Genealogy Chat

Do the English m certs give the names of the mothers of the bride and groom yet, and if so when did they start to do so? Or is England still insisting that mothers are not important?
Just curious.
Huia.

Hi Huia,

No only a given fathers name is on it,,,,and his occupation,,,,,,


unlike Scots ones that give both parents plus mothers maiden name or given maiden name,,!!

Do you mean to say that England is still living in the Dark Ages? I was shocked enough that my in-laws didnt have mothers named on their cert in 1929, but now, in the 21st century, surely it is time England woke up?
My grandparents were married in New Zealand in 1897 and 1898 and their mothers are named. But then NZ always was a world leader!
Huia.

Huia
I was surprised to learn that your NZ birth certificates don't give a place of birth.
My nieces just have Auckland on their's.

....It's a BIG place !

Gwyn

How come the Scots are more 'with it' than the Poms? (Hope that doesnt put me on a blacklist)
Huia.

Gwyn, I am looking at a copy of a b cert for 1905. Place is given as Surrey Hill, in the district of Auckland. Father was b in Liverpool, mother in Gloucester.
Another in 1881 has Mt Albert in the Dist of Auckland. Admittedly it doesnt give the streets, but at least it does give the b area for the parents. The 1905 b cert for my m.i.l. (b in England) doesnt say where her parents were born.
Huia.

I must remember to make a photocopy of my NZ b certs and add the street, if I know where they were born. It might be of interest to future generations. If they were b at home, which is highly likely, I can look up electoral rolls from 1893 on to see where the family were living at the time.
Huia.

Huia
It's such a help when certificates have all that useful information added.
I noted a difference between the birth certs of the 2 nieces, 1 nearly 21, 1 almost 17.
Parents' ages were given on the earlier one but their actual date of birth on the later one.

What a great help to researchers of the future.

Gwyn

Huia,

Scotland from abt 1860,,give parents date of marriage on Birth Certificates, an added bonus big time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,searching their BDM are a pleasure,,,

Why cant I have Scottish ancestry? (Boo hoo).
My OH has, but havent tried to find the ancestors birth yet.
Must do so some time.
Huia.

Scotland is a dream. I now know that me incredibly uptight great grand mothers parents weren't married until three weeks after their first child was born. (Any earth tremors in Glasgow tonight are due to Carrie spinning in her grave0