Stop looking everyone - I found it. It is RINGWOOD - obviously someone has transcribed it incorrectly. Same thing happened on another birth certificate purchased from GRO Instead of Southampton it read Northhampton Rose

Well that it spooky my finger was just on the send button to tell you that it is Ringwood on the image. interesting to see how many people you got to help though, what a good list Eh!. I wonder if we are connected somewhere along the line. Bob Newell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Opiekan" <opiekan@iprimus.com.au> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Kingswood - Eureka I found it > Stop looking everyone - I found it. > It is RINGWOOD - obviously someone has transcribed it incorrectly. > Same thing happened on another birth certificate purchased from GRO > Instead of Southampton it read Northhampton > > Rose > > > ============================== > 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 >

You just beat me! The National Archives/Genes Reunited 1901 census index gives the place of birth as Kingwood (without the S) as the place of birthplace ... although the family are also indexed as Combs for added confusion! I can see how an R might end up mistranscribed as K if one's never heard of Ringwood. ... and for confirmation ... FreeBMD has an entry for September Qtr 1897, for Coombs, Alfred Baker, in Ringwood Vol 2b, page 674. So, as Dave says, with a little more information the mystery was cleared up quite quickly. On 09/09/05, Opiekan <opiekan@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > > Stop looking everyone - I found it. > It is RINGWOOD - obviously someone has transcribed it incorrectly. > Same thing happened on another birth certificate purchased from GRO > Instead of Southampton it read Northhampton >

I had a similar problem on the birthplace for George Allbray in the 1851 census. It was indexed as Reagal, and appeared to be in Sussex. a friend with a lot of patience, a good eye and a magnifying glass was able to confirm from the actual image that the birthplace was in fact Rogate, but with a flourishing R at the outset and a hasty writing style, it turned the appearance of Rogate to something virtually non-recognisable. I can feel your relief and joy at solving the puzzle though! Crack the bottle of champagne! Kind regards, Jon -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.19/93 - Release Date: 9/8/05

Dear Rose, it could still be both as there is a Kingswood in Ringwood (indeed they used to think that the king's wood [Regnum Wood] was mistranslated as Ringwood - not true as Ringwood actually means 'wood near the edge'). Regards, David