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Illegitimate births/birth certificates in the 19th
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Barbara | Report | 21 Sep 2008 13:25 |
Does anyone know whether the name and profession of the father of illegitimate children was routinely omitted from the birth certificate? |
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LindainHerriotCountry | Report | 21 Sep 2008 13:37 |
The fathers names were not recorded on the birth certificates of illegitimate children. |
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Battenburg | Report | 21 Sep 2008 13:38 |
My mother born 1919 is registered under her mothers surname and her fathers surname both having the same reg no. |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 21 Sep 2008 13:40 |
The father of an illegitimate child will only be added to a birth cert if he goes to the registry office in person with the mother and admitted he was the father of the child to the registrar at the time of registration. |
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Sandra | Report | 21 Sep 2008 13:41 |
Usually the father's name is left blank, if he is not there to sign to say that he is the biological father. |
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Researching: |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 21 Sep 2008 13:43 |
untill the 1920s their was no such thing as legal adoption |
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Barbara | Report | 21 Sep 2008 14:05 |
Thank you very much to all of you for this very helpful information, which has cleared up some doubts. |