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Who could register a birth in the mid 1930s?
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Pocahontas | Report | 25 Feb 2011 17:42 |
I have a birth certificate of a relative and I have no idea who the person was who registered the birth, who apart from the mother and father ( if married) was allowed to register the birth in those days? |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 25 Feb 2011 17:53 |
It could be any one of the following:- |
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AllanC | Report | 25 Feb 2011 17:58 |
You beat me to it, InspectorGreenPen. But just to add that the current rules (and I don't think they've changed much) can be found at www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Birthandadoptionrecords/Registeringorchangingabirthrecord/DG_175608 |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 25 Feb 2011 18:06 |
You also need to look at the address and put it in context with what you know about the mother. |
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CupCakes | Report | 25 Feb 2011 18:51 |
I've got one like that which has puzzled me. My first cousin's grandfather born1869 in Salford. The address is correct. The father is correct. The mother was Sarah Ann but the person who registered the birth is an unknown - and just put Anne. it follows with the comment the mark of xxx occupier. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 25 Feb 2011 19:46 |
Sometimes a relative or house owner might register a child under one of the above qualifying criteria. |
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CupCakes | Report | 25 Feb 2011 21:18 |
AllanC & Gwyn in Kent |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 26 Feb 2011 12:15 |
I do agree that people were often known as just part of their name. |
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CupCakes | Report | 27 Feb 2011 01:02 |
After reading the goverment link advise by AllanC, I've now understood how the cert was issued. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 27 Feb 2011 06:41 |
It sounds to me that was nothing particularly unusual about this. |