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From: "Janice Aitkens" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Workhouse birth
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:20:00 -0000
References: <20050110204101.67175.qmail@web86510.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <004201c4f767$627455e0$68914354@chris>


Hi
As I just been told that a baptism can happen a while after the birth not
necessary within a short while of birth so if you could see when it the
baptism took place on the registry does it say birth date or may be was
baptised but not registered with father's name as not wed
Regards Janice
----- Original Message -----
From: "christine MILLER" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Lon] Workhouse birth


>I have the date of my G Grandfathers Baptism in a workhouse. Have scoured
> 1837 online in vain for his Birth entry. No sign of it. Did different
> 'rules' apply re registration if you gave Birth in a workhouse?
> Christine.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MADELEINE BERKS" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:41 PM
> Subject: [Lon] Workhouse birth
>
>
>> I have just noticed a request regarding registration of a child born in a
> workhouse.It has made me think.
>>
>> My dad was born in a Workhouse Infirmery, I have the proof of that. But I
> am not able to find his birth certificate anywhere. Could it be that as
> his
> mother was quite ill and she had to stay in the Infirmery, that no one got
> around to registering him? I have the workhouse notes about his birth,but
> there is no sign of him being registered any where. I have tried every
> avenue to find his registration, so I have come to the conclusion that it
> probably wasn't done. Anyone got any thoughts on it for me please?
> Madeleine.
>>
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