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Surname on Birth Certificate
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KathleenBell | Report | 8 Jun 2009 11:32 |
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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. |
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Liz 47 | Report | 8 Jun 2009 11:17 |
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I believe the father's name could be on the cert. if he went with the mother to register the birth. |
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Peter | Report | 8 Jun 2009 11:15 |
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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. |
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