Hi all, Many thanks to all who answered the question on the "Onw" meaning. This puts to bed another perplexity. You all are great and very helpful. Regards, Harold Original Message: 3 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:25:55 -0500 From: "Harold Murray" <[email protected]> Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Question on birth registration index To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi all, I wonder if someone can tell me what the (date Onw) means? Example: District: Portsmouth (1900 Onw) This has had me perplexed for a while. Thank you, Genealogy Research area in UK and surnames: Ripley, Codnor, Derbyshire: Brown, Brindley, Buxton, Evans, Gill, Grainger, Matkin, Oliver, Stanley, Wilson Sholing, Hampshire: Gilbert, Hinton, How, Parker, Read Regards, Harold J. (Jack) Murray Kansas City, Missouri