Dear Val, It sounds unusual for Qld BDM to give out that information unless you actually bought the certificate. I recently purchased a birth certificate from them and was shocked when it finally arrived (after an 8 week wait and several reminder emails) to find that on the cert the child's three older siblings had been recorded as deceased. As I have a photograph of these children I decided to investigate further and could find no record in NSW or Qld of their deaths. I then found two of the three older children were alive and kicking in a later years electoral roll. The local history group at Herbert, North Qld, where they lived, is now doing a search of their records for me. I can't think of any reason a mother would state that her three children had died if they hadn't. so believe this is a transcription error. Hope this helps, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "rickaby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] STEVENS/LOMAS Marriage > Thank you Hilary, > I have had no luck searching the Free BDM or LDS. This particular family > has been a real headache and I won't go into details but I wonder if I > should just accept what information has been given and move on. > regards > Val > On a magnificent day in South East Queensland. Wall to wall blue. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hilary Thomas" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:20 PM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] STEVENS/LOMAS Marriage > > >> Hi Val >> >> I have searched the GRO index on Ancestry for the years 1898 - 1900, >> September Quarter but have found no marriage for a Hanry STEVENS to >> Annie >> LOMAS in this period. >> >> I hope this may be of some use to you. >> >> Regards >> Hilary >> >> > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >