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Position:Home>Genealogy> What information should be on a birth cetificate in the 1950s?Question: What information should be on a birth cetificate in the 1950s!? I have been suspecting my late father isn't my birth father, i don't want to bore you with why!. My birth certificate only has my full name, my sex, birth date and registration district, and yet my three daughters and nine grandchildren have both parents on there certificate, should i be concerned or is it normal for my certificate in the 50s to have little information please help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It does sound as if you have the "short" certificate of registration!. This is the minimum that was given to parents when they registered the birth!. The "full" certificate cost more money, some people weren't able to pay especially in the fifties when times were tough!. On your certificate you have the registration district!. The easiest way to get a copy of the "long" certificate is to contact that registrar's office and ask for one!. If you do it this way it is cheaper, and usually quicker, than using the main service accessed through the website http://www!.gro!.gov!.uk/gro/content/certif!.!.!. Another way of finding the information is to go to the County Record Office, of the county in which you were born, and search for the entry yourself!. You will be able to search for and view it using either a film reader or a digital viewer!. When you have found the entry you can get a print out very cheaply!. There will be staff there to help you!. Good luckWww@QuestionHome@Com Mine has parents information, and attending physician, place and time!. Do you have an actual certified certificate from the state!? Mine has a notary stamp on it!. I would think there would be more information on yours than just your name, date and district!. I have a friend who was adopted!. He has the original and reissued certificates!. When looking him up on ancestry!.com only the second shows in the state records!. Have you tried looking yourself up in the state records!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Sounds like you have the "short" birth cert!. These were free but the "full" cert had to be paid for!. The "full" cert has columns for:- 1!. Where and when born 2!. Name, if any!. 3!. Sex!. 4!. Name and surname of father!. 5!. Name, surname and maiden surname of mother!. 6!. Occupation of father!. 7!. Signature, description and residence of informant!. 8!. When registered!. 9!. Signature of registrar!. 10!. Name entered after registration!. You can order the "full" cert from the register office that first registered your birth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I to am a child of the fifties, I am lucky, perhaps, in that I have all my details of birth & parentage!. But there is is a gap, in that I cannot trace someone four generations ago!. As the records of birth are very unclear!. Records were even more indestict prior to about 1950 I did get the bottom of it by searching the name, & discovered that my great-grandmother dissapered from the scene by marrying a Spanish sailor!. Gods, so that could explain my sometimes short temper ! If the person you know as "Dad" may not be, I guess he is still a blood relative to you Www@QuestionHome@Com out of curiosity I went out and got my birth certificate out, It only has my name girl dob reg dist sub dist on it! So that must of been the way in the 50's! After all this time if you are in doubt is it worth upsetting the whole family! unless you have been hurt, why not let it bye!Www@QuestionHome@Com UK answer!. I would have to agree 100% with achilles on this one, it does sound like you have the short version of your birth certificate!. The short version is the one that your parents are given when they register you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I'm a child of the 50's born in Scotland its has dob, name etc and also has mothers name and occupation (when she worked) and fathers name and occupation and also the date of their marriageWww@QuestionHome@Com |