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From: "Karen Harrison" <>
Subject: Re: [WOR] Re: Missing Birth
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 16:14:49 +0100
References: <003801c315a0$e59b0b80$0d7c8351@PUNTER>


Hi Carol,

I have HARLING's in my family tree (but from Halton/Chorley in Lancashire).
I only found them by chance on the 1901 Census under the surname HASLING and
this was only because they happened to be living next door to my
gg-grandma's mother's family! The PRO have now corrected this
mis-transcription (much to my pleasant surprise!)

I don't know if you already have Ellen's marriage cert, if not, it may be
possible that Ellen had married by the time of the 1881 Census (the youngest
age of a bride I've come across is 14) which may be why she cannot be found.

There should be somewhere local to you that has a copy of the GRO index
(Record Office / FHS / some libraries) to search the birth index (and
possibly the marriage index) to see if this yields some possibilities.
FreeBMD is not yet 100% complete so there are gaps which may not reveal your
Ellen (also look for Eleanor or Helen as possibilities). The other
possibility is that her birth was never registered.

If you think the Charles & Mary HARLING in Warwick are likely candidates,
then perhaps it may be worth looking to see if you can find them at this
address on the 1871 Census. Ellen would have been about 8 so would probably
have been living at home at this time.

Finally there is a web site an Edwy HARLING has set up
(http://freespace.virgin.net/edwy.harling/home.htm). It does list all known
researchers of the HARLING name (but the majority of researchers are looking
for HARLING's in Lancs, Yorks & Kent). There's lots of snippets of info
etc. too. You never know, you may strike lucky!

Good luck!
Karen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanagh Punter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Re: Missing Birth


> Hi Carol,
>
> With a surname such as Harling, have you considered that it may have been
> mistranscribed as 'Harding'? It may have even become Starling, especially
> if you look online at the Comedy of Errors known as the 1901 census<g>.
>
> Jeanagh
> Recruiting for Warwickshire Ancestors' Project ~
> Bringing the 1891 Censuses to you for free
> http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/w-a-p.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "carol myers" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:47 AM
> Subject: [WOR] Re: Missing Birth
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Back again with my missing birth in the hope that someone can give me
some
> > advice about where to go next (if anywhere !!). I have posted this
message
> > before and very kind list members offered advice but I still can't find
> this
> > person.
> > I am looking for the birth of Ellen Harling. From her marriage cert and
> > death cert, she was born c1863 in Worcester, Worcestershire. I know her
> > father was called Charles Harling. I cannot find a birth registered in
the
> > GRO and cannot find a baptism in Parish Registers.
> > I have found a marriage of a Charles Harling and Mary Ann Clarke in
> Gloucs.
> > I have no evidence that these are the right people but am working on the
> > idea of disproving they are the parents. I thought perhaps Ellen was
born
> > before the marriage so I found a birth for an Ellen Clarke in Worcs,
1863.
> > Full of hope I sent for the birth cert and it arrived this morning, but,
> not
> > my Ellen.
> > I cannot find Ellen on the 1881 census but I have found the above
Charles
> > and Mary Harling with their children in Warwickshire. Ellen is not
there.
> > Without knowing who Ellen's parents were I cannot get back any further.
> > Please, please does anyone have any ideas about what I can do next.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Carol
> >
> > ______________________________
>

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