Are you still looking for one particular Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death/Burial Record?

Question

We have done this as a Topic Challenge before but I think it is time to dust it off and run it again:

Vital records that seem not to exist?

Things like elusive birth, death or marriage records...

Every genealogist has at least one example!

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Answer 1

The first time that this challenge ran (during the week up until 7 Nov 2014), the following questions about Missing Vital Records were asked:

• Finding death record of John Annear (b.1750, Probus; m.1775, Gwennap) in Cornwall?
• When, where and to whom was William Henry Rouse born in about 1832 near Truro (or Redruth), Cornwall?
• Finding birth/baptism/marriage record for Priscilla who married printer Henry Hughes probably about 1810 in Breconshire, Wales?
• Seeking marriage record for James Slight and Elizabeth Boyd from late 1820s probably near Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland?
• Finding online parish records for churches in Werdau, Saxony, Germany

These 5 questions attracted only 2 answers (neither yet accepted :-() and so this week my encouragement award goes to someone new to our site who contributed the first question:

Answer 2

The second time that this challenge ran (during the weeks leading up to 30 May 2015), the following questions about Missing Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death/Burial Records were asked:

• Finding baptism record near Marystow, Devon, for Harriet Palmer in about 1770?
• In the early 1900s, were Chicago deaths recorded by government?
• Finding information on ancestors who lived in the Polish Borderlands (Kresy)
• Searching for birth record for Lucy Pratt Stowell b circa 1813 Norfolk/Plymouth Co, MA
• Is George Bismark Foster the son of Dr James W Foster and Arabella?
• Seeking birth record for John Shaw Mckay born 1915 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
• Finding documentary evidence for father of somebody born 1903 in Kentucky, USA?

These 7 questions attracted 6 answers (one already accepted) and so this week my encouragement award goes to someone new to our site who contributed two questions: