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Gillian

Gillian Report 6 Nov 2014 14:42

hi
my sister in law sent me her birth cert to put on family tree and looking at it birth day and time of birth as she is a twin but it does not have her parents names could this be a copy or did they do birth certs like that in the 1930s?
many thanks

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 6 Nov 2014 15:01

It's obviously a 'short' cert

Full certs cost more, and many families couldn't afford them

Gillian

Gillian Report 6 Nov 2014 16:27

hi
thanks for reply and answer to my question

regards

jax

jax Report 6 Nov 2014 16:30

You could always check to see if she was a twin buy searching for births between her parents

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 Nov 2014 19:50

Look on FreeBMD for her birth to see who is reg at the same time

Full certs costed but you could have free copies too if you bought the full cert

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 7 Nov 2014 19:49

Only ever had the short cert. parents could not afford the full one at the time.

Only got a full one when I start this Family History malarky