Inkford is a small hamlet within King's Norton. The Inkford Brook was the boundary between Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the days of the historic counties. There's only one Kings Norton, which was in Worcestershire before becoming part of Birmingham. In 1867 it was in Worcestershire. What form does the birth certificate take? In 1867 it should tell you the County, Registration District and Sub-district, which one would expect to be Kings Norton if he was born in Inkford, but it wasn't always the case that a birth was registered in the registration district where the child was born.. It might have been more convenient for the birth to be registered in West Bromwich. Does it give the residence of the informant? If the informant was his mother or father, that address is possibly where he was born. Many people were under the impression that they were born at the place where they lived as very small children: quite often research in the registers shows that they were born elsewhere and moved to their childhood home as a baby. David sharon crow wrote: > Thank you so much for the information and web site regarding Kings Norton Union. My grandfathers siblings were born at Kings Norton. Is this the same Kings Norton as in Worcester? Did the county lines change? > > We hope to be able to come to that area to search for my great grandfather's grave marker, if there is one. Sanuel Bonner Kersey died 10 January 1868 at Queens Hospital, Bath Row age 35 of Brights disease of four years duration. This was at St. Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick. His children are as follows: > > 1. Mary Ann Kersey 10 January 1856 Kings Norton, Worcester and Christened Bristol Road Bridge (?). We have her certificate of entry of birth. > > 2. Martha Kersey 7 April 1857 West Bromwich, Stafford, England. > > 3. John Thomas Kersey 22 Dec 1859 West Bromwich, Stafford. We have never found evidence of his birth, only family tradition. He died as a teenager. > > 4. Samuel Bonner Kersey 19 January 1863, Kings Norton, Worcester. We have the certificate. Their residence was listed as Hiters Heath, Kings Norton. > > 5. My Grandfather James Kersey said all of his life that he was born at Inksford Brook on 5 July 1867, but we found the certificate at the FRC that said he was born 31 October 1867, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Worcester.. > > Any suggestions as to where to search and where to visit when we get there will be appreciated. > > Sharon Kersey Crow in Medford, Oregon. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- David Franks, Cambridge, England Researching Castle and Tallis, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, and Thomas Castle, convict transported to Van Diemen’s Land Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html