Hi Peter I cant find a BMD record for this lady, I usually look there first after 1837 - I am new to this list and this line, but am back a long way on other lines. I have census records for the family, my reason for wanting the baptism is that it will give me a more accurate year of birth than the census returns for when I am searching BMDs, which I have yet to find her on. I choose to get certificates for direct line, Thanks Liz P On 17 March 2013 00:02, Peter R Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > I struggle to understand why post 1837 people would look for baptisms > rather than civil birth registrations. > > For me the simple rule is > pre 1837 church records on FamilySearch > post 1837 civil registrations on FreeBMD > > The LDS were unlikely to be given Catholic records and a lot of the time > they ceased filming at 1837. And you shouldn't need to go purchasing > certificates in most cases > > For the case in question, I would be happy to find them in 1861 census > and accept the parents. I'd then go back and see if there is BDM data to > confirm census records, but I wouldn't stress over it. I'd also try a look > at later censuses or find births of siblings to get some confirmation. > > The problem could be anything from a missed entry, to a surname variant > like Hanna or Hannah, or a recollection of birthplace. > > I know in Sydney for example, a lot of women came form the suburbs to > large city maternity hospital. All those births have city registrations not > where they lived. As children we mostly remember where we were raised, not > where we were born. > > Peter in Sydney > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message