The last posting to this list I made concerning KENNEDY in the Border areas was 22nd July 2002. I'm still trying to find anyone who might know and have access to details please about the following Thomas KENNEDY. The problem is, he keeps changing his mind about where he was born (!!): Census 1881 ( 5012-111-52) has Thomas born in Tweedmouth. Census 1871 (5037-80-29) his b/p was Tweedmouth Census 1861 (3794-6-5) has him born Berwick on Tweed Census 1851 ( 2410-229-11) birth place North Shields Census 1841 ( 825/10 38-22) which did not record specific birthplaces,has him "not born in the (Northumberland) county. Thanks Peter Kennedy (Buckinghamshire)
i always reckon the nearer a census is to the child's birth the more likely it is to be accurate. in this case, unless the parents didn't understand the question, it says Not of this County, which suggests the child was not born in born in NBL but certainly brought up in the Berwick area of NBL, probably having moved there with his family while very young and no memory of having lived elsehere - hence the later entries saying eh was born there. even parents with big families can get confused as to where each individual was born if they've moved a couple of times. the other one i've had, and this may be annother example, is that each time the parents moved they put down their previous abode against 'where they were from', instead of their place of birth ... it happens! But really, you'd be better to supply a bit more info. folk may well not recognise an individual from his place of birth in censuses, but they may recognise a whole family, occupations &c, partner's name. and an approximate d.o.b. would be a help too. it's always worth spending a bit of time on your request if you hope to stimulate recognition le durachd fionnghal :-) > The problem is, he keeps changing his mind about > where he was born (!!): > > Census 1881 ( 5012-111-52) has Thomas born in > Tweedmouth. > Census 1871 (5037-80-29) his b/p was Tweedmouth > Census 1861 (3794-6-5) has him born Berwick on ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html