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I have been able to trace my ancestors to 1844 and can't seem to find their birth records : I have the year of birth for both ancestors but neither comes up. When I put just a basic surname for the years in question ie: 1822 and 1924 the system tells me it can find no matches. I have since tried it with lots of different surnames but it still can't find even one name: Anyone know why?

Gail
If you would like to post some details of names and area of birth, I'm sure people will do their best to help.

Where are you searching?
Civil registration did not start in UK until 1837 and not everyone bothered to register births at first, but there may be parish registers available

Gwyn

This Board is all about helping other people with limited or no experience or resources.....many of us have that experience, and between us a massive access to all sorts of records.........so all you have to do, as Gwyn says,is post some names approximate dates and areas.......you will be pleasantly surprised!!

Derek.

You may also have better luck trying to find births, marriages and deaths from 1837 to about the mid 1950s here

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Thank you everyone: I'm trying to find a birth certificate for Reubin Poller born 1824 in Warwickshire; maybe I'm being too ambitious - I have tracked him to be my great great great great grandfather although having trouble with the spelling of Reubin: this chap Reubin shows up as Ruben and Reuben: and within a ten year period I have found two marriages in Birmingham, both to a Mary but ten years apart; after all this, I'm probably tracking the wrong guy

Is this him perhaps? From https://www.familysearch.org

name: Reuben Poller
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 31 Aug 1824
baptism/christening place: SAINT MARTIN,BIRMINGHAM,WARWICK,ENGLAND
birth date: 10 Nov 1823
father's name: Christopher Poller
mother's name: Elizabeth
indexing project (batch) number: C01072-3
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 501834, 501835, 501836, 502177, 502178

Hi Gail.............REUBEN POLLER born 10.11.1823..baptised \st Martins Birmingham 31.08.1824 son of Christopher and Elizabeth......

Derek.

Name: Reuben Poller
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 31 Aug 1824
Baptism/Christening Place: SAINT MARTIN,BIRMINGHAM,WARWICK,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1823
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Christopher Poller
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01072-3
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 501834, 501835, 501836, 502177, 502178
Reference Number:

Is this his marriage?

groom's name: Reuben Poller
bride's name: Mary Ann Pittaway
marriage date: 13 Nov 1855
marriage place: Saint Martin,Birmingham,Warwick,England
indexing project (batch) number: M01072-4
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 0919783-0919785, 0919786-0919788, 0919789-0919791



and a possible other marriage.


groom's name: Reubin Poller
bride's name: Mary Allen
marriage date: 28 Apr 1844
marriage place: Aston Juxta Birmingham,Warwick,England
indexing project (batch) number: M01168-4
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 0919797-799, 0919800, 0918845-46

Possible siblings?

Birth/Christening, 1804 - 1844, England, British Isles
Father: Christopher Poller, Mother: Elizabeth
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1. SARAH POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 02 JAN 1809 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England
2. SARAH POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 26 JUN 1815
3. SARAH POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 01 JAN 1816 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England

4. ESTHER POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 17 JAN 1812
5. ESTHER POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 09 FEB 1812 Cherry Street Wesleyan Methodist, Birmingham, Warwick, England
6. ESTHER POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 07 JAN 1812
7. ESTHER POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 11 JUN 1813 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England

8. PHEBE POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 21 NOV 1813
9. PHEBE POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 11 APR 1814 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England

10. MARY ANN POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 21 JAN 1821
11. MARY ANN POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 24 APR 1821 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Death: 28 MAY 1822

12. CHRISTOPHER POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 14 MAR 1810
13. CHRISTOPHER POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 11 JUN 1813 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England

14. THOMAS POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 08 DEC 1806 Saint Phillips, Birmingham, Warwick, England

15. SUSANNA POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 11 NOV 1825
16. SUSANNA POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 14 MAR 1826 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Death: 12 MAR 1827

17. REUBEN POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 10 NOV 1823
18. REUBEN POLLER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 31 AUG 1824 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England

19. Elizabeth Poller - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 23 MAR 1818 St Martin'S, Birmingham, Warwick, England

Name: Mary Poller
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 04 Mar 1852
Burial Place: St. Bartholomew, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Death Date:
Death Place:
Age:
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03823-3
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 588398
Reference Number: 145

REUBEN POLLER married MARY ALLEN in Birmingham 28.04.1844

1851 Census says she was from Uttoxeter
1871 Census says she was from Loughborough

(Alviegal..they already had children by 1851... sorry)

Reuben with Mary Allen.

1851

POLLER, Reuben Head Married M 27 1824 Brass Founder
Birmingham VIEW
POLLER, Mary Wife Married F 29 1822
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire VIEW
POLLER, Christopher Son M 6 1845 Scholar
Birmingham VIEW
POLLER, Emily Daughter F 3 1848 Scholar
Birmingham VIEW
Piece:
2061 Folio:
785 Page:
17 Registration District:
Aston

Civil Parish:
Aston Near Birmingham Municipal Borough:
Birmingham Address:
Saltley Road, Aston Near Birmingham, Birmingham County:
Warwickshire



Children

Christopher Frederick Poller

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 11 Mar 1845
christening: 21 Jul 1845 SAINT MARTIN,?BIRMINGHAM,?WARWICK,?ENGLAND

parents: Ruben Poller,? Mary

Emily Poller

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 25 Mar 1848
christening: 24 Jul 1848 SAINT MARTIN,?BIRMINGHAM,?WARWICK,?ENGLAND

parents: Ruben Poller,? Mary

Mary Elizabeth Poller

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 20 May 1846
christening: 31 Aug 1846 SAINT MARTIN,?BIRMINGHAM,?WARWICK,?ENGLAND

parents: Reubin Poller,? Mary

Could this be the death of the 1st Mary?

Deaths Mar 1852
Poller Mary Aston 6d 163

Dea x

Gail

As others have so rightly said, there wasn't such a document as a birth certificate until the introduction of Civil Registration in July 1837.

Also, as there weren't any penalties for not registering until 1875, a lot of births went unrecorded between 1837 and that year.

Many people felt that baptism was more important, and simply ignored the concept of civil registration.

Maybe she has gone out for the day Derek ? Somepeople do that :-)

Got a pm from Gail.

You've hit where I'm stuck exactly! Those are the two which are getting me confused. What I think I know is that Reuben and Mary had a son Christopher Frederick and then I keep getting lost. My great grandmother was Esther Poller, born in Warwickshire, later married and became Taylor. My main problem is I have absolutely no definate records other than a death record of Esther, so I have been trying to trace that line back for ages. I have loads saved to favourites and I'm getting in a spin.

Thank you for your help!

Gail, is your Esther the one born in 1812, daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth, that Catherine has found above?
If not, could you tell us a bit more about her please?

Esther Poller married either a Charles or William Taylor and had three daughters, one my nan Lilian May Taylor (now dead), Dorothy Taylor (died last year) and Edna who is still alive. Esther died in 1969 and I found a death record matching that. The death record said she was born 4 November 1882 although I have learnt through this that no dates are accurate, as my nan's death record stated her date of birth as the wrong one - that I think was down to my aunty who registered the death and probably put the wrong date on. She died in Staffordshire although the village she lived in Kinver usually hold the records at Bilston, however, I cannot find Bilston listed in any record, so the record I hold for her is registered in Dudley, which is just down the road from Kinver so it may well be the right one.

What I am finding really difficult is finding so many records of people living and dying in the same area around the same time with the same names. My favourites collection is really big. What I'm going to do next weekend is get a big A3 piece of paper and physically draw the tree and print out all the records I have found which I think might be that person. If I can see it all in front of me instead of spending hours re-looking at this and that on the computer, I might be able to make head or tail of it, or at least see some sense to what I'm looking at.

None of my family can give me any details which is wholly frustrating. I can't even trace my grandfather, other than his death record, so I'm coming to a full stop on that too.

My starting point was that I know how old I was when grandad died, my nan and my great grandmother, Esther, and where they died - not much to go on eh? :-S