Re: Lifeless births

Don Moody wrote:
"Richard van Schaik" <f.m.a.vanschaikREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4867de4d$0$12497$dbd4f001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

During searching and adding for dutch records (including lifeless births) I wondered why those births are so hidden in ..... England / Britain (do not know the limits in this case, never searched beyond lets say the FreeBMD area plus some Channel Island records). Every record is so in the open compared to other countries, but these lifeless births are almost impossible to get. Why?

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In any case, genealogically stillbirths do not, by definition, contribute any descendants to the family tree so what is the urge to find them?

But if just one gasp of air is enough to register (and also they don't contribute any descendants) what is the difference. (Keith gave me in private the best answer .... civil registration against clerical registration. So Napoleon again in this difference, you didn't get his visit ;-).

Richard

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