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I was deposited at a Leytonstone (London) convent at the end of February 1929 and passed on to the LCC (now GLC) and judged to be 6 months old and given a 'birth' date of 31st August. Here is a potted history. I was thought to be about 5 months old when I was found on the doorstep of a convent. Fro...

Here they are in 1851: Civil Parish ~ Penrith Town ~ Penrith Robert Phillipson 56 head ag lab b.Cumberland, Brough by ????? Mary Phillipson 47 wife b.Penrith Robert Phillipson 16 son b.Penrith Jane Phillipson 14 daughter b.Penrith Thomas Phillipson 12 son b.Penrith William Phillipson 10 son b.Penrit...

Hi Ann and Alec Well, I think I have found Robert jnr in Penrith: Name ~ Robert Phillipson Estimated Birth Year ~ abt 1833 Civil Parish ~ Penrith Hundred ~ Leath County ~ Cumberland John Jackson 55 farmer Margaret Jackson 55 farmer Joseph Dennison 45 Ag Lab Robert Phillipson 8 All are yes to born in...

LOL ..... I'm sure there must be some legal avenues to explore before you try that!!!!!

Hi Baff and Alec

Glad to hear you both had a nice christmas ....
I spent Christmas day at my aunt & uncle's and boxing day at my dads so no cooking or washing up on either day ....... a little too much wine on both days though!!!!!!

New Year will be spent at home ..... with more wine!!!!

Hi Morgan

Can you post details of other census returns that you have .....
Maybe a fresh pair of eyes can pick him out in 1841

Without a name I have no idea how you'd find her ..... sorry.

Hugo Melka, the married customer and her husband may be the only people who knew the truth ....
There's always the possibility that the child was never told the truth about her father.

Hi, The link that Alec supplied is not a link to the list of names he supplied, however, London Metropolitan Archives holds the in-care and adoption files from the London and Middlesex County County Councils, covering the period 1926 to 1965. and the link Alec gave you is to their website, it may be...

Any value in having an unusual blood group? Not really, as people's blood groups are usually unavailable to view! If there was a blood group database it would help!! I THINK the names in red are the one's which show mothers maiden name to be the same as childs birth name, meaning it is more likely ...

Patience is a Virtue
-seldom found in a man never in a woman

You know me too well Alec!

Hi Alec

How on earth did you manage to pick out those births so quickly?

By the Way ....
Love the signature!!!

Hi Isolde & Monika

You could try this site:

http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/france/index.html

There are lots of links for French Genealogy, there is also a searchable BMD database, but I don't speak/read French so not sure exactly what is available on the database!

Nikki

Hi Alec, thanks for jumping in! How do I access the GRO records,Nikki? If you want to start going through the indexes page by page searching for all births then you will need a site that holds the images (I personally use Ancestry, but there are other sites around that have the records, I think Find...

Hi,
I'm not sure whether the local records were affected or not, however, all local registrations are sent to the GRO quarterly, so the GRO reference should still be available even if the local one isn't.

Hi John

The only place that I know of where you can download and print certificates is ScotlandsPeople ......
are your parents from Scotland?

As far as I'm aware there is no online service for English certificates to be downloaded and printed ....