Thanks Pam, I was confident that someone more skilled than I would tell me about some unusual circumstances "out-of-sequence name has been added to the bottom of the GRO page" that have complicated the matter. I did look at the 1911 census to see how many children Alfred & Martha had and how many did not survive and in the absence of a better source this Lawrence Oliver's birth year fits in amongst "his" sibling as Martha has one child that did not survive! Peter Holmes Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington then Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire)] [FREER (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N & S Kyme, N & S Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario Canada & some in New York & Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Downes Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2012 7:47 AM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] Lawrence Oliver WITHERINGTON died Surfleet 1898 For BMD registrations prior to 1916 (i.e. 1837-1915) always use either FreeBMD. Ancestry use FreeBMD's transcriptions for their indexes but they are always at least one update behind FreeBMD. FreeBMD has Lawrence's birth registration in March quarter 1896. Not sure what's gone wrong with Ancestry's updating, but I think the hiccup has occurred because an out-of-sequence name has been added to the bottom of the GRO page and therefore the names that are alphabetically after that name have been omitted from Ancestry's idex.