Genealogy Chat

Hello All,

My father isn't named on my birth certificate,

I would really like to change this and get his name on there.

Does anyone know how to go about it, what it will entail and do either of us need any documents??

Regards

Donna.

If you google 'birth certificate amendments' there seems to be plenty of information like this:

"It may be possible to change a birth record after the original registration has taken place by means of a certificate amendment.
The two most common reasons for this are:

•if the parents are unmarried and would like the natural father's details added to a birth record where this information was not included in the original birth entry; and
•if the natural parents have married each other since the birth and they want the record to show the child as a child of the parent's marriage"

I don't think you can add anyone onto it without them being there in person-in other words, your father has to do this rather than you. I think!
Jan

Contact your local Register Office and ask for Form GRO185 which is used to add father's details that have not previously been added at the point of registration. You should find all the necessary instructions are on the form.

Alternatively if you Google

form gro185

you will find downloadable pdf versions.

Thank you all for that info !!

Much appreciated :-)

I added my sons fathers details by depol............one very happy son he did it himself and therefore was proud he now belongs to his dad...........so to speak

not so long ago like only 2 years
my daughter dident put fathers name on her childs birth cert
now father wanted his name on little legs cert

so daughter had to get a form to fill out and father had to go with her
to the office he had to take his passport and birth cert

Thank you for that info,

I just hope they will accept a different type of ID as me or my dad do not own a passport!!

Eek!