Genealogy Chat

WONDERING IF MY GRANDMOTHER HAD ANY BROTHERS OR SISTERS HAVE MY NANS BIRTH CERT AND WERE SHE WAS BORN HER ADDRESS WAS 4 BACK 91 HIGHGATE ROAD BIRMINGHAM SHE WAS BORN AT HOME IN 1914 HOW DO I FIND OUT IF THERE WAS MORE SIBBLINGS ANGIE XX

depending on which index site for BMD references you use you could search for other children born in the same county with your grandmothers surname and the same mothers maiden name. Family relatives is probally the best as between 1866 and 1920 thay have fully transcribed the indexes so it would be easier to search.

Look in the birth indexes for children with the same surname and the same mother's maiden name born in the right place. Janice

Lunar - you beat me to it !!

thank you for advice do you have to pay to search family relatives site as iv not used it before angie xx

if any one would like to have a look for me my grans name was rodds and her mothers surname was roberts would be very greatfull for some help many thanks angie xx

birmingham area xxx

yes you do. The 2 main site for the indexes are Family Relatives and 1837online. Both sites give you a certine number of units to use for searching the indexes in exchange of payment. Family relatives has full transcriptions of 1866 to 1920 but does not have any records pre 1866. 1837online has all the pages from sept quarter 1837 to dec quarter 1983 but thay are all name ranges. also has oversea indexes and 1861 census. Both sites have full transcriptions of 1984 to 2003. www.familyrelatives(.)org www.1837online(.)com remove brackets from addresses

Between 1912 and 1920 (when mother's maiden name was included on the index) there is only the one Rodds/Roberts birth, which I assume is your gran. I didn't pay anything to look this up, but you have to subscribe to Family Relatives before you can do a search!! Between 1901 and 1911 there is one match for a child with surname Rodds, but obviously no mother's maiden name to help. This birth is not yet on FreeBMD. What part of the country were they living in and when did the parents marry???? (I'm sure I already know this lol as the names ring LARGE bells!!!) If you give me that info I can see if this pre-1912 entry is likely for your gran's sibling. Trying to conserve units to keep hubby happy!! Merry

Just saw your message - BIRMINGHAM. Here's the other birth reg: Surname Forename(s) District Page No Event Quarter Year Rodds Sydney Frederick Kings Norton.6c 404 Birth 2 1910 Merry

Gggggrrrrrr!! Just found I already paid for the same lookup the other day and posted all the results on your thread called: ''were did my family go after 1881 census'' Thought the name Rodds rang a bell! Merry

many thanks for the details i think sidney is the son of my gg granparents he died just after birth and he would of been my nans brother my gg grandad died in the great war in 1915 just after my nan was born so think these 2 were only children of my gggrandparents my gggran re-married i think in 1920 to a jones but dont know if they had children together many thanks angie xx

so sorry merry just wondered if there was more children born between the year my ggran parents married and when gggrandad died 1910-1915 realy appoligise for wasting your credits i do know how precious they are angie xx

Not to worry! Take a look at your other thread....I can't remember EXACTLY what I posted on there, but think it was most if not all Rodds entries available on Fam Relatives. Merry

I had a similar conversation re 1837on... lookups with Dancer a few days ago. I expect like most of us I keep all my third-party 1837 look-ups in their own folder. The computer filing system automatically keeps them in alphabetical order for quick reference before going to the site in the absence of a previous look-up. Now I would always post my intention to search before going to the site; helps prevent other helpful folks from duplicating the search...J.

hi merry have kept my other thread for ref thank you for not been annoyed with me i realy felt awfull i used your credits hugs angie xx