PROBLEMS AND MISSING PEOPLE

Sorry for the delay in writing again but not only was I having to wait for certificates ordered at the same time as everyone else because of the price increase they were imposing at the beginning of April and being distracted by other people's problems, both of the family history type and general health problems.

I received the certificates last week and have eventually managed to scan them all [all being 5 from 9 ordered]. They refunded [well their idea of a refund] 4 payments because they could not be found, although receiving less than 50% is not much of a refund, but that has happened before so I knew the drill.

The process is simple, I find the details on www.freebmd.co.uk then I use the details i.e., date, quarter, etc., to find the certificate on www.findmypast.com to see the original index entry, then I order the certificate in an attempt to prevent errors but I still fall foul of transcript errors.

So I received only 1 out 3 births; 1 out of 3 deaths; and 3 out of 3 marriages.

These are being analysed at the moment, I will investigate the details of the refunded ones as soon as I can.

Now I have a problem, my grandfather's aunt, Maria, had an illegitimate son two years before she married a Birmingham man, Henry Cater in 1859. They are in the 1861 Census living in the St Pancras area of London, by 1871 Maria is back at her mother's in Sheffield but still registered as married, Henry, however, cannot be found even as Henry Carter and other variations. In 1876 Maria married her son's father, James Bingham, stating that she was a widow. I have found a Henry Cater death in 1872 in Birmingham but it was registered by a Rosa Cater I cannot find her to see if she was a relation of my Henry or is this the wrong person? If it is correct then why cant he be found in whatever guise in the 1871 Census?

Any ideas please?