Genealogy Chat

Joe seems to have lost interest

You can see examples of English BMD certs near end at:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_186584.pdf

You will find essential reading on certs here.....! Put it in Your Favourites / Bookmarks

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm

We have still births registered in the birth register here in NZ - We are restricted in that the birth needs to have happened 50 years or more ago for one to see them.

A death certificate is only as good as what a person completes on the registration form. eg when my grandfather died his brother completed the form and he entered his wifes christian names on the form instead of my grandmothers... and it cannot be changed. Luckily they both had the same first names.
Also on ours are listed the ages of the living children of the deceased and I again have a certificate that is way out of kilter - they must've just taken pot luck.

Persie

Fiona
You might be able to find a burial record for the stillborn child.....maybe just under a surname. The home address might match that of the twin on a birth certificate.

Gwyn

thanks for the infromation.... I believe the person in question was a twin one survived and the other was still born so thats the reason why I can't find them registered

Stillborn births are not recorded on the birth register.
Since 1927 they have been recorded on a separate register, but due to the sensitive nature of this, access is limited to parents, ..or if they are deceased, then to the child's siblings.
If a child lived for even a few minutes though, it should be recorded on the general birth register.

Gwyn

will stillborn births still be recorded under births?

Children's death certificates usually say ...Son / daughter of..( father's name)

Gwyn

Scottish death certs include parents' names.........but NOT English/Welsh.

All death certs record cause of death

In 1881 would it include the names of parents ?

And do death certificates all include cause of death?

Thank you.