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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Nottinghamshire => Topic started by: BIRDI on Saturday 14 July 07 17:37 BST (UK)
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I'm trying to find details of my husbands grandfather. We have been told his name is Thomas Summerfield, born in Ilkeston, but I have been given his date of birth as 29/01/1917, and the details Basford 111 of 154.
I don't really understand what the Basford 111 of 154 means, and I can't find any records of him on the BMD indexes
Any help would be gratefully appreciated
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Hello…..
I have had a look for you but nothing for 1917, nothing for 1916.
There is this entry……
March Quarter 1918
Summerfield Thomas W, mothers maiden surname – Statham, Basford registration district 7b 398
You can check for free on Ancestry but the image on there is very poor, but I have just discovered if you use FreeBMD and search the “view images”, when you get to the – “Look for Births in March 1918, starting with S, page”; it gives a long list of page numbers from a drop down list and the image number for the entry on Ancestry is 92 which is the end number of the image you need to find it on FreeBMD; 1918B1-S-0092 ( hope you can follow what I mean)....might come in handy for having another source to check against, that image isn't the best, but better than the Ancestry one.
Regards
Sheila.
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Hi Sheila. Thanks for your help with this. I was starting to think I was completely stuck at the first hurdle. I think I'll have to try and find out some more information before I can get started with this. This family is my husbands birth relatives who he has only just found out about.
I believe he is Thomas W Summerfield. Is it possible that with the war going on his registration was delayed as i was fairly sure I had his date of birth correct
Thanks again
Irene
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Hello Irene,
Not so straight forward then :)
I wonder if whoever gave you the date were out by a year?
There is this marriage which may be Thomas's parents
JuneQ 1813
Thomas Summerfield & Mary A Statham - Basford 7b 427
Sheila.