G'day from a very hot Perth, I have discovered on FreeReg the burial (at the (C of E) church St Lawrence, Surfleet of the above on 25/7/1898 and have reason to believe that he was a previously unknown child of Alfred James & Emma WITHERINGTON of Surfleet. Their other children were previously born in the same area. The family were devout Methodists and therefore, possibly explaining why his birth/baptism was not recorded there. I'm also unable to locate his birth through Ancestry - so any bright ideas anyone? 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).

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. For what I mean, view the image via the FreeBMD link and then search for any surname between Withenshaw and (Ronald John) Witney on Ancestry and you'll find them missing. Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ On 28/01/2012 23:09, Peter HOLMES wrote: > G'day from a very hot Perth, > > > > I have discovered on FreeReg the burial (at the (C of E) church St Lawrence, > Surfleet of the above on 25/7/1898 and have reason to believe that he was a > previously unknown child of Alfred James& Emma WITHERINGTON of Surfleet. > Their other children were previously born in the same area. The family were > devout Methodists and therefore, possibly explaining why his birth/baptism > was not recorded there. > > > > I'm also unable to locate his birth through Ancestry - so any bright ideas > anyone? > > > > 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). > > > > > ------------------------------- >