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on FreeBMD there is an entry

Births Sep 1924 (>99%)
Shepherd Jack Tamswell Rother V. 9c see D40

when you look at the original listing it is hand written on the bottom with an 'X' next to it and if you look up the list there is this entry

Shepherd James Southern Salford 8d 210

and this is the entry on FreeBMD

Births Sep 1924 (>99%)
Shepherd James Southern Salford 8d 210

It is possibly a mistake or James Shepherd became Jack Shepherd either through marriage of mother and/or adoption and change of name you may need to purchase both certificates to find out.

It might be very valuable to your research if you also purchased both the marriage certificates for Sarah Elizabeth Tanswell to get all the details.

Anastasia, I don't understand the above as Jack Shepherd is my dad and has always (according to my mum) been Jack and never John.He always lived in Dinnington (Rother Valley then kiveton Park now Sheffield) His mum Sarah Elizabeth was nee TaNswell (not M) 1st married Charles Chapman then my grandad, Walter Shepherd. Can I get access to this bmd entry myself to have alook? regards chris shepherd

This looks like the parents of James Shepherd.... Salford

Marriages Jun 1921 (>99%)
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Shepherd James Southern Salford 8d 100
Southern Mary Shepherd Salford 8d 100

anastasia, forgot to tell you have puchased marriage cert. for \sarah Chapman and Walter \shepher should arrive beginning of week. The James Shepherd of Salford I don,t understand. Dad's brother James (Jim)was born before my dad (1924) and before George so must have been born c1920. He could have been born woodhouse ro dinnington but NOT salford.. at the beginnining (page3 I think) shows children being born before walter and sarah's marriage -worksop 1927- hence the shepherd chapman tansell isuppose as DS arh was nee Tanswell married first to Charles Chapman c1914- then Walter Shepherd 1927. This is complicated this shepherd family chris

anastasia, me again further down page three is a thread which shows my dad being registerd at the same time as george unusual I know but that looks like what happened. chris

anastasia
it was also suggested that for some reason Jack and George had not been registered at birth and they were registered in 1940 so that their mother could produce a birth certificate to claim their ration books

he x next to the handwritten entry is just a sign to show where the entry should appear on the index. there will be a matching x or * by the line where it should have been inserted (ie by James Shepherd) and where it would have been inserted when the batch was transcribed onto freebmd

MadBull and LancashireAnn, Just thought I'd let you know that at long last have sorted out the 2 spouses of Walter Shepherd and some of their ancestors which I wouldn't have been able to do without your help ,advice and suggestions. Have joined Ancestry (V good) and sent for marriage certificates which helped me to make progress. Have learned alot more so hopefully will not cause such confusion again and hope I can come back to you again if I hit another brick wall- hopefully not as high and thick as the last one!!! thanks so much for your kind patience and help. Chris Shepherd-ps can you see my tree?

thank you for letting us know the progress. Brick walls often get smaller as you get more experience in where to look but do come back with any problems. Your Shepherd family did not make it easy for you

good hunting