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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 18 Send Message	David	Report	2 Jan 2011 13:19
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 18 Send Message	Hi, can anybody tell me how I can get birth certs for 1831, is there a site on line that I can see them? dave
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	2 Jan 2011 13:31
	Have to use the parish records for that one Dave. Too early.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	2 Jan 2011 13:41
	no birth certs pre 1837. you may get lucky on a baptism record where the vicar has recorded the date of birth
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 18 Send Message	David	Report	2 Jan 2011 13:47
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 18 Send Message	ok thanks - where would I get to see parish / baptism records.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	2 Jan 2011 13:56
	David you may be lucky and find them online, Ancestry has parish records for London where the date of birth is sometimes given and some others, googling Parish records for a specific area can also be useful.
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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 18 Send Message	David	Report	2 Jan 2011 13:58
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 18 Send Message	ok will try thanks for the help.