Hi Robyn, I think the idea behind this was for people who came across an entry in the Parish Register where the Vicar noted that the child who was buried as a still born, born dead, or dead born child [or whatever term he chose to use] was written, for these entries to be submitted. Otherwise how would anyone know that this child existed. Not all entries of every parish in England will ever make it to a web-site [not in our life time anyway] but we do live in hope. So I think these still birth entries are very valuable and would explain why there are such long gaps between some children in certain families. At the time I was Googling and came across an article which lead me to this Register. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robyn Waymouth" <waymouth@ihug.com.au> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 7:54 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Historic Still Birth Register > This is certainly an interesting project, but I would have > considerable doubts about how many such births will ever be registered > in it. Other than in modern hospital patient records, still births > are simply not recorded, let alone registered anywhere, so entries in > this Register can only be derived from personal correspondence or > memory. > > As Archivist at a major women's hospital that has an extraordinary > collection of patient records from the mid19th century on, I'd have to > say it's something of a pipe dream to expect to find mention of any > one specific person. You might strike lucky, but the odds would be > very poor. > > Robyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: devon@rootsweb.com > To: > Cc: > Sent:Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:16:48 +1000 > Subject:[DEV] Historic Still Birth Register > > The Historic Stillbirth Register can be purchased for £8. > > http://anguline.co.uk/dev.html > > I did not know things like this existed. > > Bev > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3681/6512 - Release Date: 01/17/14 >