Genealogy Chat

I could not find myself on any system until for some reason or other I put my year of birth as 1938, which is one year later than my actual Birth year ( December 1937). It would appear that whoever registered my birth could only get to the office at least three weeks later, making me very hard to find. My actual Birth Certificate is correct as 1937 but BMD records had my Registration Date as Birth Date. Be aware of this when searching.

Hi You had and still have six weeks to register a birth.

Maureen, It is the same situation with deaths; they may also have been registered in the quarter after the actual date of death. It is only marriages that always appear in the same quarter as the event took place. Regards, Susan

Its normally 5 days to register a death unless there is a coroner involved, and when you have registered the death the registrar gives you a green a form called a certificate for burial or cremation. If a post-mortem is needed, the coroner will issue any necessary documents as quickly as possible afterwards

The Coroner will sometimes issue a form enabling burial or cremation, even though the full inquest hasn't been held. It may be some months before the death is formally registered. Gwyn

ANY birth or death that happened in Dec of one year may well have been registerd in the Jan of the next year. Births especiallly, you have six weeks to register. My dad was born 28th dec 1907. His Mum registered the birth and as then , you would be confined for three weeks before you left the house, he was registered in Jan 1908 so to get a copy of his cert its in the Mar qtr 1908. He died in 1975 on 19th Dec and his death couldnt be registerd till after Christmas but he JUST came into the Dec qtr. Our Mum tho died in May 1980 and there had to be an inquest because it was sudden. her death is reg in July so appears in the Sept qtr Shirley