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Registering a birth
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Linda | Report | 5 Oct 2008 20:13 |
Would the mother need to show her marriage certificate in order to register her child i.e mother Burn formally Smith father Burn,child Burn? I cannot find a record of their marriage,the child being registered was born in 1868. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 5 Oct 2008 20:14 |
well I didn't when I registered my son's birth in 1967 |
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Linda | Report | 5 Oct 2008 20:17 |
Have the rules changed in the last 99 years? |
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KathleenBell | Report | 5 Oct 2008 20:32 |
No. you don't have to show your marriage certificate. You could of course just lie!!! My husband and his brother are registered as if their parents were married, but in fact the parents never married as the father had been married before in the 1920's and the marriage broke up and divorce wasn't an option as it was so expensive in those days. |
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Brenda | Report | 6 Oct 2008 18:42 |
I read somewhere that it was not compulsary to register the birth of a child before 1875.Sometimes I find dates are very important as it depends in what quarter the child was born.So when I am looking through for my relatives I check all quarters of the year.When looking at the census I thought it was all alphabetical,but each quarter has all names,so I just start at the first quarter and work my way down.I have found filling in as many of your relatives on your family tree gives you more chance of finding other people who are doing the same as you,so you get hot matches.I have found several relatives just by doing my tree.Its mainly names that peoples pick up on.Just drop them a line and if they are related you will soon find out just by asking a few questions,i e siblings names or addresses.hope this helps you. brenda. |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 6 Oct 2008 19:10 |
Although by that time most births were registered, there were some which were not. They would all have been baptised however and if the parents were not married, it would have been more difficult to pull the wool over the eyes of the parish priest. Have you tried searching the parish records in the area? |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 6 Oct 2008 19:30 |
The registration of births marriages and deaths began on July 1 1837. |
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