There is one possible one for the baby's death but nothing for her birth and certainly none for mum. The only possible one gives the age as 62 and it is a quarter too early for an August funeral so it can't be that one. Allsop is a common name in the area so not worth 'wasting' another £6 on the baby death. Her 2 older brothers' births were both registered but I guess if mother Hannah was ill after the birth then that might explain why baby Mary wasn't, especially if she was a sickly child who only lived for a month. Likewise, if Hannah was the driving force behind registering the other births, nobody would have the same enthusiasm to register her death as they would have had more important things to do than that. Thanks for your help, great as usual. Meg in Devon. 1. Re: Register of Deaths _ Carsington (Nivard Ovington) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:55:00 +0000 From: Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DBY] Register of Deaths _ Carsington Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Hi Meg very likely they were not registered A great many events went unregistered pre 1874 When civil registration began and right up to a change in the act in 1873, the onus was on the registrar to seek out the events, there was no penalty to the parents for not registering After 1874 things were much better but still not perfect, as the onus was placed on the parents or dwelling owner or manager Have you also checked in the GRO index for "male" and surname or "female" and surname Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14-Nov-16 11:48 AM, [email protected] wrote: > How likely is it that a birth and a couple of deaths in Carsington in 1844 > were not registered? From the Carsington records I have a baptism and > burial for a baby Mary Allsop in May and June 1844 and the burial of her > mother Hannah in August 1844. None of these events appears on the GRO site > or FMP or anywhere else I can look. I always thought of the Carsington > records as being pretty reliable and it was a bit 'wild west' at that time > so is it possible that none of these events was registered? > > > > Thanks > > > > Meg Galley-Taylor ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer To contact the DERBYSGEN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the DERBYSGEN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------ End of DERBYSGEN Digest, Vol 11, Issue 142 ******************************************