I have a child baptised July 1839 called George PECKHAM in All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent. Does anyone know of any Birth Records available so I could order a Birth Certificate for him. Gloria
Bruce and Gloria Moore wrote: > I have a child baptised July 1839 called George PECKHAM in All > Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent. Does anyone know of any Birth > Records available so I could order a Birth Certificate for him. > Gloria Where have you looked for the birth registration? FMP? FreeBMD? At that time the onus was on the local registrar to find all the new borns. Although he does seem to have found many/most, there are some he missed. The parents were supposed to have gone to the registrar if he didn't come to them but not all of them did. It may be they considered baptism sufficient registration, plus there were some members of the clergy who resented the "government interference". It's also possible George was born before civil registration began and/or that he was born somewhere other than in Staplehurst for whatever reason, eg his mother was visiting friends/relatives when George decided he wasn't going to wait any longer. FreeBMD's chart shows that 1839 appears complete but it can be up to 3% out. Not all the birth indices up to 1857 are complete yet. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk
Have you tried FreeBMD ? That will give you the GRO reference and you can then order the birth certificate. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Remember that just because he was baptised in Kent, that doesn't mean he was born in Kent. Anne South Australia Bruce and Gloria Moore wrote: > I have a child baptised July 1839 called George PECKHAM in All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent. Does anyone know of any Birth Records available so I could order a Birth Certificate for him. Gloria > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >