Hi
Someone on the Clwyd list has been looking at
Hodgkiss, are you on that list to? Roots Web have all
the messages archieved, so you could check that out.
Louise
Cambridge
--- Dick Jones <rcjones(a)rmplc.co.uk> wrote: > >Hi
Listers,
> I wonder if anyone can through any
light on the birth of
>my missing Grandfather - EDWARD HODGKISS. I believe
he was
>born 3rd April,1869 in Ruabon, Denbighshire. I have
tried to get his
>birth certificate to no avail. I don't know if it's
the spelling, date, or
>what! I'm at a loss. The family originate in
Shropshire and I believe
>were miners. Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Collin
Hill
Hi Collin
You didn't say from where you have tried to get his
birth
certificate. The best place to request a search
would be in the local
registers at the local registration office for
Wrexham. How sure are
you that he was born near Wrexham?
The reasons for the non-retrieval of a birth record
are:
non-registration of the birth; corruption of the
name by the local
registrar; loss, corruption or mis-indexing of the
name at the GRO,
Southport; loss or mis-transcription if the GRO
birth indexes
subsequently appeared in typed or printed form.
With a surname like this there is always the
possibility that it will
be corrupted at some stage. Here are some similar
surnames which have
appeared in the GRO Indexes over the years. No doubt
that a
considerable number of these are corruptions of the
original name.
Hochkiss, Hodchkiss, Hodgekiss, Hodgkiess, Hodgkigs,
Hodgkis,
Hodgkish, Hodgkiss, Hodgskiff, Hodgskiss, Hodkish,
Hodkiss, Hodskis,
Hodskiss, Hoghkiss, Hogkiss, Holtchkiss, Hopkis,
Hopkiss, Hoski,
Hoskis, Hoskiss, Hoskith, Hostkiss, Hotchkies,
Hotchkis, Hotchkiss,
Hotckiss, Hotckkiss, Hotkiss, Hotskiss.
If the local registrar fails to find a match for one
of the above
variants then it must be concluded that his birth
wasn't registered.
--
Regards
Dick Jones Leigh-on-Sea Essex UK
mailto://rcjones@rmplc.co.uk
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