Dear Anne, Thanks for clearing that up for me very promptly. One learns something new every day. I hope that Henry is one of them. Cheers Ian in Hong Kong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Chambers" <anne.chambers@bigpond.com> To: "Ian Robinson" <treeman@netvigator.com> Cc: <KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Henry William GOULDEN > According to Ancestry 310,391 boys were registered as 'Male' between 1837 > and 1915 and 256,156 girls were registered as 'Female' > > Anne > South Australia > > Ian Robinson wrote: > > snip >> >> The nearest match that I can find is in Sep qtr 1842 for a Male Goulden >> in Blean. >> I thought that in order to register a birth a forename had to be given in >> addition to the surname but perhaps someone could clear that up for me. >