Hi, I am new to this list and hope some one can help me. We were always told that my father-in-law was born in Perth in November 1900. His parents were not married and when his father died in 1903 his mother returned to NZ with her older sons (from her marriage) and the 3 year old. He took her married name, and in his late teens signed a document saying that he was known by this name (Everton) and would continue to be so. We have never seen a birth certificate, and cannot find an entry in the Pioneers Index CD under either parents name (Everton and Rotheram) or any likely substitute such as mother's or either grandmothers' maiden names. I am sure that registration of births was compulsory by then in WA - but was this scrupulously observed? Were any checks made against doctors or midwives records? I don't know if he was baptised, but guess it would have been likely. The family lived in Mount St, Perth. Can anyone suggest churches local to there (father was C of E, mother ??), and tell me where the baptismal registers for these would be now. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks in anticipation Katherine Everton Auckland, New Zealand
Hi Katherine I have found that some registrations are not on the Pioneer Index. My Grandmother is not there either born around the same time. However when I first started with my family tree one library I went to had a hand written set of indexes and she was on that. I would suggest you write to Birth Death and Marriages P.O Box 7720 Cloisters Square Perth West Aust and ask them to do a search. You will have to pay alittle extra but could be well worth it. Best of luck Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katherine Everton" <k&[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:18 PM Subject: [AUS-WA] Missing birth registration > Hi, > I am new to this list and hope some one can help me. > > We were always told that my father-in-law was born in Perth in November 1900. His parents were not married and when his father died in 1903 his mother returned to NZ with her older sons (from her marriage) and the 3 year old. He took her married name, and in his late teens signed a document saying that he was known by this name (Everton) and would continue to be so. > > We have never seen a birth certificate, and cannot find an entry in the Pioneers Index CD under either parents name (Everton and Rotheram) or any likely substitute such as mother's or either grandmothers' maiden names. > > I am sure that registration of births was compulsory by then in WA - but was this scrupulously observed? Were any checks made against doctors or midwives records? I don't know if he was baptised, but guess it would have been likely. The family lived in Mount St, Perth. Can anyone suggest churches local to there (father was C of E, mother ??), and tell me where the baptismal registers for these would be now. > > Any suggestions would be most welcome. > Thanks in anticipation > > Katherine Everton > Auckland, New Zealand > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS-CHAT-L ? > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >