Dear Valerie, I do apologise for deleting my original message and will take on board the suggestions & recommendations you have made. I spoke to my mother and she has decided to obtain both his marriage and death certificates here in Australia. Thankyou again for your ideas and suggestions. I will get back to you via the list when we have further information. Many thanks again Nicole Northen NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Garton" <vbgarton@optusnet.com.au> To: <irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [BELFAST] Confirmation of birth details of Benjamin LintonBAYLEY 1860-1870 > Nicole > > Firstly could I kindly suggest that you always include part of the > original message as most of us " out there " receive 100 to 150 messages > a day so that makes it hard to remember what the previous information > contained. > > I don't think I remember Benjamin having a middle name in the previous > message but I could be wrong. > > IRELAND > > Civil Registration did not commence until 1864. You need to find his > birth reference in the Index to Irish Civil Registration which is on > microfilm at the LDS. These films can be hired dor a very small fee and > you have 3 weeks to read them. > > The indexes are by event [birth], year and alphabetically by surname. > This means reading every film for each year for all the B's. The later > years are also in 1/4s so that means 4 films per year. > > BBUUTT first of all you must do all of your Australian research first. > > AUSTRALIA > > Do you have his arrival in Australia or did you know the state. After > this you need to obtain his marriage certificate and most importantly of > all if he came from NSW his death certificate. > > So you see we need to narrow this down. > > Please get back to me with your answers. > > Regards from Valerie in sunny Sydney. > Researching: BEDDY, CULLODEN, DYAS and ROWAN in Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow > & Wexford > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-belfast-city-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-belfast-city-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nicole > Murphy > Sent: Monday, 19 November 2007 2:38 PM > To: irl-belfast-city@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BELFAST] Confirmation of birth details of BAYLEY > > > Dear Valerie, > > Thankyou for making a prompt reply. I apologise for the lack of detail > all > I have is his name Benjamin Linton BAYLEY and that he was born in > Belfast > (word of mouth) and we are guessing approx between 1860 and 1870. > > We dont know any siblings or parents names. > > Thankyou again, any help appreciated > > Nicole > AUSTRALIA > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-BELFAST-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >