Seems you’ve been spelling her Christian name as the masculine Francis, and there is no soundex on the NZ records, except when searching them via ancestry.co.uk. She’s obviously female Frances! On 26/02/2017, at 11:09 AM, [email protected] wrote: From: "Sue & Evan Thomas" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> To: "List - NZ Messages" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 8:36 AM Subject: [nz] Francis Edith Richardson - why is she missing from BDM??? > Thanks to those who have helped with my search for details of Francis > Edith Richardson who later became Francis Edith Reynolds. > > I have found from Papers Past that she got married in ?a very pretty > wedding? in Wellington on 22 October 1890 to Eardley Culley Reynolds, > second son of the Hon WH Reynolds. > There is quite a lot of detail about her wedding since both her father and > father in law were MPs. What presents they got, who the best man was and > where they went on their honeymoon so am pretty sure she did actually get > married. Why then is there no record on BDM for that marriage? > > When she died on 17 February 1945 and it was reported in Papers Past why > is there no record of her death in BDM? > > I?m assuming from the information regarding the death she had no > children - it just mentions her late father and late husband. > > Anyone any idea of why her information is missing from BDM? > > Sue Thomas > NELSON