Good point about the marriage, Mike. I had meant to write "Did James marry after 1July 1837". Caroline Sent from my iPad On 13 Apr 2013, at 09:14, Mike Fry <fredbonzo@iafrica.com> wrote: > On 2013/04/13 09:22, Caroline Bradford wrote: > >> Birth certificates did not exist until 1 July 1837. For ancestors born before >> that date you will have to rely on an entry in a baptismal register which may >> or may not show his actual date of birth. Did James marry? If so, you can >> get his father's name from his marriage certificate. Then you need to head >> off to SEAX, the online arm of the ERO, where for a small fee you can browse >> the relevant registers. > > All good advice. However. Just a note of caution. Given the time period > concerned, it is more than likely that any marriage took place before July 1837. > In which case, the OP has the same problem as he has with the birth certificate. > Also, and I think this is right, fathers names and occupations don't appear in > parish registers until the advent of Civil Registration in 1837. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message