record of birth > or baptism call it what you want is not going to give up the same quality > or quantity of information as a post 1855 image from the Statutory Register > of Births. A valid point I thought. Of course one can get lucky and get an > 1855 record which is like striking gold. > regards > George > > George Brander > Torre de la Horadada > España > > > On 6 March 2014 22:17, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> It is possible for someone to have a birth 'certificate,' prior to 1855, >> albeit as a Certificate of Baptism, which some Parishes gave, which also >> showed the date of birth and the witnesses. These will, of course, not be >> recorded in 'official' records but will be found amongst family documents. >> >> Regards >> Les >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >