Dear List The penalty dished out to the McQuade family, probably explains why one of my family lines never followed up after not registrating the birth of one of their children in the early 1880s. There are only three out of the four children listed on the BDM. This cause untold trouble for the gentlemen concerned in the mid 1900s when he went to get his pension. If a family was to be fined 15 shillings or so for slipping up - i think i would have just kept forgetting as well. Regards Garry Sanders Kariong NSW

Hi all I also have one of these - and it took us a long time to sort it out. P43 of Cross Country, Hayes Connection - 4. Esther Leith Onions was born 29 August 1862 in Lower Hawkesbury, NSW; died 24 June 1866 in Canterbury, NSW. Birth Cert (1864 NSW 16085) shows birth as 16 July 1863 but it was registered 16 January 1864, by the father. Baptism Cert (1862 NSW 1955.4) shows birth as 29 August 1862 with baptism on 5 February 1865, at the Presbyterian Church in Sydney, by J D Lang. Death Cert shows death on 24 June 1866, but the informant, her father, stated his age, in lieu of Esther's age. Thus it has been determined that her birth was registered incorrectly, and had been back-dated by just six months. What was the time period that a child had to be registered before a late fee was payable? Her baptism is more likely to be correct as the mother would have provided the details. The death details are unreliable as the father provided the information for the form with the incorrect details - his own age is recorded for the age of the child! Remember that he signed his marriage certificate with his 'X' mark! Considering that neither a birth registration nor a baptism was found for her elder brother, Enoch, it is surprising that Esther has both. Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich

Hi All My problem is with a mother who said she was born Oct 1920, found out on Saturday she was born Oct 1919, her reply when asked was, "well Oct is near enough to next year." MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

Sounds like my Mum, The family tree has been hanging around for 50 years and then she pipes up and tells me, "Colleen that is wrong, my Mum was born in Euora not Kyneton............"Oh, is that right Mum, where did you find that info"?, her reply was, "I have your grandmother's birth, marriage and death certs in the bottom draw". Wonders never cease......Mum is 83 this year, wonder what else is in the "Bottom draw" ????, I can't search as I come from an era when Mum's bedroom was taboo. Regards Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargaretB" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [HHHV] RE: Oops - this explains why we have the odd missing relative on the BDM > Hi All > > My problem is with a mother who said she was born Oct 1920, found out on > Saturday she was born Oct 1919, her reply when asked was, "well Oct is > near enough to next year." > > MargaretB > Lake Macquarie > NSW Australia > > > ==== AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Digest mode send an email with the word > unsubscribe in the subject heading to: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >