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 > > >

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 >