My rellie had children, he was in the British Army in India in the late 1870's. They, he and his wife, had a bout 6 who died shortly after birth or were still born, details vary within family. Finally, finally, in 1879 he had a George and he came to Australia around 1900. I got HIS birth record from the East India site but there is no trace of any of his siblings being born or dying, only family records or we would never have known. e.g. Bible entries and just notes in diaries etc.. In another case here in Australia, around 1930's, family had a still born or died shortly after birth, baby girl. She was given to the father to take and bury under a tree on the family property. No funeral or any record in Qld BMD site. Just wrapped in a cloth of some sort and my friend remembers that his father told him that his sister had died, he was only about 5 himself, and didn't quite get it, but he said he remembers his father was crying. Today he can still identify that tree, 73 years later. Sad for all. Robyn, Toowoomba, Qld On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Denise <cinderhill971@btinternet.com>wrote: > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tony Johnson <tonyempireore@msn.com> > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012, 20:26 > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Stillborn children > > > My prayers are with you. > Governments and regualtions can make so many sad and miseable mistakes byt > those in charge. > > Tony > > > > From: lillsthebest@hotmail.com > > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:00:21 +1030 > > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Stillborn children > > > > I had a stillborn child the first born of twins born 12/11/54 they would > not let me see it a boy 6lb6oz second a girl 7lb11oz both breech births. > They told me my husband had to go and register the stillborn straight away > did not matter about the living one as you had 6 weeks to do that he had to > pay 5 pounds to register it but got no cert for it, i asked could he go to > the funeral they said it would not have a grave but would be buried in some > other poor persons coffin, they were born at New Cross Hospital, > Wolverhampton and they could not tell us where it would be buried. We came > to Australia in May 1957 in 2004 I went back to Wolverhampton to visit > rellies and had started to do family history by then as my husband and mine > were from around they I happen to be looking at Bushbury Cemetery registers > for my aunts and uncles deaths when I came across stillborn son of Keith > and Jean Spencer so I went out to the Cemetery the next day and asked if I > could > go and see where he wa! > s! > > buried they said I could go back the next day and that they would put a > marker on the ground for me to see it was on a grassed area on a slight > hill I then asked if I could get a cert for him and I was told only the > parents were allowed to apply ( my husband had died in 1992 ) so I send for > the cert. On my daughter's birth cert it only shows a single birth even > though she is a twin. She went back two years ago and my cousin to her to > the grave site as he had been with me when I went. I don't know why people > were so callus in those days what harm would it have done to let us know. > We had had the first two children and the living twin and another baby girl > just 3 months old when we sailed to Australia. I did find out that they > started to record stillbiths in 1928. All that heartache of worrying what > had become of him so I don't think there will be any records in 1700's > > > > Jean Spencer. South Australia > > jeansgen@hotmail.com > > > > > > > > ****************************** > > 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. 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Some very interesting stories and information on stillbirths, thank you I have learnt a lot. Sylvia