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I just happened upon this impressive map.  Credited to a Reddit user.

"This animation shows the geographic movements of her ancestors from the 1600s to today.
Each dot represents an ancestor, appearing when they're born and following their life journey across different locations."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLLulgCnLBk

Quote from: Sloe Gin on Wednesday 02 April 25 17:11 BST (UK)

Quote from: chris_49 on Tuesday 25 March 25 18:57 GMT (UK)

There's also the option to add a middle name at Confirmation, at least Anglican ones. I was offered (but declined) this in the 60s.

I didn't know this!  I wasn't invited to add a name.  If it had been offered, I would have seized it with both hands.  I hate my name and was only given one.

To be fair, you can call yourself anything you like right now  (either for yourself, or to confuse your future descendants  )

I know. I tried it when I was very young but my family just laughed at me and nobody else would comply. 
I should have done it when I went away to university where nobody knew me.  It's far too late now.

Without a name I don't see how we can be of any further help.

That is the issue, the year of birth and/or age is not on any other site only Family Search. It is not on his gravestone. I would like to use the birth year, but question its accuracy. Even if I buy the death certificate, would it offer the date of birth, or even the year, when it is not on the GRO?

Yes, it will give the full date of birth, assuming the informant knew it.  There is always an element of uncertainty around that.  Sometimes the day & month are correct, because people celebrate birthdays, but the year may be wrong.

Are you sure the person was born in England or Wales?

The GRO online is only an index, it does not give full details. The same with FreeBMD.

Forgot to mention!
One Thruline suggestion had a Son being born Three years after his Father passed away.

One of my ancestors is a Henry Lock, a Romany gipsy from a fairly well-known family, although his own birth and parentage has not been conclusively proved.  Almost everyone has conflated him with  a Gloucestershire villager named Henry Lock whose wife was also a Sarah. This latter family are clearly not travellers as they can be found in their village (South Cerney) and adjacent for generations.  They, of course, are in my Thruline suggestions.

That Henry Lock died and was buried in South Cerney in 1806. The Romany Henry Lock was alive and kicking in 1815 as he gave lavish wedding parties for two of his daughters, which were widely reported in newspapers all over the country.  Nobody seems able or willing to get their head round this though.