cross reference UK birth records

what timeframe ?

The England/Wales BMD Index, e.g. FreeBMD, includes mother's maiden name on birth entries, but only from about 1911 I think...

either way - I'd narrow down by timeline, and registration district - using census if poss.

what's the surname ?

If it's a common one you could have a problem, unless you have middle names and dates for the children you know about, and/or a detailed location..

if you narrow down your search by area you might be able to come up with a few possible families, i.e. start the search with the names you know, and follow the combination of surnames from there. You dont need forenames in the search on FreeBmd, but it helps if you narrow by district, or at least county. You can select several neighbouring districts at once to search if required - there are lists of districts and their civil parishes here I think there's a map of reg. districts for England on FamilySearch, but dont have the link handy at the moment...

but you'll probably need at least one cert to get you started...


p.s. watch the dates on the districts, and even counties - some changed by the 30s to 50s

Winifred's the one to start with - least common name of the three...

there's a few different districts covering the greater Manchester area - besides the ones with Manchester in the name, def. would include Heywood.. dont know the others off hand

So narrow down your search from there, if you get multiple results for an area within Lancashire!

surprising number of potential matches in the county for that name ... but just 4 in Manchester itself, and one in nearby Salford. Think your going to need to try a few certs and see if gt-uncle shows up as father on one of them..

A few, based on limited geography knowledge of the area, are def. outside the immediate area of Manchester - e.g. Liverpool, so next step might be worth checking the other districts to see where they are located in relation to Manchester