Hi everybody Just a thought!!! Who registered the birth? How soon afterwards was the birth registered? Who registered the death? How soon afterwards was the death registered? I thought the death was usually registered immediately whilst there is a time period for the birth to be registered. Is it not possible that the death was registered before the birth and at the time of death, a name had not been decided. By the time they registered the birth, a name may have been decided. Alternatively, perhaps the birth was registered by someone not in the family who was going to town. Take care Lorrae Johnson Plainland Qld 4341 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich -----Original Message----- From: Beverly [mailto:pussims@cableone.net] Sent: Friday, 16 November 2001 8:24 AM To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: Unamed child > Mark, I have about 3 or 4 un named babies that I was able to obtain the > death certificate for. None of them were stillborn, all lived at least one > hour or a few days, but the mothers did not name them for the certificates. > I heard that the mothers did not get too attached to the baby growing in the > womb. The main reason was that the mortality rate was so high that it was > expected that none of them would live much past birth. > > On the other hand, many of the babies did live. > > Want to know how I KNOW that? > > well, on the Digest list we have 118 subscribers and on the List mode we > have 236 subscribers. All researching Germans in South East Queensland but > not all of them post their research interests on a regular basis. > > So go ahead and apply for the certificates and find out what happened to the > little one. Keep in mind that the clerk in the office where you applied is > not connected to your family and she has no physical or emotional bond to > the un named baby! > > cheers, Beverly. > Life on Earth is Expensive, but at least > you get a free trip around the sun....... > So wear a hat and enjoy the ride! > > ______________________________