Birth certificates

  • INFORMATION INCLUDED ON CERTIFICATE:
  • Child's forenames
  • Sex
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Mother's full name and maiden name
  • Father's full name and occupation if married to mother (or, after 1875, if attending and signing registration entry)
  • Name, address & relationship to the child of person registering birth
  • From 1969: place of birth of parents
  • Obtained from register office where birth registered (for a fee). Office will require name and quarter when birth registered.
  • Or from General Records Office (Southport) who will also require Vol. & Page number from births index (see GRO for contact details).

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