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From: "lilac" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] famoly trees
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:26:45 +0100
References: <002f01c7ad1c$261a0f00$4201a8c0@Jeremy><466EEB45.8040505@family-hunter.co.uk>


In 1970 the Registrar in Poole visited the ward in hospital, when my son was
born , Jean

> Anton McLoughlin wrote:
>> Up until I think 1865 it was the responsibility of the registrar to
>> visit the household to get the particulars for registration.
>
> That's right.
>
> I know in the 1940s and 1950s the registrar used to visit the
> hospitals to register the new borns but I'm not sure when they were
> notified, it was certainly so in the 1980s because my sister was
> reminded to register one of her sons.
>
> --
> Charani (UK)
>

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