Thanks AntieEm,
Maybe I should just go ahead and order a likely certficate from GRO?
I have had another email from Dudley stating that they are not aware of any Quinton births in their registers and that none of the three possible births from BMD matched any of the 'clues' I was looking for
ie...
-- working back from the 1901 and 1911 census would put his date of birth in 1878.. and his place of birth as Quinton.
-- he names his father as Joseph Taylor ( a labourer) on his marriage certificate
-- and he may be the William Taylor I found on the register for Quinton Church School, whose birthdate was listed as ...8 Feb 1878....parent/guardian Elizabeth Taylor nailer.. residence Quinton.
They did suggest that because of the shifting boundaries some records have ended up in different offices.
If I do a search on West Midlands BMD for 1878 I get the following...
West Midlands Birth indexes for the years: 1878
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Reference
TAYLOR William G Walsall Walsall Register Office WAL/096/68
TAYLOR William H Dudley Dudley Register Office DUD/153/494
TAYLOR William T Stourbridge Dudley Register Office STO/071/403
TAYLOR William Bloxwich Walsall Register Office BLX/029/083
TAYLOR William Oldbury Sandwell Register Office OLD/58/156
TAYLOR William Oldbury Sandwell Register Office OLD/59/341
TAYLOR William Oldbury Sandwell Register Office OLD/59/466
TAYLOR William Rowley Regis Sandwell Register Office RR/70/67
TAYLOR William Sedgley Dudley Register Office SEG/125/372
TAYLOR William Stourbridge Dudley Register Office STO/072/166
TAYLOR William Stourbridge Dudley Register Office STO/072/20
TAYLOR William Wednesbury Sandwell Register Office WED/68/373
TYLER William Sedgley Dudley Register Office SEG/125/392
I don't know if any of the other offices are likely candidates for being where the birth certificate would be?
Not sure what to do next with this
Expat