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False statements - naughty naughty!

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Heather

Heather Report 18 Jul 2006 20:08

No, you dont need to provide proof. It really throws you when a woman registers a birth in her supposed married name and after months of searching you find her marriage 17 years after the child was born!

Unknown

Unknown Report 18 Jul 2006 19:10

I didn't have to prove I was married when I registered my son in 1992.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 18 Jul 2006 18:57

Short answer None!!. My paternal gran had two children by her second husband & they were reg in his name with her maiden name as if they were married . BUT they didnt marry till 3 years after the first one was born

Mog

Mog Report 18 Jul 2006 18:45

I have someone who married in 1904 and was a spinster. However, when she registered her daughter's birth in 1901, she was using the same name but claimed to be married and even gave a fictitious maiden name! What proof of marital status, if any, did people have to provide when registering a birth? Does anyone know? Mog