Looking for Jane Mills born Newcastle-upon Tyne in q1 1838 I found 3 of them!
25 246, 25 292, 25 305.
But then I couldn't find the image because the GRO had numbered the index pages out of order (pages 439 and 440 reversed) and Ancestry scanned them in page number order. I found them all OK in FreeBMD.
Has anyone tried to get the correct certificate from GRO when there's such an embarrassment of identical entries? I know the parents' names but I want to avoid paying £4 each for the two duds.
I've chickened out of this conundrum and am trying the alternative route of ordering by post from Newcastle register office. I've modified the order form to show all 3 register references. I hope they're up for the challenge.
25 246, 25 292, 25 305.
But then I couldn't find the image because the GRO had numbered the index pages out of order (pages 439 and 440 reversed) and Ancestry scanned them in page number order. I found them all OK in FreeBMD.
Has anyone tried to get the correct certificate from GRO when there's such an embarrassment of identical entries? I know the parents' names but I want to avoid paying £4 each for the two duds.
I've chickened out of this conundrum and am trying the alternative route of ordering by post from Newcastle register office. I've modified the order form to show all 3 register references. I hope they're up for the challenge.
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