Thank you for the responses re looking for the death of a newborn baby. I always understood that she was born alive and died within minutes of a heart condition from being a little premature, but perhaps she was registered as stillborn. As somebody else mentioned, it wasn't talked about much in those days. We ourselves lost a baby as well at less than a day old, but were issued with a birth certificate and a death certificate and also were able to claim him for income tax purposes. He was buried in a tiny corner of the churchyard reserved for stillborn/new babies. Pauline > All children born alive should be registered even if they die soon > after they drew their first breath. They don't have to have a name. > Most of the entries in the birth indices with Male or Female as the > name are children who've died soon after birth. > > If the child was actually still born, then the registration would be > in the Stillbirth register which is only open to the parents of the > child or the siblings where the parents are deceased. > -- > Charani (UK)