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cookie18

cookie18 Report 23 May 2010 12:09

Thanks kath,

I know the childs full name but not when born.

sue

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 23 May 2010 12:06

If you have the surname and the approximate date the cemetery MAY be able to help you. Some cemeteries are very helpful (our local one is) but some will not be so helpful and may say this is a private matter - or they may charge you for the information.

Kath. x

cookie18

cookie18 Report 23 May 2010 11:38

Sorry for not replying sooner.

My great aunt married in 1926 in salford, so asumming their child was born after that date, i know she was cremated in agecroft cemetery eccles .

Maybe records for her child there????

sue

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 22 May 2010 23:43

My great aunt had a stillborn child in the 1940's - 5 months after my great uncle was killed in the war (their only baby).
I don't know how unusual this was, but she put an announcement in the 'births' column of the local newspaper - announcing the birth of a stillborn daughter.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 22 May 2010 20:22

You may find a record of the child's burial in a local cemetery, if you know where your great aunt was likely to be living.

More than likely the child won't actually be named as her child, but I have records of stillborn burials, named by surname and full address before the time that you need ( 1906 in my case )
I obtained these from the bereavement services for that city.

Gwyn

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 22 May 2010 17:33

The stillbirth register didn't start until 1927. If the birth was before this then there will probably be no record of the birth at all. Even after 1927 not all stillbirths were registered.

Kath. x

cookie18

cookie18 Report 22 May 2010 15:17

Thanks for the info, makes it difficult now,.
I'm going back into the 1920/30 era. My great aunt who had this child died 1983, & she had no other children, so i'm not sure where i can go with this

sue

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 22 May 2010 15:11

You have to write to the GRO at Southport. Only the parents of stillborn children can have access to the records. If both parents are deceased then a sibling of the child can have access to the certificate but you won't find the records online as they are not open to the public.

Kath. x

cookie18

cookie18 Report 22 May 2010 15:00

Can anybody help & tell me if you can find stillborn records.

Thanks
sue