The records in England are baptisms or PRs until 1837, and after this date Civil Registration began. Have you tried searching FreeBMD? http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Jeanette Quoting COLEEN COLEMAN <[email protected]>: > Would like to know if England kept records of births or if they were > baptisms kept instead? John Hyland born 1855 To Thomas and Mary (Dwyer) > Hyland and Margaret born 1859 to > Thomas and Mary (Dwyer) Hyland. Thanks so much for your input. > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in > CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message