Well, that was a waste of 7 pounds!

[KiteRunner]

I finally ordered the birth certificate for my g-g-grandfather George William GLASSCODINE to find out the exact address where he was born - all I had from the censuses was "Yarmouth, Isle of Wight". Guess what it says for "where born" and "residence of informant" - Yarmouth! Well, that's a lot of help! I suppose it does give me his exact date of birth (7th Aug 1856) but apart from that, a complete waste of money.

[Uncle John]

Will the local RO version be just as informative do you think?

[SueinKent]

Oh thats a shame and so annoying.

[KiteRunner]

Uncle John, I rather think that would be throwing good money after bad, don't you?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Yes, very annoying and I see the family were not there long.

Maybe his baptism would have their address?

[Uncle John]

You'll just need to find someone else with him in their tree and offer to get the cert from the local RO.

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

It's extremely unlikely the local RO copy would be different! Anyway, Kite didn't say where she got her copy from!!

[Uncle John]

Straws, clutching for the use of.

[Little Nell]

How big was Yarmouth, Isle of Wight? If its like other places I have which don't have exact addresses, there would have been one main street with most houses on it.

Annoying I know. I have a lot of ancestors who have vague addresses.

[Little Nell]

The modern google map just shows a few roads. Maybe if you look at the census there might be some clues mentioning a pub or grand house that will enable you to get a slightly better idea about where in Yarmouth.

Alternatively, its possible a later cert for the family might have a more exact address - though that could be another £7 wasted!

[Little Nell]

Or if you find a neighbour close to the family on the census, who has his own business/trade you might find his exact address in a directory.

[Durham Lady]

Might be worth getting one of the IOW members to look at the parish records for Yarmouth to see if there's a baptism. It's not a massive place even now really, so I'm sure it will be easy enough to find out which Church he'd have been baptised in.

[Olde Crone Holden]

If I were In Charge, I would mark the GRO indexes with an asterisk, which would mean "Not going to be much use though" against these scanty certificates.

I have several of these useless certs.

OC

[Little Nell]

OC

Which begs the question

why aren't you in charge?

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Yarmouth had 600 residents in 1861, but Kit's family were in Shropshire, or somewhere, by then! Just the one son born in IoW by the look of it.

[WendyPusey]

Could I suggest you contact the IOW RO and ask them if they would be good enough to look up his baptism for you. I have asked them before to look for something for me and they are very good. The Yarmouth church is St James, by the way.

[Southwick]

Name = GLASSCODINE Year = 1856

If this helps from IoW BMD's
Name Approximate
Date of birth Other Surname(s) District Reference
1 GLASSCODINE, George, William 1856 VIDGEN Calbourne Ca7/P15


Information Crown Copyright from The National Archives of the United Kingdom

[WendyPusey]

Calbourne is the reg. district for Yarmouth, so no help there.

[Christine in Herts]

The Local FHS might have access to land records which might tell you something?

Christine

[Janet]

Any clues to his occupation like Lighthouse Keeper?? Might help if he was in army/navy or whatever?

Janet