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stillborn children

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julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 10:10

delicate subject i know

if you know that there has been a child born dead and its gone full term how do you go about finding out the details ?

any suggestions

jullia x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 10:13

am waiting with bated breath

j x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 10:16

Thanks for that Christine dont quite no what to do both parents are still alive not going to ask them details julia x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 10:19

Thanks anyway

julia x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 10:45

yes i am i will try that

thanks again

julia x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Sep 2007 10:53

If the stillborn child's parents are still alive you won't be able to get the stillbirth certificate. It's only the parents who can have access and if the parent's are deceased then only siblings of the stillborn child can have access. No one else.

If you know the date of the birth you may find burial details in parish records but probably not.

Depending on what year you are talking about, some stillbirth children or children who died as babies were buried in another persons coffin (someone who was being buried at the same time - not necessarily a relative).

Kath. x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 11:58

Thanks for that kath as far as i know he was buried on his own
we are only talking about 40 years ago

julia x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Sep 2007 12:06

Hi Julia,

Even quite recently babies are buried along with other people being buried at the same time.

My husband's baby brother who died in the 1940's aged 12 hours, was buried with a two year old girl who was being buried at the same time.

Kath. x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 12:10

oh dont quite no what to say would like that i dont think

julia x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Sep 2007 12:18

We were quite shocked when we first found out - but we were told that it was quite a common practice, and it also saved the parents the cost of a funeral.

After thinking about it for a while, we have come to the conclusion that it was actually quite a comforting thought that this little scrap of a baby wasn't buried alone and that the two children were buried together.

Kath. x

julia of sussex

julia of sussex Report 13 Sep 2007 12:21

Put like that i suppose it is thanks

julia x