On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:53:42 +0000
R Davies <davies_r11(a)sky.com> wrote:
Hello R,
A sister of mine said that our mother gave birth to a full
term, but stillborn child in c 1928.I have
checked all the birth records to no avail,so am presuming the baby
boy's birth wasn't registered.As there
By that time, still births *were* registered. However, they were, and
still are, registered separately from other births and deaths. The
registers are not open to public scrutiny, and only certain persons can
obtain certificates for the stillborn child. There used to be details
on the GRO web site, but I can't locate them now. However, if memory
serves, it's only close blood relatives (parent, sibling, child) that
can obtain such a certificate.
is no record of burial also,what would have happened to the body?
Cremated perhaps, or was quietly put in another coffin and buried with
that person. "That person" may, or may not, have been a relative.
This was in Pontypool
Same rules an possibilities are true throughout England and Wales, with
the exception that in England, registrations must be in English, whereas
in Wales they can be in either English or Welsh.
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