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Birth and Death Registrations
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Phoenix | Report | 4 Sep 2004 14:41 |
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I have a copy of a friend's grandfather's birth certificate. His birth was registered when he was twenty one! We assume this was when he first required his certificate, only to discover he did not have one. Children who worked in factories needed to produce a birth certificate as proof of age, so that group is likely to have been registered within the first ten years of birth. There are always going to be some who slip through the net: I am told, anecdotally, there are some in the town where I live, but the likelihood was significantly reduced after 1875. Brenda |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 4 Sep 2004 10:27 |
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Reading from 'Ancestral Trails' by Mark Herber it says that there was a Births and Deaths Act 1874 which imposed a duty upon those present at a birth or death to report it to a registrar. There were fines for non-registration and penalties for late registration. |
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Linda & Tim | Report | 4 Sep 2004 10:14 |
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Does anyone know when it actually became illegal not to register? |
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Linda & Tim | Report | 4 Sep 2004 10:13 |
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Sorry - I wasn't meaning that the records don't appear on freeBMD... I know they haven't finished transcribing. The records I am looking for SHOULD appear on 1837 Online or on the fische slides at Kew... and they don't!! If everyone who has been born or died post 1900 (and even post 1880-ish) MUST have been registered (and it isn't possible for them NOT to have been registered) then mine must have been registered, for some reason, under other names. Yet more cans of worms... |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 4 Sep 2004 10:05 |
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During the copying of the local registers into the books going up to the GRO it is possible that some entries were incorrectly transcribed or accidently missed off. It could be worth asking at a local registrars for the information you seek. If you know where the event is likely to have taken place, baptism entries might help to pinpoint when best to search for a birth record. Death certificates must be somewhere as they would be required before a burial could take place. If the person died in hospital the registration district may be many miles from home and could hinder searching for the correct entry. |
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McAnne's Gahan-Crazy | Report | 4 Sep 2004 10:00 |
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Linda, alot of the records have still not been transcribed, it can be difficult to find anyone after early 1900's. You could try FreeBMD Images if you know roughly the year and quarter, or 1837, but that one can cost alot if you dont know the year at all.......... |
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Linda & Tim | Report | 4 Sep 2004 09:52 |
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I know that in the early days of obligatory registration a few people slipped through without being registered (two of my great grandparents, for instance!) However, can anyone tell me if it was possible for this to happen later (ie. post 1900)? There are a couple of people I am searching for who don't seem to exist... of course, they could have been registerd under another name... but is it possible for them to have slipped through without being registered at all? |
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