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I used to do a search for the children of 1 mother

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Peta

Peta Report 18 Dec 2024 11:51

But I can't seem to do it now. Anyone any suggestions? So for instance I found the dates of all the births of my step great grandmother, when I had no contact with that family.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Dec 2024 15:01

Where were you doing this search and what time period would this have been?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Dec 2024 16:07

If you're looking for births in England or Wales -

So long as you know the mother's married surname and maiden name, you can search on GRO site for births 1837 - 1934, and 1984 - 2022.
If the surnames are common ones, it does help to know roughly where the births might have occurred.
https://www.gro.gov.uk

For births in England/Wales 1935 - 1983, use FreeBMD.

If you're looking for births in Scotland, the mother's maiden surname can't be used as a search term for births after 1855, and therefore there is no way to know which children might be hers, except by deduction from censuses and, in some cases, cross-referencing with deaths in Scotland, some of which give the mother's maiden name. .
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.