Looking for Mary Wharton

Southern part of Great Britain

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Dennis
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Looking for Mary Wharton

Post by Dennis » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:35 am

Hi,

How do I see & order the Birth Certificate for a Mary Warton b1843 in Westmorland County?


Thank you. dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)

Currie
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Post by Currie » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:51 am

Hello Dennis,

You’ll need the Quarter, District, Volume and Page numbers for the birth. These are obtainable from FreeBMD. When you’ve found the birth you’re looking for click on the Spectacles icon and check that the transcribed numbers match the actual image.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

Home Page for General Register Office. To order a Birth Certificate on-line just read the relevant sections and follow your nose.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

This looks like the one you’re after.

Births Dec Quarter 1843
WHARTON Mary – Dist. East Ward, Vol. 25, Page 4__

The under-stroke means the page number is unreadable, to me the whole page looks like chicken feed, maybe a library microfiche would be more readable. Failing that you might have to apply with just what info was readable and maybe include a note to that effect.

Someone else may have some better ideas about that. Make sure you double-check the details I’ve typed above.

Hope that helps,
Alan

trish1
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Post by trish1 » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:03 pm

Sometimes the scans on FreeBDM are really bad - so I had a look at the ancestry ones - but they are no better for this one - if I had to guess I would say the page is 455 - but I wouldn't be sure enough to use that on an order - so sadly you may have to pay extra if you order through GRO

You could find the appropriate local registry office - I think they will find the record without an extra fee

According to Genuki, East Ward was succeeded by Westmoreland North
registers are in the PENRITH district
The Register Office, Friargate, Penrith, CA11 7XR.
Tel: 01768 242120. Fax: 01768 242122.
E-mail: penrith.registeroffice@cumbriacc.gov.uk

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/regoff.html#380

Trish