In a message dated 25/02/2004 18:28:43 GMT Standard Time, markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com writes: > I have looked on Free bmd site, and there are no more Hannah HUBBARD's > listed, born or died in the area where mine was, in that time scale! > I haven't looked in the GRO indexes at the library though! > In other words you have used only an incomplete secondary source and not used the complete primary source! Your information is therefore incomplete and, as such, proves nothing. I suspect that the Hannah whose death certificate you have found was a second Hannah ("Hannah II") and that the first one ("Hannah I") had died before Hannah II was born. Hannah II died aged 10 months in June 1866, so was born around August 1865. Hannah I was born in Jan 1864 so there was plenty of time for her to have died between then and the birth, or even the conception, of Hannah II. Geoff Nicholson 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert. Record searching service: you name the records, I search them!

Hi Geoff, Thanks for your input! I agree with what you are saying, and I did wonder if there were 2 Hannah's! What left me puzzled though, was that I have all the HUBBARD children's baptism entries at Ryhope, and no Hannah's baptisms at all! I know, I still need to look through the GRO indexes!! Thanks very much to Paul Roberts, who has very kindly offered to look in the birth and death indexes for me! Jan Boyes > In a message dated 25/02/2004 18:28:43 GMT Standard Time, > markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com writes: > > > I have looked on Free bmd site, and there are no more Hannah HUBBARD's > > listed, born or died in the area where mine was, in that time scale! > > I haven't looked in the GRO indexes at the library though! > > > In other words you have used only an incomplete secondary source and > not used the complete primary source! Your information is therefore incomplete > and, as such, proves nothing. > > I suspect that the Hannah whose death certificate you have found was a > second Hannah ("Hannah II") and that the first one ("Hannah I") had died > before Hannah II was born. Hannah II died aged 10 months in June 1866, so was > born around August 1865. Hannah I was born in Jan 1864 so there was plenty of > time for her to have died between then and the birth, or even the conception, of > Hannah II. > > Geoff Nicholson >