I sent for one a while ago, a 1984 registration for my birth father.
Although i searched in the same name as the birth cert (and found a hit) it transpires he was born illegitimately and the cert had "Fred Smith otherwise Fred Jones" entered as name of deceased.
The informant was a brother, now bearing in mind the birth cert of the deceased appears to indicate the parents were married and all was above board presumably the brother must have told the registrar of the alternative surname? Who else would have known?
Is there any other way the registrar would have known if it were not for the details the informant gave? The death occured in a hospital, post mortem held but no inquest.
Although i searched in the same name as the birth cert (and found a hit) it transpires he was born illegitimately and the cert had "Fred Smith otherwise Fred Jones" entered as name of deceased.
The informant was a brother, now bearing in mind the birth cert of the deceased appears to indicate the parents were married and all was above board presumably the brother must have told the registrar of the alternative surname? Who else would have known?
Is there any other way the registrar would have known if it were not for the details the informant gave? The death occured in a hospital, post mortem held but no inquest.
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