Hello, List Jane SHEAVYN m George Frederick COTTAM, Basford RD, Mar Qtr 1909 Identifying the mother in the GRO Birth indexes, they had daughters born in 1920 and 1926. However, there were births of two earlier children who may possibly be theirs: Doris Irene COTTAM Basford RD Mar Qtr 1910 and/or Frederick H COTTAM Basford RD Mar Qtr 1911 Is anybody either researching the COTTAMs or able to say whether George and Jane were the parents of one or both of these children, please? And were there any further children before 1920? (I guess that WW1 may be the reason for the long gap). Pre-empting the suggestion, I realise that I would have my answers by purchasing the certificates, but I'm again unemployed and these are only two of a large number on my "wish list". There are others more urgent. Other than that, I'll have to wait for the advent of the 1911 census. Thank you for any help. PS: My interest is in the SHEAVYN family - originally from Ticknall / Melbourne, South Derbyshire. Jane would have been my father's 2nd cousin. Blanche Charles (nee Norton) Wellington New Zealand NORTON Family History Unlimited http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/indexdby.htm East Midlands General Baptist History http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/EMidBaps.htm