To add to Geoff's post, I have a census record for one of my people who is called William J in one census and John William in the next! It is the same person both times. They lived in Hetton as well so maybe it was a common thing to change your kids names around between the census! Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] John Robson born 1840 > > In a message dated 26/07/2007 18:36:04 GMT Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > it seems odd my Line of John Robson is neither Registered or Baptised > > > > > Allan: > > It seems to me that perhaps he was registered and baptised - but > not > as John! The family could have originally used some other name for him > and > then changed their mind later and brought him up as John. Have you > checked > all possible registrations and births that could have been of children of > this > couple. If so, did you find a son, not John, who was born etc at about > the > right time but who is not heard of afterwards? That could be the child > who > "became" John. > > Geoff Nicholson