Queensland birth registration code

[gramsie]

Does anyone know what the prefix D means on a birth registration in Queensland?
On the website where I searched the historical records, there are several codes explained - but not the one I need!

Thanks
Margaret

[boydi]

Hello Margaret

Welcome

yours is such a simple request but unfortunately no answer & for your first post a bit disappointing. Perhaps no-one else has had your problem. I would send them an email & ask for an explanation direct.

bdm-mail[at]justice.qld.gov.au

That way you will get the right answer to your problem.

Regards
Boydi

[gramsie]

Thanks Boydi for your welcome and also for the suggestion - I had decided that I'd have to email if no-one knew the answer, but I was was hoping that someone might! - maybe if I get a helpful answer when I email them, I'll post it here incase anyone has a similar query in the future

Margaret

[MarieC]

Hi Margaret,

And welcome from me!! 

That's an excellent idea, to post here whatever solid info you get on this question.  Rootschat is all about sharing what we know and find out, so that everyone may grow more knowledgeable!

Best wishes,

MarieC

[tropicalj]

Hello  there Gramsie
and Welcome to roots chat

I  have  the Pioneer Index for Qld so had a look at  that to see if  anything could be found to help you query.

reference
This number is assigned to  the birth by the registery.   It is made up of the year of registration, slash followed by numbers sometimes with a letter.  The complete number is used to purchase a particular certificate.  The following codes are e used in this field.

B = registration effected in the Brisbane Registery district

BP = baptism the child was born prior to compulsory registration

MAR = marine the child ws born en route to Australia

MB & LR = notification of birth received outside the Statutory period.

other letter are for administrative reasons

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Perhaps if you  tell  us  where in  the content of  the birth certificate does the "D" occur

kind thoughts Jenn

[gramsie]

Hello Jenn
Thanks for your welcome and for looking to try and solve the query

The reference for the birth registration is 1926/D3472 although it comes up in a search of the historical index for 1913, so a very late registration or maybe an adoption?
It might not be significant to this but they may also have travelled back to England in 1926, they returned to Australia in May 1927, but I have no detail of the journey to England.

Regards
Margaret (aka Gramsie)

[tropicalj]

Could it be  the mothers child before their marriage?  I know when researching for a friend I  found  three births from  1909 t0  1911 not registerd till  1940 but on  the indexs for then, it appeared  the woman had the children prior to the marriage they were  the fathers but he was married to someone else.

Jenn

[gramsie]

The couple (who are listed as the parents on the registration index) married in England in 1913, just before sailing to Australia  and only the 2 of them sailed over together, no baby.

Margaret

[tropicalj]

Could  there have been  time to have had  the baby at sea?  Perhaps  the baby was left behind born out of wedlock and  then they went back to Uk and returned to Australia and had it registered in Qld? 

Jenn