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Maureen

Maureen Report 17 Nov 2006 21:08

My father has his father's surname - I dont know if this was legally done or just accepted? Is there anyway of knowing this?My grandmother also used the same name.....

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 17 Nov 2006 17:09

Robert If they married AFTER the child was born, then they could legitimise the child, which would entail issuing a new certificate with the father's details on it. But - they had to go to the Registrar and ask, it was not automatic. (How would the Registrar know that they had subsequently married?) OC

Helen

Helen Report 17 Nov 2006 14:38

Both parents should be listed if they were married.

Robert

Robert Report 17 Nov 2006 14:13

Sorry to butt in but, Janet, does the lack of father's details automatically mean illegitimancy? Both my grandparents have no fathers on their certs and although I know my granddad was born out of wedlock my mum reckons her mum's parents were married and the father died when gran was about 8. Rob

Janet 693215

Janet 693215 Report 17 Nov 2006 11:40

Don't want to dishearten you but the certificates come by post and when you do receive it your Father's father's details may not be on the certificate.

Maureen

Maureen Report 17 Nov 2006 10:08

Thanks for that - so do they then send a copy via email?

Ann

Ann Report 17 Nov 2006 09:37

You can order the cert. online from www.gro.gov*uk/ They cost £7 (replace* with . on web address)

Esta

Esta Report 17 Nov 2006 09:36

Apply for the birth certificate. It will obviously list the mother's details but may also list the father's details as well. Sue

Researching:
Millichamp, Fisher, Baker, Smith, Much Marcle, Ashford, Glenister, Parsley/Parslow

Maureen

Maureen Report 17 Nov 2006 09:20

and could really do with some advice please! I have found the entry which gets me started with my father's birth but now what do I do? How do I get a look at the certificate? Need to see his father's details....he wasn't married to my grandmother...