thanks anyway Sandra your a gem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Certificates > Sorry, Bob, can't help with the 1851 censuses. However, on the 1841 > census age, remember that only children under 15 were recorded with an > accurate age, everyone else was supposed to be rounded down to the nearest > 5 years. I say supposed to be, before I get lots of posts saying that > accurate ages were sometimes recorded. > Given that people's memories of their ages was a little awry at times > anyway, it does mean that the 1841 ages were sometimes a long way off. I > certainly have one family where Mum and Dad were actually only a couple > of years apart in age, but in the 1841 census they appear to be 10 years > apart! > Regards > Sandra > > bob.newell@ntlworld.com wrote: > >> Thank you Sandra for your sympathy. It had to be this man, he is really >> causing me grief all the way through I have problems with him. He was a >> Baker journeyman and never at home at census times except for once in >> 1861. I think I have found him with his parents in the 1841 but his age >> there is wrong, you don't have the 1851 Sussex or Surrey Census up your >> sleeve by any chance do you, to see if he is there. >> >> Kind regards Bob Newell >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" >> <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> >> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Certificates >> >> >>> Bob, it was not necessary for a baby to have a name in order to be >>> registered. You see these frequently in the GRO indices as "Male" >>> Surname. On the birth certificate, there is a column for the name if >>> added after the registration, but I have never ever seen this used. To >>> most families of this era the most important event was the baptism when >>> the child would be given their names and they rarely considered it >>> necessary to inform the "authorities" >>> You also see them in the census too...just listed as "infant". >>> Unfortunately, you seem to have drawn the short straw in this case. >>> Regards >>> Sandra >>> >>> >>> bob.newell@ntlworld.com wrote: >>> >>>> Great Joy at finding a birth certificate for my brickwall Stephen >>>> NEWELL on the mat this morning only to find that there is no name under >>>> the name if any column. Is this a common occurrence or has the register >>>> clerk missed it off. Being Saturday of course they are closed. Has >>>> anyone had this before. >>>> >>>> Bo Newell >>>> >>>> ============================== >>>> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>>> New content added every business day. Learn more: >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >