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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Mr.Brown. on Monday 02 February 26 12:24 GMT (UK)
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Hello - Ive tried various ways to find a person with no MMN which comes up as - in the list and would like to just find the ones with - but cant find a way to do it, have tried putting the - in various places and even copied and pasted the dash from other results but still doesn't work.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Gordon.
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Just leave the MMN area blank - does that work?
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No - you then get the whole list, I am trying to just get ones with a dash for mmn to save scrolling through the list and the potential of me missing someone with the dash.
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Sorry for misunderstanding. :-X
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Have you tried FindMyPast Birth Records? Much more flexible searching than GRO but with all the attributes inc MMN
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I tried a search for male Jameson births in 1883
There were 43 results, including 2 with a dash for mother's maiden name.
Searching with a dash for mmn
0 results
Searching with a dash + "phonetically similar variations" for mmn
5 results, including the 2 with a dash.
So that improved things somewhat.
Brown might be more tricky?
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How can the MMN not be known? Usually it would be her registration, wouldn't it? Or can you register a birth anonymously?
I think there is something obvious here that I've never understood.
Zaph
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OK, using Brown as another example (in case Mr Brown is looking for Brown!)
Looking for John Brown in 1883
250 results
John Brown in 1883 with a dash + "phonetically similar variations" for mmn
22 results, including 9 with a dash.
Most of these John Browns have middle names, by the way.
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What year is this for?
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It's kind of fun, but this is the last one!
Samuel Brown in 1873
30 results, including 3 with a dash for mmn
And this was reduced by the method outlined to 3 results, all with a dash for mmn.
So it seems to be working!
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How can the MMN not be known? Usually it would be her registration, wouldn't it? Or can you register a birth anonymously?
I think there is something obvious here that I've never understood.
Zaph
Because for the new online index GRO use the registration definition of maiden name, which is the name "in which a woman first contracted a marriage".
An unmarried woman has no maiden name, so they show a blank (-).
It is one of the differences between the new and old indexes, there are others, which is why sometimes the results on FreeBMD (or Ancestry/FindMyPast etc.) and GRO don't always match.
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Thanks AntonyMMM.
SIMPLE!
ZAPH
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It's kind of fun, but this is the last one!
Samuel Brown in 1873
30 results, including 3 with a dash for mmn
And this was reduced by the method outlined to 3 results, all with a dash for mmn.
So it seems to be working!
Ahh thank you that does help somewhat.