Hi Bonnie, Victorian birth certificates often list other children of the family. You could probably sort this problem by just buying one birth certificate - for the youngest child. This should then list all that child's older siblings, assuming the informant at the registration remembered all the names and the clerk wrote them down correctly. Penny >>> "Yvonne Bean" <ykb@gil.com.au> Thursday, 14 June 2007 9:09 am >>> Good morning, I am assisting a non-gene neighbour put his mother's family together for her, but have come up with a bit of a problem. We have a James Joseph Hill - who was born in Casterton in 1858, the son of James & Mary Jane Hook (death cert). He married Mary Jane Craig in Adelaide 1881. Problems: 1. The birth Indexes say that the mother's name was 'Mary Ann', not 'Mary Jane'. 2. Looking at the Indexes, there seems to be more than one Hill family in that area with the father being a 'James Hill' & the mother a 'Louisa Jane' or 'Jane' or 'Mary Jane' or 'Mary Ann' Hook/e. These children were born in Casterton 1857 to 1888. Can anyone suggest the best way to separate these into the correct family groups? I've also looked at the deaths indexes to try & separate, but 'Jane' can mean either 'Louisa Jane' or 'Mary Jane'. There is a James Hill marrying a Jane Hook in 1870 Victoria on the indexes. I've checked SA - nothing. I would cost a mint to go for all the certificates so any assistance or ideas would be muchly appreciated. Thanking you, BonnieB Brisbane
I have found that Death certificates are very useful in these situations. they give a good summary of a persons life including a list of their spouses and children. Like all certificates you do need to be careful as errors do occur - on my grandfathers marriage certificate it gives his fathers name the same as his... it was an error, presumably his name was written into that space by mistake. Cheers charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Mercer" <penny.mercer@rmit.edu.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] New Lister - help please. > Hi Bonnie, > > Victorian birth certificates often list other children of the family. > You could probably sort this problem by just buying one birth > certificate - for the youngest child. This should then list all that > child's older siblings, assuming the informant at the registration > remembered all the names and the clerk wrote them down correctly. > > Penny > >>>> "Yvonne Bean" <ykb@gil.com.au> Thursday, 14 June 2007 9:09 am >>> > Good morning, > > I am assisting a non-gene neighbour put his mother's family together > for > her, but have come up with a bit of a problem. > > We have a James Joseph Hill - who was born in Casterton in 1858, the > son of > James & Mary Jane Hook (death cert). He married Mary Jane Craig in > Adelaide > 1881. > > Problems: > 1. The birth Indexes say that the mother's name was 'Mary Ann', not > 'Mary > Jane'. > 2. Looking at the Indexes, there seems to be more than one Hill family > in > that area with the father being a 'James Hill' & the mother a 'Louisa > Jane' > or 'Jane' or 'Mary Jane' or 'Mary Ann' Hook/e. These children were born > in > Casterton 1857 to 1888. > > Can anyone suggest the best way to separate these into the correct > family > groups? I've also looked at the deaths indexes to try & separate, but > 'Jane' can mean either 'Louisa Jane' or 'Mary Jane'. > > There is a James Hill marrying a Jane Hook in 1870 Victoria on the > indexes. > I've checked SA - nothing. > > I would cost a mint to go for all the certificates so any assistance > or > ideas would be muchly appreciated. > > Thanking you, > > BonnieB > Brisbane > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.15/848 - Release Date: 13/06/2007 > 12:50 PM >