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I wanted to say a big 'thank you' to everyone......Goughy that was a great idea, the Archive service emailed me back tonight to say they've located my ancestor's entry and will send me a photocopy for a small fee. Very exciting!

I'm also looking at the other links you all provided. So once again - thank you 

Hi - this is a follow-on to a previous thread of mine (see :Chasing a Family Skeleton").

Well, the skeleton is well and truly out of the closet - my grandmother *did* in fact give birth to a stillborn baby boy in October 1940.

My Mum got a copy of the stillbirth register entry yesterday (thanks so much for your help on that one, Guy!) and she and my Aunt are now trying to find out where the grave might be. They strongly suspect Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford as that is where much of that side of the family is, but the cemetery requires the date of death of my great, great grandmother in order to do a search of their records. (I know this sounds odd, but this is because my Aunt, who is the older sibling, remembers being taken as a small child by her father to visit a grave every week, and she wonders if maybe the baby was buried in her grandmother's grave there).

But now I hit a (new) problem; I cannot find any record of my great-grandmother at all - not a birth, death or marriage! So here is the info I have and I would be most grateful if anyone can help as I just spent a good 3 hours looking on every website I can think of to no avail....

My grandmother (the baby's mother) was Dorothy Frankland (nee Walton), born 14th August 1921 and died November 1977.

Her parents were Ernest and Hilda Walton (nee Kitcheman); Hilda was born around 1904, Ernest was born 28th August 1904 and died August 1987. I can find no record of their marriage, but my Mum believes it was in around 1923.

All we know of Hilda's mother is that she was called Harriet Ann. We don't know her father's name and I cannot search for a marriage as I do not know her maiden name.

So, long story short: I need the date of death for Harriet Ann Kitcheman and my family will be eternally grateful for any help!

Hello All - a bit of an uodate for anyone interested enough to hear the latest 

To cut a long story short, this Christmas my mother finally tracked down one of her few remaining family members, a cousin whom she hadn't spoken with in over 30 years. He has been able to conform that yes, a male child was born to Dorothy and Harold Frnakland in St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, in October 1840, but sadly he was stillborn. Somebody here mentioned a stillbirth register, and my mother is now very interested in trying to have a search made to try and find out more - can anyone advise where we should call or write to for further information on this register?

As an aside, it turns out this cousin also has several pieces of interesting family information that we didn't know still existed, including my great-grandfather's marriage certificate, his discharge papers from the army and even some photos of him in his uniform!

Hi Oly,

The Samuel Balmforth I found in the 1841 census is at H0107/1298/15~F8

Thanks!