Genealogy Chat

Philip Hughes born December 1861 in Penton Cumberland. Penton being a village 7 miles from Longtown. Where would the birth be registered? Any help appreciated. JJH

are you sure that penton is not over the boarder, Longtown is on the scottish boarder near Gretna green Roy

Penton is definitely in Cumberland.JJH

google GENUKI and this will show you Penton is in Cumberland and it will also show you which distict it falls under

Teresa, could you show me the link? i have searched all the registration districts in cumberland and cannot find it Roy

Penton doesn't appear to be a place big enough to warrant a mention on GENUKI. I think I'll just give up on this one. Maybe Merry is right and the birth wasn't registered after all. Even though I can't find his birth, I know he definitely existed from other records that I've found. Anyway, thanks for the advice. I'll delete this thread later. JJH

Penton does appear on GENUKI. You are then referred to Nichol Forest. The address is: http://www(.)genuki(.)org(.)uk/big/eng/CUL/NicholForest/index(.)html Remove brackets Denis (fae Brigton)

I still cannot find it? And it is doing my head in :-(((((( just some reference to people that died at Penton Mill? UPDATE I found It this is the post code CA6 5QU the Scottish boarder is just yards away, But I cannot find penton in any registration districts or sub districts of cumberland. Roy

JJH, Philip Hughs Year of Registration: 1862 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Longtown County: Cumberland Volume: 10b Page: 266 (click to see others on page) Rose

Looks like you got the birth Rose, It was doing my head in trying to find Penton on a map and on the register, I never looked for the birth as several people on here with lots of experiance had tried and found nothing and the original post was to that effect, so i was trying to pin the district down. Roy

Good work Rose! Denis

My thanks to everyone for their help, especially to you Rose for that birth info I appreciate it very much. JJH Denis, are you from Bridgeton or was it a spelling mistake for Brighton? JJH

Brighton? That's somewhere in Englandshire? Actually I put that in there to see if you'd pick up on it. To be honest i've got a flat in Brigton where I keep my student daughter in luxury but I started life in Possil. Now I'm in Inverness but go down there about once a month to make sure the flat's still there and hunting for antiques in the Barras But my Glasgow connections all started around Camlachie, Duke Street etc and I'm still working on that. Do you know how many James Fergusons there were in Glasgow!? Takling of Fergusons I didn't need an explanation of where Yogi originated. I used to watch that guy - from the blue end of course! Keep in touch. Denis. PS I actually connected up with family in Brighton through GR.

Ann, Yes, I've actually enjoyed many a visit there, although not for some years. Now I'm in touch with quite close family there I'm working on a whole new branch of my tree. Chichester - isn't that that place just outside Fishbourne? Denis.