It still is 42 days in England (I do not know about Scotland) and in France it was, and still is 3 days. My grandfather was born in Paris, to British parents. The birth was registered in both the British Consular registers and in the Parisian mairie of th arrondissement. My grandfather was away for a few days. His birthdate is correct for UK, but a day later for the French certificate! He always had to rememberwhich bureacracy he was dealing with! Incidentally, the French one is a long, handwritten document, detailing time of birth, people who learned about it ( the concierge in the building) as well as occupations etc which by then in UK was detailed in tabulated columns. Jean > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:18:12 +0100 > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > Subject: [B&S] Penalty for neglect in registering a birth, 1911 (was FW: Poor Law TNA Documents On-Line) > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:06:07 +0100, Lynne Charles > <lynnecharles7@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I was lead to believe that all, children had to be baptized by LAW pre > > 1837. If they were not by a certain passage of time the parish church > > could fine them. > > I haven't heard of that, but I read today that in 1911 the penalty was £2 > if a birth wasn't registered within 42 days. > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >