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Can anybody help me please? I have sent for various birth certificates for my grandfather and it is always the wrong one! On the census it says born 1857/1858 in Paddington/Highgate. When I went to GRO this time there did not seem to be boxes to put mother or father name into. What can I do, I live in Spain, would I have to go to Westminster for the Paddington birth or Islington? for the Highgate one? Any ideas. Sheila

Perhaps you could post your grandfather's name, and the census's you have found him on so that others can take a look.

Who did he marry? The wedding cert would name his father which might help.

If the name is not too common and you have sufficient additional information such as year of birth and parents names then you could try ordering it without quoting any GRO reference.

You enter the year of birth as 01/01/YYYY and the GRO will search for the year quoted and one either side. If they find a match to the info you provide they will issue a cert, otherwise you get a full refund.

It takes a minimum of four weeks.

Thanks for all that information his name was William Adams born 1857 Paddington though one of the census states 1858 Highgate. His father was William Jeffrey Adams born Balsam Cambridgeshire and wife Sarah Smith. My grandfather William Adams married in 1880 All Saints Church Highgate. I have an inquest form for his death stating he was 58 when he died in 1915. But his death certificate says Age 60. Any ideas? Sheila

Hi Sheila. Have you tried www.freebdm.rootsweb.com

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Name: William Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1858
Christening Date: 2 May 1858
Christening Place: Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, England
Father's name: William Adams
Mother's name: Sarah


Marriages Dec 1851 (>99%)
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Adams William Jeffrey Linton 14 155
Smith Sarah Linton 14 155

Although Linton is in Cambridgeshire it does not look like older sister was born there so may not be him

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William Adams was born 1857 or 1858 in London, the family moved down, thanks for that tip at GRo I will try that, thanks for all your help. Sheila

Is this the family in 1871, and have you found them in previous censuses?
1871 England Census
William Adams
Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Sarah Adams
Gender: Male Where born: Balsam, Cambridgeshire, England
Civil parish: Hornsey Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthias
Town: Highgate County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Registration district: Edmonton Sub-registration district: Hornsey
ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Household schedule number: 101 Piece: 1337 Folio: 97 Page Number: 19

William Adams 56
Sarah Adams 46 Barningham, Suffolk
George Adams 25 Balsam
Elizabeth Adams 27 Balsam
Rebecca Adams 17 Holloway
William Adams 14 Paddington
Mary Adams 10 St Lukes
Annie Buring 18
Martha Croswell 19

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1337; Folio: 97; Page: 19; GSU roll: 828279.

Added, Ancestry has them as Brams in 1861, and Sarah is single in 1851, so presumably the older children are not hers.

Yes Patchem that is the correct family, I have found them in all the other censuses as you can see it says William Adams born in Paddington, I have got a birth certificate for Mary born St Lukes born 1860. Do you know whether Highgate might come under Islington? Thanks for your information Sheila

Not sure if this helps, but the Highgate area is divided between three London boroughs: Haringey in the north, Camden in the south and west, and Islington in the south and east

See here for more info on Islington Registration District

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/REG/districts/islington.html

Marylebone runs off Paddington as a seperate registration area.
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1857.
William Adams

Marylebone.

Hi Thanks for your information I ave emailed GRO to ask them what I should do. Thanks for all your help Sheila