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From: "Roger Kelly" <>
Subject: [MLN] Re: Scottish Statutory Law - 1922
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:14:50 +0100
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Dear Jim,
I have just phoned New Registerer House and was told still births were not registered until 1939 .So there will not be a record of the other twin . Registration was only started then because medical research demanded records, seemingly. You won't find a hospital record either so family lore is the best evidence in this case.
Ah well, it was worth a try.

Best Wishes,
Jane
""Hello Fellow Listers:

Can SKS advise me if a birth certificate and death certificate was required by law in 1922 for a stillborn child? Reason I ask is that I am trying to find evidence of birth of twins in Bonnyrigg, Cockpen in 1922. At NRH, Edinburgh I found the birth and death record of only one child who was born and lived for 7 hours, cause of death being "Non-viability from premature birth as certified by John Young M.B. Ch.B." However, there was no record at NRH for the other twin who I can only assume was stillborn (birth of stillborn twins is recalled by other family members).

Thanks

Jim Arnott
Canada""


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