NORMADIANE@aol.com wrote: > > > Hi everyone > > I am new to this list and wondered if anyone could come up with any > suggestions for a dilemma. > > I have a John Froggatt on my tree, born in Birmingham in 1794. According to > the igi I can find 3 children for him and his wife namely William born 1834. > Elizabeth born 1833 and Edward born 1837. His wife is listed as Sarah, all > children baptised at St Martins. > > I cannot find the family on any census except 1871 when John and Sarah are > listed as living at 7 Engine Street, Birmingham. > I cannot find any marriage listed on the igi that looks likely nor can I > find the one child Edward born after Civil Registration on St Catherines Index. > > Can anyone please help. I am stuck First of all, don't worry about not being able to find everything you want on the IGI. It's not complete by any means and isn't very reliable either, esp if the entries you find are patron submissions which can vary from complete accuracy to total fantasy and all points in between! You have Edward born in 1837. If he was born before 1 July 1837, then he won't appear in the GRO indices. Even if he was born afterwards the parents may not have been aware of the necessity of registering the child, perhaps thinking that baptism was registration enough. It was also the registrar's job to find all the newborns. So, if he didn't know about the child, he wouldn't have looked for the family in order to register him. That said, have a look for Edward a couple of years after 1837 although I suspect he probably arrived in the world pre civil registration. If you have a look on www.familysearch.org you can find where your nearest Family History Centre (FHC) is. You'll be able to hire the film for the parish from them and be able to find the baptisms and you'll know how accurate the information on the IGI is (or isnt). You'll be able to find out if there are any more children as well. Parental ages and places of birth are fluid as well. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, SOM