Genealogy Chat

Thanks Malc., I've kept that for future reference.

For now I'll stick with the theory the date of conception for my examples was on dad's birthday rather than try to read too much into the GRO page numbers.

Brinsley - Yes, but unless the district has an early initial, you'll probably need births in the same quarter of differing years to get page range overlaps.

Here's the start of Vol 27 in the 1830s

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/district-page-map-index.html
Page map for Aberayron
Type Year Quarter Volume Page Lowest-Highest Assessment data Before/After Gaps Total
Births 1837 Sep 27 1-7 0,2 0 131
Births 1837 Dec 27 1-10 0,2 1 146
Births 1838 Mar 27 1-10 0,2 1 178
Births 1838 Jun 27 1-9 0,2 0 152
Births 1838 Sep 27 1-10 0,0 1 146
Births 1838 Dec 27 1-10 0,0 1 172
Births 1839 Mar 27 1-11 0,3 1 181
Births 1839 Jun 27 1-10 0,3 1 142
Births 1839 Sep 27 1-7 0,4 0 127
Births 1839 Dec 27 1-12 0,1 0 225

Thank you mgnv and BrinsleyS for your information
Regards
Mayfly.

So, each quarter starts again at page 1

I have a few families where the kids were always born in the same quarter. Sometimes a year, two years or five years apart. Daddy's birthday nine months before, perhaps?

The vol # refers to a county or group of counties. As for similar page numbers, I've got bookcases full of books, all containing a page 1.

Yes, thanks Keith, that was very helpful.

Thank you Allan and Keith for your help and information
Regards
Mayfly

Take a look here, it explains the district and page numbering.

http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/DistrictInfo.html

That's been puzzling me, too, but from following other threads I gather that it's something to do with volumes and pages being allocated to specific districts or sub-districts. In other words it's not just one big list starting off with Vol 1, p1 on 1/7/1837 and running consecutively.
Perhaps someone can provide a definitive explanation or point us to a website that explains it.

Could anyone explain to me Please
Why Siblings although born in different years have the same vol and page numbers.
Thank you
Mayfly.