Hi Ian Several possibilities Firstly the Emma MARLOW may be her, either named as Emma first but later used Emily, or the local office made a mistake in their quarterly return to the GRO (or the GRO recorded it wrongly) Or she was not born a MARLOW or her age was older or younger than you expect There are other possibilities including her birth not being registered, slim chance by then but still possible If you know the mothers name you could order without the GRO index reference which allows checking points to be added, such as mothers name If they find a match you get the cert, if no match you get a refund Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 15/07/2016 18:06, Ian Ridley via wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I am looking for a birth of my friends Granny. Emily Hall nee Marlow was > born around 4th November 1894/5 her family stories say that Emily was born > in the workhouse at Holbeach but I cannot find her in the birth Index just > an Emma Marlow. I do know that there was a Charlotte Marlow who was a long > term inmate in the workhouse ( marked as imbecile) in the census. Any help > would be appreciated. > > Ian Ridley