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I have the same document of declaration for my father. It is needed as he was adopted and his name after adoption is different to that of his birth name on his birth certificate. As such I think this is probably why you have been able to find the actual record of her birth as it is probably under a different name. I fortunately also have my fathers birth certificate as well which has a different surname on to the statutory declaration. I believe my father had to show the statutory declaration whenever birth certificates were required as he himself did not obtain his actual birth certificate until after his adopted mother passed away.

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have just come across this. If you have any information at all on the mother and baby home at 11 Belle Vue I would appreciate you forwarding on. I have been researching my family history and found that my father was born at that address in 1927.