Hi Daryl Nivard has given you a good explanantion. It is estimated that in the early days of the Civil Registration as many as 10% of the births were not registered. There is also a chance that your Ambrose had not been given a name when his birth was registered. At the end of each quarter in the GRO indexes for such cases. Have you looked there? HTH Christopher --- On Wed, 7/10/09, Daryl <dlphistory@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Daryl <dlphistory@gmail.com> > Subject: [BRK] Birth record missing from FreeBMD? > To: berkshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 7 October, 2009, 2:08 AM > I had hoped to find a birth > certificate for my ancestor Ambrose Honey > believed to have been born in Lambourn, Berkshire in or > about January 1844. > He is found in the IGI and in the related microfilmed > Lambourn parish > records as Christened April 14th 1844.  He appears in > the 1851 and 1861 > Lambourn census.  By November 1863 he is found in the > United States.  The > 1900 U.S. Census indicates he was born in January 1844 and > his 1912 death > certificate indicates he was born January 6, 1844. > > According to the charts on FreeBMD the 1843 and 1844 birth > indexes are 100% > transcribed and his birth is not found.  I have tried > searches using the > last name, first name and variations on the names but found > nothing.  I have > examined the scans from the original indexes on FreeBMD and > failed to find > him.  Every one of his siblings born after July 1, > 1837 appear in the > FreeBMD index. > > I am looking for ideas of why his birth record is the only > missing family > record.  Could the index used by FreeBMD be incorrect > and there be an > available birth certificate?  Is this a clue that > possibly he was adopted? > Did they simply miss recording an occasional birth?  > Any thoughts or > suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > Daryl > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >