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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 18 Send Message	Peter	Report	8 Jun 2009 11:15
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 18 Send Message	For some while I've been trawling through the BMD records to find details of my lost cousin. I know that the child was born out of wedlock so I have always searched under their mother's maiden name. Would it have been possible to register a birth using the father's surname as I suspect my relative was born during the war and left fatherless? Any thoughts? Many thanks
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 5,688 Send Message	Liz 47	Report	8 Jun 2009 11:17
	I believe the father's name could be on the cert. if he went with the mother to register the birth. Liz
	Researching: Dad and Aunty Dolly with Grandad WW1
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,834 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	8 Jun 2009 11:32
	The father's name could be on the certificate if the mother just said she was married to him (as many people did). No one asks to see a marriage certificate when you go to register a child's birth - or they didn't in those days anyway. Kath. x