Genealogy Chat

Great List, not seen it before.

nudge

Nudge. Very useful info.

Great idea!

just adding this to my threads Laura

Great idea! 1/1/1855 Date of Civil Registration in Scotland - before then all supposedly written in Parish Records.

Thank you very useful. Sheila

Nudge needed

Now updated to include Karen's 'dates for family historians'. Mandy

One date that I would think that affected the population was a pandemic flu which at the begining of the 1st World War. Not sure of the exact dates but they keep harping another one is around the corner.

A truly Brilliant thread!

*PART 2* (sorry, GR wouldn't take the whole list on one message entry!) 1881 Census – 3 April 1884 – By this time, all male householders over the age of 21 entitled to vote 1887 - Married Women's Property Act (enabling a woman to own property and chattels in her own right) 1899-1902 - Boer war 1891 Census – 5 April 1901 Census – 31 March 1907 - Deceased Wife’s Sister Marriage Act permitted a man to marry his deceased wife’s sister 1911 - September Birth Indexes contained mother’s maiden name 1912 - Marriage Indexes showed name of the second party 1914-1918 - First World War 1918 – By this time, all men over 21 and women over 30 entitled to vote 1921 - Deceased Brother’s Widow Marriage Act permitted a woman to marry her deceased husband’s brother 1926 - Legitimacy Act allowed for illegitimate children to be re-registered on the subsequent marriage of the parents 1926 - General Strike 1927 - Adoption of Children Act provided for adoption of children, with the creation of the Adopted Children’s Register 1927 - Registration of stillbirths made compulsory (but the register was not put on open access) 1928 – Age of voting for women changed to 21 (from 30) 1929 - It became illegal for anyone under 16 to marry. Previously, girls could marry at 12 and boys at 14, although they needed parental consent until they were 21 1931 - Marriage between uncle and niece/aunt and nephew allowed 1937 - Divorce Act 1939-1945 - Second World War 1947 - Short birth certificate introduced (this does not contain parents’ names) 1949 - Register of Births and Deaths in Aircraft listed any births or deaths that took place in an aircraft registered in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, wherever they took place in the world 1953 - Date and place of birth and the maiden surname of married women is given on death certificates (Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1953) 1959 - Legitimacy Act allowed the children born when one of their parents was married to someone else to be legitimized when their parents married. The child could be re-registered if it had been previously entered under the woman’s husband’s name 1969 - Death indexes showed date of birth 1969 - Age of majority reduced from 21 to 18. Parental consent to marriage now needed for people under 18 1975 - Children Act 1975 allowed adopted children to obtain the information on their original birth certificate 1986 - People permitted to marry a stepchild or stepgrandchild, but both parties had to be over 18 and the child must not have been treated as a child of the person’s family

Great list, nudging for later!

nudge.....thanks for very usefull info

Many thanks Kathy

thanks, some light reading there! very useful info for those of us finding our way. Marion

nudging to print of in the morning ;;; to late now Babs

Hi Mandy Thank you so much for a great thread What ,A Wonderful Contribution... Best of wishes Kate

What a great contribution - many thanks to you. Very handy indeed.

New to me - saving for info .thanks Liz