Were births around early 1800's always registered??
I have several ancestors who I can trace in census's and with marriage certs etc but no birth certs can I find. I'd like to get the certs to make sure I am tracing the right people.
I presume they had to pay to register the birth and get a cert? Maybe they couldn't afford it.
Was it actually law that births should be registered?
Thanks so much.
Amanda
I have several ancestors who I can trace in census's and with marriage certs etc but no birth certs can I find. I'd like to get the certs to make sure I am tracing the right people.
I presume they had to pay to register the birth and get a cert? Maybe they couldn't afford it.
Was it actually law that births should be registered?
Thanks so much.
Amanda
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