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From: "David Armstrong" <>
Subject: Re: [CUL] Birth Cert info 1908
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 21:58:20 +0800
References: <001a01c11c76$607b5a60$c53932d2@default> <00a401c11d1d$6ffea120$2246063e@default>


I've seen certificates where the mother named her husband as the father of
the child, and then the Registrar has added the comment that the husband
"went to Australia 5 years ago" :-}

Recent research has shown that between 10% and 20% of children are not the
offspring of the people named as the father on their birth certificates.

Cheers
David Armstrong,
Maylands, Western Australia
Researching
Irving, Story, Sutton, Gibson, Goodfellow,
Pattinson, Calvert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Melville Cowin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: [CUL] Birth Cert info 1908


> Nancy,
> If parents are married when the baby is born, either parent may register
> the birth.
>
> If the baby's parents are not married, and they want the father's
> details to be included in the register, both parents have to attend the
> Register office together to register the birth.
>
> If the parents are not married, it is not necessary to have the father's
> details in the register.
>
> Presumably, if the parents are not married, the requirement for the
> father to be also present at the registration of the birth is so that
> the father can agree that it is his child. Whether the Registrar would
> accept the word of the mother alone is doubtful to say the least and he
> would probably err on the safe side and not record the father's details.
>
> The informant (mother or father) does not actually enter anything. All
> he/she does is to answer questions asked by the registrar. The
> registrar records the information and the informant has to sign that the
> information provided is correct.
>
> Mel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: daveandnancy <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 12:34 AM
> Subject: [CUL] Birth Cert info 1908
>
>
> > Hello,
> > Could someone please tell me what information I would get on a Birth
> > Certificate of an illegitimate child, born Cumberland 1908?
> > Would the mother have to enter the father's name or would he have to
> sign
> > something?
> > The story is that the father died before the couple could marry.
> > Would the mother be able to enter the name of the father in these
> > circumstances, or would it be optional?
> > Thanks
> > Nancy
> > Australia
> >
> >
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