I have a similar problem in that my great grandfather was illegitemate. Someone suggested looking up the bastardy orders which I expect are held in Birmingham Central Library. J Ken Poole <kpoole01@rochester.rr.com> wrote: Thanks Pete, thats what I have except there is no father listed (illegitimate birth) so it hard to triangulate - father - marriage -mother, I must have five likely candidates who could be the mother and without a birthdate or something factual to help identify her it becomes an educated guess, a genealogist nightmare. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Hulme" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] birth certificate information > Hi Ken, > The full certificates that I have give the date of birth, the > address of the birth, name of the baby and the name and maiden name of > the mother. I've never seen one that gave the mother's age, that's on > marriage certificates. > > Cheers, > Pete > > -----Original Message----- > Hi Listers > Is it common that mother's on birth certificates from the 1890's are > only identified by their name > but not address or birthdate? or do I have a shortened format. > Otherwise I have a name shared by > many others at that time. > Cheers > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________ Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message