----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny M Benson" <genes@cedarbank.me.uk> To: <ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Birth certificate > Very often the registrars did not put the full address on Certificates, > but just the local area. Too true Jenny, annoyingly so! Especially on older certificates I've noticed that. In my wife's family, there were 3 children born, 1843, 1846, and 1847. On each certificate the place where born column simply said "Fareham"......woopeeee just what I already knew....sheesh! Best wishes, Jon