We have suspected that she was illegitimate, but that was the whole point of getting the certificate! If it has ILLEGITIMATE on it, then what's the problem? We're not idiots, we already suspected she was illegitimate. No father? Mothers surname? We know that's not normal.
It sounds like there was additional information on the registration that has been withheld, perhaps relating to the father.
Andy
The thing is, I've seen birth printouts from this era. I don't understand what could have been so sensitive as to be censored. All they have is name, date, parents, registrar, location.
And they've given me name, date, location, parents. So what else was there? Is it normal for some births to just have random extra information on them?
I know the father is not recorded, but that's no surprise. And clearly they haven't censored his information, because it says "not recorded". If it was recorded but censored then I imagine they would exclude it entirely.
It must have something to do with the father and the fact that it's illegitimate, and I suspect that all it comes down to is that it probably says ILLEGITIMATE on it.
