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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Dec 2008 23:56

Oh, you're going to have to change your attitude, Andy, about not allowing for people making mistakes. Genealogy is just full of mistakes, birth years and birthplace changing from census to census. people deciding to use their middle name instead of first name. Not to menton the horrible mistranscriptions on the censuses. Keep an open mind!

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

~Looby Loo~

~Looby Loo~ Report 1 Dec 2008 21:41

Hi Andrew, Your most welcome. Glad Margaret could help.

Good Luck, Lou

Researching:
Baker, Blann. Coyne, Jackman, Parr, Price,

Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Dec 2008 21:40

Hi All,

Thank you all for your help, i think Margaret may have found it for me, it certainly is in the right area, i shall investigate further.
I did not allow for people making mistakes!
Thanks again to all of you.

Andy

Ericthered

Ericthered Report 1 Dec 2008 21:35

I posted a death reg'n today for someone which gave the birth year incorrectly........it was a year 'out', as proved when I also found the man's birth, which was confirmed as being correct by his brother.

So don't rely on DOB's on death reg'ns..............

~Looby Loo~

~Looby Loo~ Report 1 Dec 2008 21:31

Hi Andrew, I don't suppose he had another christian name of Reginald did he? Found this Barnes Reginal N born Chipping N3 D27 Oct Q 1908. It was hand written at bottom of page on Ancestry. Is it yours?
Lou

Researching:
Baker, Blann. Coyne, Jackman, Parr, Price,

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Dec 2008 21:24

This one?
Nathaniel Barnes, March quarter 1910, Tynemouth, (10b 333)
Could his birth have been Dec. 1909 instead of 1908?

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Dec 2008 21:15

Hi Looby Loo,

Thanks for the help.
His name was Nathaniel Barnes died 29/10/1976 in Northumberland c district. you will see him listed as vol 1 pg 2080.
Then gives dob 28/12/1908.
If you find his DOB register can you tell me how you did.
Thanks Andy

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 1 Dec 2008 21:11

Date of birth is not always correct on death register. Depends on who registered the death, they didn't always know birthdate. I would suggest you expand your search +/- 2 years.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 1 Dec 2008 21:10

The informant of death may have got the year wrong perhaps..?

~Looby Loo~

~Looby Loo~ Report 1 Dec 2008 21:01

Hi, If you give me his name I will try and look him up for you. Lou

Researching:
Baker, Blann. Coyne, Jackman, Parr, Price,

Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Dec 2008 20:57

Hi All,
Hope someone can point me in right direction.
I was given the date of when my grandfather died which i duly found on the death register, i then see his DOB as 28/12/1908.
When i search for the name in births i cannot find it listed in oct/nov/dec 1908 or jan/feb/march 1909.
Am i missing something?
Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks Andy