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== Birth Certificates ==
 
== Birth Certificates ==
  
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'''Birth Certificate Heading'''<br>
  
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The heading of the birth certificate will list the registration district (and any sub-district which applies) along with the county name. Many large registration districts have smaller sub-districts, a largely rural area may have several smaller sub-districts based around strategic towns. If you have an ancestor born in a small rural village don't be too suprised to find the birth registered in a district some distance away.<br>
  
  
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[[Image:Birth cert Heading.jpg|450px|thumb|Image Copyright ONS; Birth Certificate Heading]]
  
  
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'''Columns across the certificate'''<br>
  
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There are several columns across the certificate, each one has a different heading and information recorded within it. <br>
  
 
== Marriage Certificates ==
 
== Marriage Certificates ==

Revision as of 19:30, 26 April 2007

Birth Certificates

Birth Certificate Heading

The heading of the birth certificate will list the registration district (and any sub-district which applies) along with the county name. Many large registration districts have smaller sub-districts, a largely rural area may have several smaller sub-districts based around strategic towns. If you have an ancestor born in a small rural village don't be too suprised to find the birth registered in a district some distance away.


Image Copyright ONS; Birth Certificate Heading


Columns across the certificate

There are several columns across the certificate, each one has a different heading and information recorded within it.

Marriage Certificates

under construction




Death Certificates

under construction


Ordering a BMD Certificate

under construction