Post 1911 census

[Toots]

I don't but have family still living in the area so visit quite often.

[Merry]

Where is your avatar of, Toots?

[Toots]

It's a victorian photo of London Merry. It's one I googled to try and give some idea of what it was like to live there for a tree I was doing for a friend.

Originally Posted by Toots

Slightly earlier than what you are after but you could apply to the 1939 register. This was for identity cards prior to WW11. You apply for information about a particular address stating who you expect to be living their and their relationship to yourself. Provided the occupants are related to you they will send you details of all the deceased in residence.

The link to the application form is:-

http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/Servic...on_Form_v7.pdf

I have been told that the entry in the register could be used for the purposes of obtaining a passport - If that is correct, it could explain why some of us have relatives who have a passport when there is no corresponding birth certificate

[Uncle John]

Originally Posted by Muggins in Sussex

I have been told that the entry in the register could be used for the purposes of obtaining a passport - If that is correct, it could explain why some of us have relatives who have a passport when there is no corresponding birth certificate

Because the Muggins family were no ordinary mortals, as you (and we!) are welll aware.

[Olde Crone]

Even today, someone whose birth does not appear to have been registered can get a passport/a state pension etc by swearing an affidavit and producing some sort of paper trail of their existence, which would include such things as being registered for rations in 1939 and appearing on various electoral rolls.

OC

[crawfie]

My OH was born abroad and his parents never registered him with the British Embassy, so he has no official british birth certificate. We have to make sure his passport is renewed promptly as it would be a nightmare to try and prove anything now.

[Uncle John]

My brother has a birth certificate issued in Nigeria (under British rule, mid-1940s - the proforma says ........ 192... so there wasn't much demand!). I last saw it many years ago adorned in Sellotape. I haven't found his name in the Overseas registers so I presume my parents never bothered. They always had a casual attitude to paperwork.

[JBee]

My grandson is hopefully to be born in Dec in the USA and his parents will have to go through the process of getting him registered and a passport issued as they hope to come home in February for a visit if all goes well.