Dear Listers, When we buy a Certificate many years after the event, it is often in typewritten format, lacking the hand writing and words of the Informant. Original data is sometimes altered much later, with the Registrar's approval. Is there any way we can gain access to the original page? I am hoping to trace the true lineage of an illegit babe bn NSW 1911 whose surname was much altered years after birth: no clue is seen as to the date of that change nor the identity of the later Informant. And the father name may was entered as UNKNOWN. The currently available cert is endorsed "Evidence has been furnished...." (of the surname change) but that available cert doesn't say who furnished that info nor when. Probably Deed Poll was the doc. furnished, but those Deed docs are apparently not available to us, nor are those Deeds Indexed as far as I know. Most of us do not know HOW to apply for Deed Poll status I s'pose Alistair

I live in the Nowra area, and before and advent of computers and the centralisation of records, to apply for a birth certificate I went along to our local courthouse, where the clerk lifted down a large register (bound book) from the shelf, with a handwritten entry for my birth registration, complete with my father's signature - the extract birth certificate was typed from this page - we never seemed to need a full birth certificate in those days. Those registers have to be SOMEWHERE! Leith On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Alistair Cameron <acameron@hinet.net.au> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > When we buy a Certificate many years after the event, > it is often in typewritten format, lacking the hand writing > and words of the Informant. > > Original data is sometimes altered much later, with the > Registrar's approval. > > Is there any way we can gain access to the original page? > > I am hoping to trace the true lineage of an illegit babe bn > NSW 1911 whose surname was much altered years after birth: > no clue is seen as to the date of that change nor the > identity of the later Informant. And the father name may was > entered as UNKNOWN. > > > The currently available cert is endorsed  "Evidence has been > furnished...." (of the surname change) but that available > cert doesn't say who furnished that info nor when. > > Probably Deed Poll was the doc. furnished, but those Deed > docs are apparently not available to us, nor are those Deeds > Indexed as far as I know. Most of us do not know HOW to > apply for Deed Poll status I s'pose > > Alistair > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Cameron" <acameron@hinet.net.au> To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:30 PM Subject: [ANS] NSW Originals of BMD register pages > Dear Listers, > > When we buy a Certificate many years after the event, > it is often in typewritten format, lacking the hand writing > and words of the Informant. > > Original data is sometimes altered much later, with the > Registrar's approval. > > Is there any way we can gain access to the original page? > > I am hoping to trace the true lineage of an illegit babe bn > NSW 1911 whose surname was much altered years after birth: > no clue is seen as to the date of that change nor the > identity of the later Informant. And the father name may was > entered as UNKNOWN. Hi Alistair Am pretty sure a few years ago the original BDM registers were recalled from where ever, archived, and are now stored out at Kingswood Bye MargM Sydney List Admin