certificates for stillborn

[kerry1212]

Hi i was hoping someone could tell me if a birth or death certificate was given for a still birth i have looked and nothing comes up i have searched on bmd and only myself and siblings living come up for the births of my parents i have also looked at deaths and still nothing?


thanks

[stanmapstone]

Civil registration of stillbirths began 1st July 1927, and if the child was stillborn, he/she would have been entered on the Stillborn Register.

Stan

[CarolA3]

GRO (England and Wales) have kept a register of stillbirths since 1927.  It is not available to the general public but some family members can apply.  This link says it all:

https://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/374-Stillbirth

Carol

[kerry1212]

thank you i will look into that

[KGarrad]

My mother's twin sister was stillborn.
When I applied for the certificate (in 2014), I had to telephone the GRO in Southport, giving a broad explanation as to what and who.
They then sent me a form by post, which I had to return, along with a lengthier explanation as to how I was related, and the reasons I wanted a certificate. And a cheque!

The Stillbirth Certificate was then sent to me.

[kerry1212]

i have checked bmd and i can't see them on there at all, would they show on the birth or deaths on there? we are not sure when they were born but it would be about 1965-1969, we don't know the exact date or year

[KGarrad]

Still births are a separate register, not available online.

Legally they died before they were born - so no birth.

[kerry1212]

thank you kgarrad

[LizzieW]

My  mother had a stillborn baby boy in 1951 (when I was 10) at home one evening.  She was 7+months pregnant and I had just gone to bed, when I heard a commotion so came out of my bedroom, only to be told to go back to bed.  The next morning Mum stayed in bed and Dad just said the baby had died.  I have no idea what happened to the baby, my guess is that the GP just took it away and probably didn't even bother to register it as a stillbirth.  I know he told my mum - who was already 42 - old at the time to be pregnant - that the best thing she could do would be to get pregnant again as soon as possible, which she did as my brother was born in June 1953. 

I've tried for a stillbirth certificate but the reply came back there were no records in the name of W, which is my surname now.  I am going to try again as they should have been looking for records in the name of B.  Maybe they did and it was just their reply letter to me that was wrong.