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Title: English BMD Help
Post by: Sarahx1 on Tuesday 10 May 11 17:30 BST (UK)
Hi,
I am wondering if anyone can help me.
When I look for my English ancestors BMD's etc it only gives me their details and other information such as Volume, page number etc but doesnt show me their parents names.
I have done alot of search for scottish ancestors and their BMD's are straight forward and gives parents names etc.

any help/ information in finding parents names for english ancestors would be much appreciated

Sarah :)
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: wozzle on Tuesday 10 May 11 17:39 BST (UK)
whereabouts in england were your ancestors married
if it was in london we might be able to find the parents names
only quiet a lot of  london marriages have been put online and they would tell you the fathers name and occ.
as have some of the england and wales marriages
failing that you could go back through the censuses looking for them
otherwise you would have to get the birth certs of the people you are looking for that would tell you the mothers maiden name and fathers name

maybe if you was to furnish us with some names and approx birthdates and birthplaces we might be able to help you
mick;
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: Sarahx1 on Tuesday 10 May 11 17:56 BST (UK)
Hi Mick,
Thank you for your reply.
I am looking for the parents names of Charles Feeley.
The only information I have about him Is that he married a Sarah Kinsella in 1927 Salford Manchester. I also believe he was born ther & died ther too.

I was hoping maybe a Birth/Death cert would give me his parents names.
 Thanks
Sarah
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: Finley 1 on Tuesday 10 May 11 17:58 BST (UK)
Hello
When searching Scottish rellies they do give more info without buying a cert.  But I am afraid the English ones you need to buy a cert to show parentage.  Otherwise trawl the census and hopefully find the correct person.  This can be dodgy - As in my line Thomas Clarke is a name that came up many times in one area all of a very similar age.. So its a case of sending of for Birth certs I am afraid...
Its all good fun  ;)

xin
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: JenB on Tuesday 10 May 11 18:00 BST (UK)
You will have to use the volume and page number to buy the certificate from the GRO -unfortunately the Scottish system isn't replicated in England - you have to buy a paper copy.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

Jennifer

Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: Mort29 on Tuesday 10 May 11 18:00 BST (UK)
E & W BMDs are organised as an Index - online from FreeBMD and others.

To get the info you need, you have to obtain a Birth / Marriage / Death Certificate based on the Index content - Name(s), District, Volume & Page Number as well as the Year and the Quarter in which Regitration took place.
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: carol8353 on Tuesday 10 May 11 18:13 BST (UK)
If you're not familiar with English birth,marriage and death certs( which don't tell you the parents names) look at this website.

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm

Carol
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: dawnsh on Tuesday 10 May 11 18:17 BST (UK)
Hi

If you use the 1911 census, there are only 2 Charles Feeley's in the free index.

Using our hints & tips here, you can work out who belongs to who

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,492718.0.html

I'm sorry I can't help out more, but 1911 census look-ups aren't allowed here due to the terms & conditions of the 1911/FindMyPast sites.

If you bought the 1927 marriage cert, you would find out who his father was.

Dawn

Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: sillgen on Tuesday 10 May 11 18:20 BST (UK)
His marriage appears on www.freebmd.org.uk and there is a possible birth for Charles too in 1904.   That being the case the 1911 census might be useful.  We can't do look ups for that one but the index is free to search and there are lots of suggestions on this thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,492718.0.html
However. to be sure you have the right chap you really need the marriage certificate to confirm the name of his father.  You can use the GRO link from Freebmd to order it.
Andrea
Snap Dawn!
Title: Re: English BMD Help
Post by: stanmapstone on Tuesday 10 May 11 19:00 BST (UK)
Another useful site is the Government one Order birth, marriage and death certificates http://www.rootschat.com/links/07tr/  which has help sheets for Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates, which show what is on each type of certificate.

Stan