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Karen

Karen Report 31 Jul 2009 19:46

I have a very old copy of my mother's birth certificate which is very tatty and only just legible it contains the heading "issued for the purpose" then there is a bit missing underneath this is printed "child or young person" and then " certain statutory cases" would this have been from childrens home or worse? any help greatly appreciated I have bought a copy of the original and this is just a normal cert without any of this info on it

karen

Elisabeth

Elisabeth Report 31 Jul 2009 20:00

Karen,

It was probably obtained when the person was starting work. Often, if there was no original certificate, they were obtained to prove the person's age to an employer. (There is one in my family just the same.)

Elisabeth

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 31 Jul 2009 20:00

Don't know if this will be of any help but we have one from 1949 which is a copy issued for the purpose of Family Allowance Act.

Christine

Thelma

Thelma Report 31 Jul 2009 20:03

My birth cert. states "issued for the purpose of elementary education and for no other use or purposes whatsoever."

Karen

Karen Report 31 Jul 2009 20:10

Thankyou all, I was just concerned that it may be issued from childrens services fostering or something as she was unhappy at home
regards Karrie

Thelma

Thelma Report 31 Jul 2009 20:16

Thre should be a date the cert.was issued.This will allow you to work out her age,at the time.
Mine was issued when I was five years and nine days.

mgnv

mgnv Report 1 Aug 2009 20:34

A 1930 issue:

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of BIRTH
SUPPLIED AT THE SPECIAL FEE OF 6d APPLICABLE IN CERTAIN STATUTORY CASES

THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ____________{ [given below]
and for NO OTHER USE WHATEVER

[below]
{The registration Officer must state here the
{statutory purposes for which the Certificate is issued
{in the terms in which they are described in the
{ printed Form of Requisition

My purposes were: Unemployment Insurance Act