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Offline Viktoria

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Re: Unusual Birth locations
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 12 August 18 15:11 BST (UK) »
My daughter was born in 1967 in Belgium.
We had to apply for British Citizenship for her some time later.
We were quite affronted that there was a possibility she would not get it despite we her parents both being born in England of parents also born in England and so on for many many generations, well we had no evidence    any  of our ancestors had been born abroad.
She was granted British Citizenship  but it was worrying.
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Offline lydiaann

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Re: Unusual Birth locations
« Reply #19 on: Monday 13 August 18 09:22 BST (UK) »
During the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, we were living on one of the RAF bases.  At the height of the troubles, a huge convoy set out from Limassol going to Episkopi and Akrotiri - what should have been a 20- to 30-minute journey took many, many hours.  One baby was born on a bus during that long journey and I understand that 2 more births happened in the car park on their arrival on the Base.  I'm guessing that 'Bus' and 'Car Park' would appear on birth certificates there...and then the added difficulty of getting British Citizenship!
Cravens of Wakefield, Alnwick, Banchory-Ternan
Houghtons and Harrises of Melbourne, Derbyshire
Taylors of Chadderton/Oldham, Lancashire
MacGillivrays of Mull
Macdonalds of Dundee

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Re: Unusual Birth locations
« Reply #20 on: Monday 20 August 18 11:28 BST (UK) »

I noticed this snippet on the BBC Site this morning:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45244859

I wonder what it will say on the Birth Cert?

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Re: Unusual Birth locations
« Reply #21 on: Monday 20 August 18 13:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Romilly on Monday 20 August 18 11:28 BST (UK)
I wonder what it will say on the Birth Cert?

GRO have rules for such things, the place of birth should probably be recorded as:

  "Cornwall, on the way to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro"
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