The Birth could be registered up to twelve months after the birth. >From the 1874 Registration Act. Section 2. Where a birth has, from the default of the parents or other persons required to give information concerning it, not been duly registered, the registrar may, at any time after the end of forty-two days from such birth, by notice in writing, require any of the persons required by this Act to give information concerning such birth to attend personally at the registrars’ office, or at any other place appointed by the registrar within his sub-district, within such time (not less than seven days after receipt of such notice, and not more than three months from the date of birth) as may be specified in such notice,.............. Section 5. After the expiration of three months next after the birth any child, a registrar shall not register such birth, except as in this section provided; that is to say, in case the birth of any child has not been registered in accordance with the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1836 to 1874, the registrar may, after three and not later than twelve months next after the birth,........ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/1874Act.htm Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Dixymick@aol.com To: ENG-DURHAM@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:51 Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] Dawson/McLaughlan Barbara & Nicole, Your" Lilian was born earlier on 3 Aug. Parents were allowed 42 days grace in which to register their child.If that birth matches that registration, hen the parents took at least 60 days to register the child ? ichael ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message