Getting certificates

[Rod12345]

If they were born alive, even for a short time, then the birth and death would have to be registered.

Stan

Ty. Very helpful. This is a great site for advice.   

[medpat]

My gt grandparents baptised a son whose birth was never registered, he died at a few weeks old and his death was registered. I have his death cert.

This was their first infant death and they didn't make that mistake again.

From 1911 census live births 14, still alive 5, died 9. None of the children that died made their first birthday. The 5 surviving lived long lives.

[Rod12345]

My gt grandparents baptised a son whose birth was never registered, he died at a few weeks old and his death was registered. I have his death cert.

This was their first infant death and they didn't make that mistake again.

From 1911 census live births 14, still alive 5, died 9. None of the children that died made their first birthday. The 5 surviving lived long lives.

Ty. Very helpful, so looks like I might try and get certificates. Will try one of the twins and see what happens.  This gets expensive !!

[groom]

You said you found them on FindMyPast - please don't order from there or any other subscription site, get them from the official GRO site otherwise you will be paying more than you need. As the births are after 1918 you will have to get paper copies at £11, but if you've also found the death certificates you can order them for £7 as a pdf version.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

[andrewalston]

FindMyPast send you off (correctly) to the GRO site, and you pay their standard fee.

Ancestry stick a very hefty profit on top.

[Rod12345]

FindMyPast send you off (correctly) to the GRO site, and you pay their standard fee.

Ancestry stick a very hefty profit on top.

Good ole ancestry.   

[Maiden Stone]

My ancestor gave birth to premature twins in 1863. They were born in the evening. One died that evening. Her sister died the day after birth. Later that day, their grandmother registered their births and a friend or neighbour who had been present in the house registered the deaths.
I don't know where the babies were buried. The family were cotton operatives in Lancashire at the time of the Lancashire Cotton Famine. A high proportion of the population of the town were unemployed and  receiving poor relief. The mother of the twins was 19 and unmarried. There was unlikely to have been money to spare to bury babies. They may have been placed in another person's coffin and/or buried in a common grave.

[rosie99]

You said you found them on FindMyPast - please don't order from there or any other subscription site, get them from the official GRO site otherwise you will be paying more than you need. As the births are after 1918 you will have to get paper copies at £11, but if you've also found the death certificates you can order them for £7 as a pdf version.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

FindMyPast links you directly to the gro website to order unlike the other sites that add a contribution for themselves