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Does anyone know when the registration of still births began???
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1st July 1927.
Have a look in the lexicon under still births
http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/reflib-lexicon.php?letter=S&lang='.$lang.'&input_form=0
Nell
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Nell
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I believe it was 1927 - or thereabouts!
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Thank you very much for that information.....Joan
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Nell,
Thank you for the welcome and the information .Joan
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Regarding burial of still births. It was common for the baby to be buried in the grave of anyone who was being buried on that day. The gravedigger would cut a piece out of the side of the grave and interr it. I don't think a record was kept. I think it was just a favour of the gravedigger to bury the body in consecrated ground. My stillborn sister was put into my grandfathers grave by my father. They didn't want her put in with strangers...........Joan..
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On this subject does anyone know whether a baby needs to be at full term to be registered as a child? The reason I ask is that I was told my grandmother died while giving birth (the baby died too) yet I cant find no info on the babys death, theres seems to be nothing registered, could this possibly be as the baby was not full term?
Would anyone have an idea as too why the child was never registered.
Thanks,
Buzzby :)
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The legal definition of stillbirth is:
The Stillbirth Definition Act (1992) states: "any ‘child’ expelled or issued forth from its mother after the 24th week of pregnancy that did not breathe or show any other signs of life should be registered as a stillbirth."
Such stillbirths are recorded in a separate register - which is NOT on public view.
Only the parents (who must be named on the register) can order a copy of the certificate or, if they are deceased, a brother or sister can apply.
Before 1927 no such register existed.
Parents would often not bother with registering a birth followed by a death, because they then had to apply (and pay for) 2 certificates - Birth and death.
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Thankyou KGarrad thats very interesting to know, that is why I havent been able to find out anything.
thanks once again,
Buzzby
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I wonder how I would go about getting any documentation of my sisters still birth now.?? This happened in about 1945, so there are no parents alive, or their siblings. My mother was upset over the event and it was a terrible time for all concerned. She told me all the details of the event but never mentioned a registration.
Any suggestions???
My fathers mother died a few days after childbirth and the baby died a day or two around the time. The baby boy had a separate coffin and funeral. My father was 6 years old at the time and was always under the impression that the baby was in the coffin with his mother. I found out differently when I contacted the cemetery office.
The baby boy had a birth and death certificate but with no christian name on just "boy".
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I suggest, if you still live near to the place where he is buried, go to the registration office and tell them the information about name and dates and the circumstances, and ask them to look in the register for a birth and a death with just a few days between them.
Alternatively. look up on findmypast.co.uk in the date and year for the surname and no first name just listed as boy, then look to see if there is a death recorded at about the same time for no first name and age zero.
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You might find local cemetery records useful - the town cemetery where most of my ancestors were buried has many records of still birth burials.
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You might find local cemetery records useful - the town cemetery where most of my ancestors were buried has many records of still birth burials.
Yes. And the baby section of the cemetery tends to have its own little area, because they only need small plots.