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It may be a sensitive subject and I thank members for taking account of this ... but there is no one left alive who would be adversly affected. ... So, unless someone unearths some particularly grizzly details (unlikely!), I am happy for the messages to appear here. That gives others a chance to see them and comment.
Carole

Keith
My parents are long dead ... and I understand that siblings can apply so long as they can prove this.
I have investigated the link that Gladys mentions but this only tells me how to apply for a certificate.
However, I am at, this juncture, not looking to apply for a certificate. ... I am a long way from that. I need a more precise date first and I'm not even sure if 'he' was registered with a Christian name. What I do need is to know WHERE to find an index of such births?
Carole

Stillbirths
Obtaining Stillbirth Certificates


Due to the sensitive nature of stillbirth registrations, the procedure for ordering a certificate of the entry differs from other types of certificates. We will only send out the application form after we have been contacted by phone or in writing by the mother or father (if he is named on the certificate). In cases where the parents are deceased, a brother or sister can apply if they can provide their parents’ dates of death.

The cost of the certificate is £7.

Phone +44 (0)845 603 7788
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm GMT (excluding bank holidays) and Saturday 9am to 4pm GMT.


Or write to us at:
General Register Office
PO Box 2
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 2JD

Hi

Have sent you a Pm

Pete

Carole, if he was stillborn, as Gladys said, there is a seperate register. Parents are the only ones allowed to apply for certificates though.

Carole

Found this link which gives information about stillbirth certificates.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/stillbirths

Ruth

Can anybody tell me if there is a separate register that contains stillbirths? Or are they included with the normal births and deaths?
I know that my parents had a stillborn son before I was born but it was a taboo subject and I have scant information.
It would have been sometime in 1938, 1939, or 1940 possibly early 1941 but unlikely. If he had lived, he would have been named Michael Anthony, mother formerly Johnson. At the time, I think my parents were living near Manchester, or possibly Marple in Cheshire. I was born in Cheshire.
I am keen to find a date for the event but don't know where to look, or if the above, is sufficient information?
Help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Carole