Genealogy Chat

I am new to this site, having just registered. What is confusing me is what happens between the end of the 1911 census and now?

Do the various census only relate to births? i have tried to look for my dad's birth which was in 1920 and get nothing. Equally I have tried to find my own birth which was in 1969 and find nothing. Am I misunderstanding how to use all of this information? Any help would be welcome.

For your birth in 1969 you would need to check on Ancestry or Findmypast


This site does not have any census or birth records


Your membership number suggests you registered about 2004

BMD,s are on FreeBMD which is free site Or you need subs to one of the paying sites like Ancestry or Find My Past,
Did you take basic membership on genes?

your dads birth wil be on FreeBMD . but yours wont as they not transcribed yet , they are working on up to c1940 at the mo

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl


Are your parents Norman and Rosalind?

Censuses since the 1911 one are not available to the public, so you won't find them.
Also, when looking for births (or marriages and deaths for that matter) they are grouped in the indices in to quarters of when the event was registered (not when it actually happened). Therefore a January birth would (probably) be shown as March, but a March birth may be either March or June (if it was not registered until the start of April).

What I cannot understand GB is just because someone has an old membership number does'nt mean they have used the site before.

Accordingto my details I registered in 2007 I think it was before that.....but I had never used the boards until Jan 2010

jax

Just registered?

Does not say just started to use the site

maybe just registered means just paid for membership
to use the boards ect?


jax

what happens between the end of the 1911 census and now?
- I shall bring forward a thread giving information about census for you.

Concerning birth registrations, they will not, as far as I am aware, be found on this site - but they can be found on the ancestry and the find my past sites, and can be found by searching fiche or films in records offices or in main libraries.

Yeps - parents are Norman and Rosalind :)

Births Mar 1920 (>99%)
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Lester Norman Spooner Manchester N. 8d See J 31

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Births Sep 1920 (>99%)
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Lester Norman F Stevenson Devonport 5b 561

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Births Dec 1920 (>99%)
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Lester Norman H Hope W.Ham 4a 522



As your parents marriage is just Norman than if 1920 is correct year of birth then possibly the Manchester one




You really need the marriage cert of your parents to confirm the name and occupation of his father

Hi GB

If I registered then I had forgotten. I have tried a number of times to find out about my family but never manage to get started. This is the first time i have actually paid for information but am still floundering about. I have taken a gold membership so hopefully will get better over time.

Most members will tell you not to take out Gold or Platimum membership on this site as GR hold NO records at all and you are just redirected to other sites.

Apologies, I miscalculated. He was born in 1930, not 1920 in London as far as I know. East end.

Wish I had known :(

How do you find out what your membership is please?

Cathy

Your membership follows you Name at the top right hand corner of this page - just under adverts
For example mine says Irene - Basic Member

If you "hover" your mouse over your name on this posting - your membership number is shown at the very bottom of your browser page


Irene

If you click my account at the top then membership and payment details it will say when you joined

jax

Have sent a private message with two possible births for your father.

Your own birth is on Ancestry, registered in the March qtr. of 1969 in Brent district.

Kath. x

Just to confirm that if you have a Gold membership you will have access to the census from 1841 - 1901. I have also checked a birth of my niece in 1971 and found it straightaway. This site may not find the information as quickly as the other sites but the information is there. -JLe