http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/ there you go. > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:08:21 -0700 > From: carolandjoemarlo@yahoo.com > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Given-Name Change? > > Could you post a website for Yorkshire BMD's? > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: h dean <deanh61@hotmail.co.uk> > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, October 26, 2010 2:05:50 PM > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Given-Name Change? > > > Oh for goodness sake what difference does it make? - everyone knows what I meant > by christian name - and since the subject seemed to be finished anyway then I > really dont see the point of you making your 'correction'. > > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:31:07 +0000 > > From: garymarian@comcast.net > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Given-Name Change? > > > > Hi, > > Perhaps it's time to change the subject heading to a broader and more accurate > >term, such as 'Given-name' instead of 'Christian name' which is out of date in > >today's expanded lexicon. > > > > Cheers, > > Gary, (of Owlcotes West Riding descent) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "h dean" <deanh61@hotmail.co.uk> > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 11:04:23 AM > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Christian Name Change? > > > > > > Ok thanks Mel, I'll check Yorkshire BMD for my own Yorkshire relatives. > > > > Heather > > > > > > > From: melvynsmith@gmail.com > > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:07:09 -0400 > > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Christian Name Change? > > > > > > Hi Heather > > > > > > No, probably not doing anything wrong. > > > > > > I have found that for many of my Yorkshire ancestors which were in the > > > Yeadon & Otley areas the GRO Index (FreeBMD) gives the registration district > > > > - typically Wharfedale or Otley but the Yorkshire BMD indexes give me > > > Yeadon, Rawdon, etc which are the villages themselves. Perhaps for Kirkstall > > > > they didn't break it down. > > > > > > Mel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > > > [mailto:eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of h dean > > > Sent: October 24, 2010 6:32 AM > > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Christian Name Change? > > > > > > > > > Hi Mel, thanks for the reply. > > > > > > I found the birth index on FreeBMD yes. Actually the Robert from 1891 and > > > King from the earlier censuses were both marked as being born the same place > > > > anyway so it wouldnt matter - but I did look up Yorkshire BMD as you > > > suggested but couldnt see where it specified a village, just reg district of > > > > Kirkstall as on FreeBMD - am I doing something wrong? > > > > > > Heather > > > > > > > From: melvynsmith@gmail.com > > > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:26:23 -0400 > > > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Christian Name Change? > > > > > > > > Hi Heather: > > > > > > > > You don't say where you found the birth registration info. I am assuming > > > > FreeBMD. You should cross reference with Yorkshire BMD if you haven't > > > > already. > > > > It will specify the village in each case but not the quarter as FreeBMD > > > > does. > > > > Confirming the village may add further confidence in your decision. > > > > > > > > Mel Smith > > > > Whitby, Ontario, Canada > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > > > > [mailto:eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of h dean > > > > Sent: October 22, 2010 2:53 PM > > > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Christian Name Change? > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi thanks Nivard I agree with what you say, I was interested to hear if > > > > people thought the same as me - I dont think its likely that he would have > > > > > bothered with deed poll either. > > > > > > > > As for the marriage certificate, I dont know, I've just started > > > researching > > > > this family online tonight and its for someone else as a favour, but its > > > an > > > > interesting point, although the Thomas on the census with Robert and with > > > > King have the same occupation anyway. > > > > > > > > I think since there is a birth but no suitable marriage or death for King > > > > Harrison that I will take him to be Robert. > > > > > > > > thanks again > > > > > > > > Heather. > > > > > > > > > From: ovington1@sky.com > > > > > To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com > > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:15:02 +0100 > > > > > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Christian Name Change? > > > > > > > > > > Hi Heather > > > > > > > > > > There would be nothing to stop him using Robert as a forename (you can > > > > > perhaps understand him not wanting to use King <g>) > > > > > > > > > > Although there were change of name by deed poll, it is highly unlikely > > > the > > > > > > > > > average person would bother with the expense of it > > > > > > > > > > It has always been the case that as long as you are not doing it to > > > > defraud > > > > > or evade the law, you can call yourself whatever you want to > > > > > > > > > > If he gave Robert as his name, that is what would be recorded, no proof > > > > was > > > > > asked for until quite recent > > > > > > > > > > On the marriage certificate, does the fathers name and occupation match > > > > that > > > > > you know for King ? > > > > > > > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone > > > > > > > > > > > > I am researching a family called Harrison, the mother Elizabeth is > > > from > > > > > > Kirkstall and the father Thomas is from Masham. It's their son Robert > > > > > > Harrison that is the cause of my query. > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert was born c1869 in Burley, Leeds. I believe I have found the > > > > family > > > > > > in Middlesbrough in 1891 (Burley mistranscribed as Baster). > > > > > > > > > > > > On trying to trace this family back, Robert isnt there although his > > > > > > siblings are the same. In Roberts place however, born the same year > > > > there > > > > > > is a boy named King Harrison. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have found a birth in the index of King Harrison of the right year > > > > > > (1869) in the district of Kirkstall - but no birth for Robert Harrison > > > > > > > > > > sticks out (there is one in 1870 but there is another Robert Harrison > > > > born > > > > > > Leeds at that time). > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it likely that Robert changed his name from King to Robert? (on the > > > > > > > > > > first census that has him as Robert he is 22). If so, is there likely > > > to > > > > > > > > > > be any documentation of this? He married as Robert by the way. > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks for any help and opinions. > > > > > > > > > > > > Heather > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > > > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > > > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > > > > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message