Hi Guys, Can anyone advise me on the validity of the Ancestry - England & Wales Christening Index, please. I have found a reference to a Baptism of a Robert MINGAY on 25 Dec 1829 at Orford, Suffolk, England whose mother is Mary Ann MINGAY with no other details, uhhmm oh for more. I thought I had taken all references to MINGAY in and around Orford many years ago, yes there is a Mary Ann MINGAY bp 1809 but as far as I know she marries a John TURNER, noting in the 1851 Census a Robert MINGAY appears to be living with the Turner family as his/her nephew. The probelm is that in following a Robert MINGAY born 1829 through the various stages of his life he gives his place of birth as Islington or London or Suffolk according to which year the Census or statement was taken. At his marriage he states his father was another Robert MINGAY, a deceased carpenter; interestingly he ends his last years of his life in Margate, Kent which was also the place of residence of Mary Ann TURNER nee MINGAY, brother, Robert (Osbourne) MiNGAY, there is enough evidence to say that he was not the father. One cannot avoid a conclusion that Robert MINGAY son of Mary Ann MINGAY was born before any marriage took place. Hoping someone can shed a light on that Index. Regards Tony Anthony John MINGAY, now in NZ once of Kent & Suffolk, England but still researching Worldwide the surname MINGAY & its variants. http://www.mingayhistory.co.uk.