I have been having some trouble with a branch of my mother's paternal family. Her gr grandmother was Blanche Frances Humby (m. Horner). For the longest time I was stymied with her parentage until by chance I found she was born to Mathew Humby and Caroline Short. I had previously thought she was born to Elizabeth Humby / Jones but it appears as though she was paternal aunt, not mother. By census info they were born in Portsmouth, Mathew ~1824 and Elizabeth ~1817. I cannot find birth records for the anywhere, and I mean that literally - I completely cleared our any and all location filters and still couldn't find birth/christening records anywhere in the world (familysearch.org). Can someone help me figure out where they were born, specific dates, parentage etc.? Blanche had 3 siblings I could find in records, but it appears the parents died early and the surviving kiddies bounced around between other family. She started with a maternal aunt Elizabeth Gould before settling in for the duration with paternal aunt Elizabeth Jones, even to the point of being shown as daughter Blanche Jones in census records. It would mean a lot if more could be figured out on the Humby side. TIA!
