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Stillbirths

  • 27-11-2014 6:57pm
    #1
    Cailleachdubh
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Just wondering if anyone can help clarify the situation on finding records for a stillbirth in my family. I have very little information on it except that the baby was born in Dublin South between 1944 and 1952 and may have been male. I have no idea whether he lived for any time at all after birth or whether he was stillborn.

    In either situation, what was the procedure at that time for recording the birth or death of a stillborn baby? Would it be recorded in both birth and death records and would these be available from the GRO?

    Also, would the baby's name be put on the record or would it be surname only if he was born dead?

    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    shanew
    Registered Users Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭shanew


    I dont think stillbirths were registered until much later than this - see here

    If the child was born alive then there should be both a birth and death registration.


  • #3
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    If he was stillborn, then there won't be a state record, unless one was created retroactively. My grandmother registered the birth of her stillborn son (1960) in 1996 when they first created a register of stillborns. We have his birth cert.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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