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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Ken_from_Wisbech on Monday 01 September 08 12:12 BST (UK)
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Hi all
I am wondering if there is a way of finding out who the parents of a child were, without having to get all the BCs for the same name.
I have 3 Harrys born 1898 (Mar q. and Sep q.) and 1899 and all registered in Edmonton, Middlesex. There is one on 1901 census aged 3, so I am assuming that the one born in the March quarter of 1898 is the one I need, but is there a way I can check on who his parents were?
Many thanks.
Ken
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Hi Ken
When you order a certificate, you can ask for "Reference Checking", and if the information on the certificate doesn't match the information that you give, then they refund £4 of the £7 you pay, and they don't send the certificate.
Alternatively, I think you can just give the details without the GRO reference, and they will find the right one for you for £10 (although I stand to be corrected on this).
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Hi Ken
When you order a certificate, you can ask for "Reference Checking", and if the information on the certificate doesn't match the information that you give, then they refund £4 of the £7 you pay, and they don't send the certificate.
Alternatively, I think you can just give the details without the GRO reference, and they will find the right one for you for £10 (although I stand to be corrected on this).
Many thanks for your reply, Nick. I will take note and just see if there are any other replies.
Ken
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Hi again, I've just checked the GRO website, and unfortunately for births registered pre-1900, you have to give the GRO reference, so I think you will be stuck with option 1.
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Thanks Nick. Looks like 1 is the one!
Ken
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Ken - you could try the current office that covers Edmonton & apply there for the certificate on the basis "only if the parents are names" - many local offices will only charge you if the details match.
I've just checked the GENUKI pages and unfortunately they state "Edmonton Closed in 1965 and post July 1837 civil registers moved to Enfield or Haringey", so there's two local offices to try
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/
has links to the addresses
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Ken - you could try the current office that covers Edmonton & apply there for the certificate on the basis "only if the parents are names" - many local offices will only charge you if the details match.
I've just checked the GENUKI pages and unfortunately they state "Edmonton Closed in 1965 and post July 1837 civil registers moved to Enfield or Haringey", so there's two local offices to try
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/
has links to the addresses
Hi MSH As they were born in Tottenham, they could well come under Harringay. I have had dealings with them before for info in Tottenham
Many thanks
Ken
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Hi Ken - seems you're familiar with the local geography - hope you find the right one!
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Of course, there is always the possibility that there is someone who has detail of Harry Edwards, b. 1898, Tottenham, who's parents wer Harry Braun Edwards and Annie Edwards, formerly Pardoe.
You never know
Ken
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Hi Ken - seems you're familiar with the local geography - hope you find the right one!
Hi MSH
Well, not all THAT familiar with the area, though I was born in Tottenham but was adopted from there at an early age during the war
Ken
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A general rule in genealogy is to NEVER ASSUME.
If someone had a birth registered in Jan-Mar then they could have been born in November or December the previous year.
I guess another line of enquiry could be baptisms. If you find one you are not looking for then you can eliminate them from your enquiries.