Bill wrote for Karen: > In reality for a still born child there would have been little "paper > work", when comparing an Inquest for some form of accident in a public place > where there were possibly many witnesses. Such an extremely distressing event for the mother. And on occasions, the outcome miserable, distasteful. Burial of the infant, or miscarried foetus, on rare occasions may be done in the back garden.... I know of cases. The Duty of the Registrar is to register INFORMATION GIVEN. He does not warrant the accuracy of info given. If parents of a still born infant keep that knowledge private, then that is one benefit of 'democracy' The TV series NEW TRICKS wherein a retired police officer frequently "talks" to his deceased wife in his own back garden, illustrates an aspect of Privacy. Bye, ALISTAIR >> I have been trying to find the details of a inquest from 17 April 1824 >> Sydney for a still born female child; parents I believe were Sarah >> and Edward Hutton with witnesses Mary Bevett and Esther Dalton.