Current Birth Certificate Information

[brionne]

Just a had look at the latest royal babes birth certificate in printed format, published in one of the main UK newspapers yesterday.
Notice that there is no mention of the childs mothers previous married name,just her maiden name.
Why is this.

[Marmalady]

Because, so far as I am aware, a BC only asks for maiden name not all previous names

Added: Just checked BCs in my file and the column is : "Name, surname and maiden name  of mother"

[AntonyMMM]

Because that's not one of the bits of information that is required.

Only the name she is known by at the time the baby is born, her maiden name, and the surname she married in ( if not the same as her maiden name) are needed.
 
I'm not sure she ever used her previous husband's name anyway ?

[louisa maud]

They used to have maiden name and I have also had  "formerly" on previous birth certs, I have a few here, helped a great deal with research

Louisa Maud

[dowdstree]

My daughter was married and divorced. She later remarried and had two children in 2002 and 2005. On their Birth Certificates it only her maiden name that appears. After her divorce she had reverted back to her maiden name.

This is in Scotland.

Dorrie

[brionne]

Thanks for the interesting four varied replies,and time taken to reply.

Also it would appear that former names are no longer required to be entered,perhaps due to so many children being born in unmarried relationships these days.Must admit having as much detail as possible has always helped with research,especially when one of the parents has married several times.  [speaking generally now, without any reference to the unnamed person in my initial post.]

[AntonyMMM]

Former names are asked for but they don't have to be shown and many people ask that they aren't.

For instance a woman may not want her ex-husband's surname mentioned at all  on the birth certificate of a child from a new marriage.

[dowdstree]

I agree with you about so many children being born to unmarried parents nowadays. My niece has two children to different partners. On each occasion when registering the birth both parents had to attend the Registrars.

One good thing now is that a child no longer has the word "illegitimate" on their Birth Certificate.

This has caused heartache for many in the past.

Dorrie

[brionne]

Yes,strongly in favour of everyone having the  right to their correct birth details.

In some cases so much was covered up years ago,fathers name left blank,money changing hands,for certificates with completely made up details.

Lets hope this type of scenario is a thing of the past.