Hi Bill, I have been looking for the death of John James born 1836 even though his age varies on different census.In the 1901 census he is at Tipton Staffordshire. aged 55 even though he should have been 65. Looking at the BDM for Staffordshire. He doesn't seem to be there. I did look at West Midlands but Tipton seems to only go up to 1894. Is that right? Would Tipton be under the Dudley area if I was looking for his death. His wife Sarah James I think died 1906 at Dudley I got this info off Ancestry Because of the common name John James I thought I might be better going through the Council rather than GRO as they supposedly do a 5 year search. Is that right? Many thanks for your advice Cheers Marilyn from Western Australia At 06:28 PM 20/04/2012, you wrote: >Hi All > >The Staffs BMD has been updated with the following records .... > >Births: > >1,500 for Stone, registers at Newcastle-Under-Lyme (1883-1888) > >4,219 for Tutbury, registers at East Staffordshire (1935-1975) > >regards > >Bill > >======================================================================== >The Staffordshire BMD can be found at http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk >and the West Midlands BMD at http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk > > >****************************** >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. >------------------------------- > >------------------------------- >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