On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:06:18 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) "Roy Davies" <roy.davies43@ntlworld.com> wrote: Hello Roy, > Can someone tell me if there was a "time limit" > from the time a child was born to it's official registration, > especially around the middle 1850's? Yes. 42 days. What /wasn't/ in place at that time was the ability to penalise offenders for non/late registration. That didn't arise until 1875 when a fine was introduced. A stiff one too, by the standards of the time. You'll occasionally see people state that registration was voluntary until 1875. That was not the case. However, since there was no penalty for non-registration, the law was toothless making it appear to be optional. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It's got nothing to do with the need to impress Titanic (My Over) Reaction - 999