On 04/11/12 20:42, sylvia@gothamfamily.co.uk wrote: > I am wondering if there are likely to be any records of a stillborn child? > > My sister and have a Colin Edward Aston GOTHAM born 3 August 1873 in our > family tree - the information was given to us by a family member no longer > living. However, we have been unable to find any trace of a birth, baptism > or death and I am now wondering if he was stillborn. > > Sylvia > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sylvia - According to the registrars that I transcribe at, the normal "Birth Registers" only record those children that took a breath . If the child showed no signs of life then they are not entered into the birth register. I'm going the registrars tomorrow so will ask what the full story is on children who are stillborn. Steve