searching gro birth results with - (dash) for mmn

[jonwarrn]

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!

[AntonyMMM]

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.

[Zaphod99]

Thanks AntonyMMM.

SIMPLE!

ZAPH

[Mr.Brown.]

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.