On 23 May, John Tysoe <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > 2) The only information it gave was her name, date of birth, date of > registration, and the Register number and Entry number. It also bore a > "NOTICE - This Certificate when duly filled up by the Registrar, is to > be given (*on demand*) to the INFORMANT at the time of Registering th > Birth, on payment of a fee not exceeding Three-pence [1¼p]". I have > never seen such a document before - it is printed on flimsy paper and > measures some 6½ x 4½in [165 x 115mm], and isn't stamped. 3) It would > seem that she never had any other certificate - my father was meticulous > in his filing of 'Important Papers' - but she nonethelss held a series > of passports... Ah yes this would be the "short form" birth certificate, which just gives the details of the person born and very little else. It was perfectly acceptable to authorities but i'm not sure it is now. My mother's birth certificate was just a fragile scrap of paper when it came to me. I spent the £7.00 on a full version because it was clear that if I handled the original very much it would fall apart. -- Chris Ramsbottom researching: BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY CAMPTON, GREGORY all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day