Ancestry takes its records from freebmd and as we know that is not complete. It's quite possible that they have not completed a whole section for that year. Paul jeffers31 <jeffers31@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote: I have recently submitted the following question to Ancestry.co.uk :- "I have searched the civil records for a ROGERS birth. In 1888 there were no ROGERS births, whereas in 1887 there were 1022 and in 1889 there were 1376. It seems unlikely that there were no births in 1888 for Rogers, can you confirm this? Your comments would be appreciated. regards Geoff HIGGINS" (of Emsworth) I wondered whether any of our erudite members may have an explanation? Happy searching in 2006 GEOFF (researching PARGENT in Hampshire) ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== A genealogist NEVER dies he just grows more roots
Geoff I can confirm there are many ROGERS born 1888, I have print out of all (about 7 pages) would you like me to look up any for you. Cannot speak for Ancestry though Regards Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Eggleton" <tenniseggpaul@sbcglobal.net> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [Ham] Missing ancestors > Ancestry takes its records from freebmd and as we know that is not complete. It's quite possible that they have not completed a whole section for that year. > > Paul > > jeffers31 <jeffers31@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote: > I have recently submitted the following question to Ancestry.co.uk :- > > "I have searched the civil records for a ROGERS birth. In 1888 there were no ROGERS births, whereas in 1887 there were 1022 and in 1889 there were 1376. It seems unlikely that there were no births in 1888 for Rogers, can you confirm this? Your comments would be appreciated. > regards Geoff HIGGINS" (of Emsworth) > > I wondered whether any of our erudite members may have an explanation? > Happy searching in 2006 > GEOFF (researching PARGENT in Hampshire) > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > A genealogist NEVER dies he just grows more roots > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > A genealogist NEVER dies he just grows more roots >