Hampshire and Wiltshire are two different counties. However, a birth in Ramsbury or the surrounding area, which is in Wiltshire was recorded at the nearest Registration office, which was in Berkshire. Ham is just a small place near Great Bedwyn, which is slightly South East of Ramsbury. In a message dated 10/23/2009 3:41:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bobatbmw@cox.net writes: Ancestry.Com did finally come up with info on the birth on just one Henry Westall in 1867 in the Hungerford District of Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Henry Westall Year of Registration: 1867 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Hungerford County: Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire Volume: 2c Page: 243 Right now I would give a lot to know if Devizes is in the Hungerford District. Any thoughts out there? Bob E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13550 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

'Snipped' > Right now I would give a lot to know if Devizes is in the > Hungerford > District. Any thoughts out there? > Bob On the FreeBMD website if you click on the link to the Hungerford District part of the reference for Henry WESTALL's birth, it will take you to a page explaining its cross-boundaries location [Berkshire, Hampshire & Wiltshire] and shows a further link 'here' which will take you to the detailed list of Townships and Civil Parishes within the District. In the case of Hungerford District it does not list Devizes, which has a district of its own. In order to see similar details for Devizes I tried an exercise to find any WESTALL born between Sep 1837 - 1907 and got a nil return! I tried again with the HISCOCK surname, for which know there are loads, and was amazed at the size of the list of Townships or Civil Parishes due to transfers from Pewsey District in 1936. I often use this system to illustrate why District Register Offices would find it too time-consuming to search for marriage certificates if the actual parish/church/chapel is unknown. Dorothy