Ann, These are from the the original copies of the Birth Returns for Hardyston in the time period mentioned. I copied them from mircofilms I got thru the LDS Church. The handwriting in not good and often there are discrepancy. For instance, in birth returns that say "from the first day of May 1850 - the first day of April 1851" you might see a birth that says "Apr 1850" - but you know it was actually 1851 because of the time period covered. There may also be discrpancies with the month of birth. As I said, the writing is so bad it's possible to make a mistake. The ( )'s indicate that I was giving it my best guess. When reviewing these records, two people may see different things. Always, with all the records I transcribe, everyone needs to be reminded that they cannot be considered "proof" but merely a roadmap. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Brown" <cookiebrown11@gmail.com> To: <njsussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] Hardyston Birth Returns > Nancy, > > Where was the info on the Birth Returns transcribed fronm= ? I'd like to > check one of my ancestors. It is not matching some documented info that I > have. > > ann > > > On 4/2/07, pascalfl <pascalfl@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> JoEllen updated the web site this week-end. One addition - Hardyston >> Birth Returns from 1850 - 1867. >> >> Nancy Pascal >> http://www.sussexcountyhistory.org/pascal/index3.htm >> Hosted by the SCHS >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Ann Brown " Cookie" > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have seen a couple of cases where births were apparently reported in the wrong year. If the child was born around the spring or summer, this might happen. In one case a child was born on May 31, supposedly the last day to go on that year's return. He had actually been born a year earlier, and it hadn't been reported on the earlier return. At least that 's the conclusion I came to when I saw his death certificate with his age in years, months, and days. Another birth was reported twice, in consecutive years. The name and the birthday were the same, and I think I concluded that the child must have been born on the earlier date. Of course it's not impossible that there were 2 children born a year apart, with the first one most likely having died before the 2nd was born, resulting in his being given the same name. Kirsten On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:53:27 -0400, pascalfl wrote > Ann, > > These are from the the original copies of the Birth Returns for > Hardyston in the time period mentioned. I copied them from > mircofilms I got thru the LDS Church. The handwriting in not good > and often there are discrepancy. For instance, in birth returns > that say "from the first day of May 1850 - the first day of April > 1851" you might see a birth that says "Apr 1850" - but you know it > was actually 1851 because of the time period covered. There may > also be discrpancies with the month of birth. As I said, the > writing is so bad it's possible to make a mistake. The ( )'s > indicate that I was giving it my best guess. When reviewing these > records, two people may see different things. > > Always, with all the records I transcribe, everyone needs to be > reminded that they cannot be considered "proof" but merely a roadmap. > > Nancy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Brown" <cookiebrown11@gmail.com> > To: <njsussex@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] Hardyston Birth Returns > > > Nancy, > > > > Where was the info on the Birth Returns transcribed fronm= ? I'd like to > > check one of my ancestors. It is not matching some documented info that I > > have. > > > > ann > > > > > > On 4/2/07, pascalfl <pascalfl@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > >> JoEllen updated the web site this week-end. One addition - Hardyston > >> Birth Returns from 1850 - 1867. > >> > >> Nancy Pascal > >> http://www.sussexcountyhistory.org/pascal/index3.htm > >> Hosted by the SCHS > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Ann Brown " Cookie" > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NJSUSSEX-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 NJSUSSEX- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)