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The short cert is the free one you get when you register a birth. The long cert you pay for. You can’t buy a short cert later. When OH registered my eldest in 1984 he brought back a short cert, really pleased with himself as it was free. I burst into tears, baby blues probably. The midwife was at our house at the time and she sent him back to the register office with orders not to come back until he’d done it properly. He didn’t make the same mistake with the second daughter.
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I sent for her full cert. she was born in a the town centre of Burton not this village outside. Father in law refused to believe it was her cert even though the name, date and parents were correct because “she never had a certificate like that”.
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I wonder what earthly use a short certificate would be nowadays, when you have to prove your identity back to Adam, practically. Seems a waste of paper to me.
I was once in an LDS family history centre when an elderly lady stomped in and demanded that the manager changed the date of her parents wedding because the original register made it look as if her parents had only been married for five months when she was born and that could not POSSIBLY be right, lol. With great presence of mind, the manager said she would have to get the church to correct the "mistake". OC |
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lol that was quick thinking, OC. I wonder if she did approach the church?
Marg, I love the idea that the name, date and parents were correct but still the certificate was not the one!
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Merry "Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010 |
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I imagine they have to offer a free short cert at the time of registration as it is compulsory to register a birth but what if someone felt they didn’t have the money at the time.
As OC says though, it wouldn’t be a lot of use later in life and they’d have to buy the full one. Merry, the cert couldn’t possibly be hers because she didn’t have one and the place of birth was wrong as she wasn’t born where it said she was. Mother in law thought she was born at her paternal aunts house when in fact she was born at her paternal grandmothers house. As hard as I tried I could not convince father in law that everyone had a cert like that but her parents obviously didn’t buy the full one.
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According to the Government website, you can still get a short birth cert when registering a birth, but you now have to pay full price for it:
https://www.gov.uk/register-birth/birth-certificates Various local authority websites confirm that you do not get a free short cert any more. |
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Interesting that they are both the same price.
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Merry "Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010 |
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Why would you buy the short one if it’s the same price unless to hide parentage?
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Well I've used my short certificate and had no issues with it. I had to prove identity when I started my current job this time last year. As I couldn't remember where the full birth cert was, I produced the short one which was accepted. It is still a legal certificate with your name and date of birth on.
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I've heard sadder. That baby isn't mine, I'm having a girl. Said by mother still currently attached by the umbilical cord.
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