> Just had this from Birmingham RO re. Robert: >> The entry in December Quarter 1862 was checked but as it is not the one >> required, it was not detailed (the occupation differed, the age differed by >> 5 years and no mention is made of Ireland). > So it's not our man. I'm looking for the birth of Robert's son, Joseph Rice, now. The census says he was born about 1851-2. I could not find him on freebmd but in the GRO index a Joseph Rice appears in 1851 April-June quarter. Perhaps freebmd has not transcribed this page yet? It looks like the information is "Birmingham XVI 66 or 64". Please can someone else look at it, and tell me what you read it as, as it's quite a bad image. Thanks, Stephen.

Stephen, Having magnified it several times, I think it reads: Rice Joseph James Birmingham XVI 647 HTH Anne On 10 Nov 2006, at 08:11, genukilists@tinfoil.cotse.net wrote: >> Just had this from Birmingham RO re. Robert: > >>> The entry in December Quarter 1862 was checked but as it is not the >>> one >>> required, it was not detailed (the occupation differed, the age >>> differed by >>> 5 years and no mention is made of Ireland). > >> So it's not our man. > > > I'm looking for the birth of Robert's son, Joseph Rice, now. The > census says he was born about 1851-2. I could not find him on freebmd > but in the GRO index a Joseph Rice appears in 1851 April-June quarter. > Perhaps freebmd has not transcribed this page yet? > > It looks like the information is "Birmingham XVI 66 or 64". Please can > someone else look at it, and tell me what you read it as, as it's > quite a bad image. > > Thanks, > Stephen.

> Having magnified it several times, I think it reads: > Rice Joseph James Birmingham XVI 647 Thanks. I was using the 1837 site and the image looked like two digits. Using ancestry the image is better and shows three digits. Thanks for this, as I would have ordered the wrong certificate otherwise. Thanks.