Genealogy Chat

thankyou colin for putting this post on as i think i have found a child that died i am awaiting tr death cert to confirm

sally w :-D

Everyone,

Apologies for the delay. I have been a way for a couple of days.

Thank you for all the ideas, I'm quite slow when it comes to building my family tree (I have a short attention span) but ill be putting all your ideas into practice.

Thank you very much for your help everyone!

thanks for tthe tips i have some to find i will now try this


sally w

Another tip, if you think you have found a likely child only order the death certificate, this will give all the information you require.

Full Name of Child - Name of Father - Name of Mother - Address and age of the child who died.

I originally ordered both when starting out and it suddenly dawned on me that I did not need the birth certificate.

:-)

Colin, I found my ancestor's deceased children by this means:

look to see where the gaps are in the birth years of the 5 other children that you know about and make a note of the registration districts (if they weren't all born in the same area).

For example, if you have a gap of 4 years between any of the living children, chances are there might be another child who was born and died in that time frame.

Carry out a search (free BMD is a good site) to find possible birth years for the 8 missing children (probably in the registration districts you have already identified). Then do the same again for possible deaths, checking age of death against the birth year (the deaths will be prior to 1911 of course).

It's possible to work backwards from 1911 and look for the deaths first but you won't know for certain how old they would have been when they died without knowing when they were born.

I managed to find all of mine this way. It can be painstaking but well worth it.

As you may know, one can buy BMD certs thru the GRO and the local RO (local to where the event occurred).
Some online local BMD indices are available via:
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd

The local RO ref must include a subdistrict code for B & D, and a church code for M - sometimes this is obvious or where is stated on website.

I'm seeking my father-in-law's missing sibling, and there are several possibles in Wigan and Hindley subdistricts, but Wigan & Leigh RD are currently retro-fitting the mum's MS to their index. They've only gotten to 1889/1879, but maybe within the next 6 m they'll get thru 1911.

Anyways, it's worth checking if there is a local index online for your mob.

If it is an unusual surname i.e. not Smith or Brown and you know where the family were residing you could look for deaths using surname only and note the age at death to see if it fits in with your family

Hi,

On the 1911 Census there is a section for total children born alive, children living, and children who have died.

On one of my family's 1911 census we have 13 born, 5 living and 8 died.

On the family's 1901 census we have 6 children (so that accounts for 1 of the 8 who have deceased)

What is the best way to go about find the rest of the children who have deceased?

Thank you in advance,
Colin - Genes noobie.