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The Common Room / Re: Adoption and birth certificate query.
« on: Thursday 23 May 24 19:39 BST (UK)  »
Yes

My husband was adopted when his step father was in Northern Ireland, so he has a 'birth' certificate issued in Northern Ireland, but states he was born in South Wales

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The Common Room / Re: Birth registration rules in 1901 UK
« on: Tuesday 14 May 24 21:51 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Whipby on Thursday 09 May 24 22:00 BST (UK)
Thank you, everyone, for all the information - it’s so useful.

How common was it for a child’s birth to go completely unregistered in the mid 1870s?  Was that even possible?  I haven’t been able to find my ancestor even though I’ve tried everything I can think of - different spellings, sounds like, searching different years, different areas, etc.

She obviously doesn’t want to be found!

It may also be worth trying as a male

My great great grandmother was baptised as a girl Emily at 2-3 weeks old, week later her parents registered a birth born the same day as Emily but a boy Henry - no record of Henry's baptism or death

The conclusion I reached was trying to say 'Enry' and 'Emly' in a broad west country accent and the registrar mishearing

That said a photo of Emily does look scarily like my brother in drag

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The Common Room / Re: Birth registration rules in 1901 UK
« on: Tuesday 14 May 24 21:44 BST (UK)  »
My great grandfather was born 1900 - he was registered as being born on the 22nd January (he was registered 42 days after that) he was actually born on the 18th

I know he was born on the 18th -a) his baptism record shows the 18th (lie to the government but don't lie to god) and b) he told me - apparently he discovered this in his 20s when he first saw his birth certificate and his mother confessed - always celebrated his birthday on the 18th - but wrote the 22nd on forms so his mum wouldn't get into trouble

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The Common Room / Re: Gentlemen Only Funerals in Wales - Why?
« on: Saturday 04 May 24 21:38 BST (UK)  »
Tradition

Women stayed at the house

I remember it with my husband's great aunt's funeral in 2000  (born 1911)- we both went to the house with her coffin in the front room for the service, but only the men were allowed to go to the internment, apparently it was her wish

My husband remembers the same for her brother (his great grandfather) funeral in the 1980s

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The Common Room / Re: George Fitsall Hine
« on: Sunday 28 April 24 12:47 BST (UK)  »
I got an email to say there was a reply

If you post again you can PM me

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: False Details on Birth Certificate?
« on: Sunday 03 December 23 11:37 GMT (UK)  »
Have you got the actual birth certificate?  Or are you just going from freebmd? as they record the mothers maiden name as the mothers surname if the father is unnamed, whereas if you get the actual certificate it has a line through that section (gro show it as blank)

However if she claimed to be married and gave a name I don't think they asked for proof

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The Common Room / Re: 1939 register
« on: Saturday 02 December 23 11:22 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: johnny1588 on Friday 01 December 23 19:24 GMT (UK)
The Irony is that the individual whom I'm interested in is redacted, born 1923 died 2007. His brother, living in a different
household born 1928 and is still alive Is unredacted. Shows that errors are made.

Same as me, my grandmother is redacted and died 2014, her younger brother is also redacted (died 2017), two of her sisters are unredacted - both died after her - in fact one has always been visible since the release date and she died this summer

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The Common Room / Re: Does anyone (living) have a great grandparent born in the 18th century?
« on: Friday 15 September 23 22:20 BST (UK)  »
Nope no way near

If anything my family tend more the other way - my four children all attended their great, great grandmothers (on their father's side) 100th birthday (she was 86 when my eldest was born) and even she was born in the last century

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The Common Room / Re: Infant deaths - include or exclude?
« on: Friday 08 September 23 19:29 BST (UK)  »
If I know about them of course they go on there

Recently at my greataunts funeral she was described as the youngest of 5 children, the eldest died prior to any of the other 4 being born, all of that family knew him as their eldest brother, despite never meeting him (he died at 2 months old - from jaundice)

My grandmother was going to call her eldest after him - until he was born requiring surgery and there was a real change he may not survive, and she felt that it was tempting fate to call him after his uncle who died as a baby

My nephew was stillborn, he's on my tree

Saddest I found though was my dad's greatgrandparents who had 11 children, only three of them reached their 2nd birthday, my greatgrandmother was the eldest of the children (and I assume was the one who brought up the youngest as her mother died in childbirth - she was 15, he died aged 18 months) - 2 of her own children died as babies.   When I told my dad he said that was probably why she always kept herself detached from any babies in the family until they got to about 5 - she died the same month as her grandson died at a month old 

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