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Hi All Ok what gives here i am tring to get the cert for my maternal gran so i can find out who her mother was. This is the problem 1/ on her confermation cert from the church it gives the name Olive Graham but where it says baptised thats blank (granfather is filled in with the date) they were both born in this parish 2/ on there marrage cert it gives the name Olive Graham age 24 married 1931 so that gives a birth 1907 3/ searching Durham RO births berween 1901 and 1911 only one hit Francis olive Graham??? How did she loose a christian name, can you loose a christian name? and i still cant get onto ancestory coz my user name and password still dont excist. Anyone any ideas untill Ancestory let me back in Thanks Steve

Steve have you seen this birth entry? Births Dec 1906 Graham Olive Durham 10a 430 Georgina.

Hi Steve I don't think there is any rule that says that a child has to be baptised with the names stated on the birth certificate. I have the same situation with my husband's grandmother. Always believed to be Tryphena May Taylor, but on her birth certificate it says Tryphena Darby Taylor. Yet she is May on all the census records. I don't actually have the baptism certificate, but my guess is her parents changed their minds between registration and baptism. Looks like you have a similar situation. Tina

I take it this is the one you found... Births Dec 1908 Graham Frances Olive Weardale 10a 301 Georgina.

There's one in 1908 too and lots more if you say anywhere in the North of England!! merry

Steven the quickest way to get back in to Ancestry is to phone them.Unfortantly ihavent got it,you get in conntact and they sort the problem there and then, Ask on the boards someone will have it. Steve from Somerset

Ancestry phone number 0800 400 9723 Sue

Hi Yes the 1908 one is the one i found but she was not born in weardale so thats a miss, on the 1906 one not sure i just had a look at the marrage cert again and it says april 1931 and her age down as 24, Her Father was called William Graham Steve

Thanks Sue Steve

Ring Ancestry on 0800 783 1280. I got straight through the other day and they are really helpful. Hope this helps Rachel

Thanks Rachel Will do Steve

Steven - if she was born in the second half of 1906 and she got married in the first half of 1931 she WOULD have been 24 when she got married! So that birth reg. that Georgina found is very likely to be the right one! Kate.

now my brain is working the date is right her birthday was in i think october Sorry Georgina Thanks Kate Steve