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From: "F. Leeanna Simons" <>
Subject: [DBY] 2 Questions
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 16:45:42 -0700
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Hi Listers,

I'm sitting here preparing letters to various local registrars. I have a few
quick questions and would really appreciate some advice here.

1) To which office does the entry "Burton" in the civil reg refer? Derby? The
one on Traffic St?

2) Bit more complex but maybe someone can advise. Have Seth WARD and family in
1881 census--100% sure its my gang living on Up Brook St Derby. Seth WARD,
born Repton, gives age at time as 32 so must be born in 1848 or 1849, right?
Go to civil registration and find Seth WARD in 4th quarter 1848, in Burton.
Good, I think, must be him. Check out online IGI and damned if there isn't
THREE Seth WARDs born in Repton one in 1827, one in 1841 & one in 1845. My man
isn't there. And no marriages that I can find. Quick check of Vital Records
Index and nothing. Here's my question: is the birth year indicated by virtue
of the 1881 census reliable enough to go on here? How can I ever know which is
my Seth WARD if I don't know his parents names? (maybe wouldn't be so anal
about all this except that according to the 1881 census, his wife Elizabeth is
2 years older than he says he is. Made me wonder. What do you generous
helpers think?

Bye for now,

Off to buy sterling pounds.

Regards,
Leeanna

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