when you apply for birth record from 1800's does it have the name of the parents on it. bebberbe (beverley)

Hi Beverley,
I've moved this query of yours to here, the "Share and Discuss" Board.
In answer to your query.....

Birth Certificates from July 1837, for England and Wales,
normally include........

the date of birth, the address/place of birth,
child's name, boy or girl, parents' names & occupations, (or usually - Father's occupation, if not Mother's); and the Name of the person who registered the birth.

Civil Registration in England and Wales began in July 1837, and so the first quarter year of General Registry Office indexing (GRO Indexes) was September quarter 1837 (for July to September).

There are instances where registered births have been omitted from the indexes. So if you know a date of birth, but can't find it in the GRO indexes, you can contact either the GRO or the Local Registry Office (ie: for the District in which the birth was registered, if you know it) - and if the birth was definitely registered, they should be able to trace it.

This also applies to England & Wales marriages and deaths from July 1837..........

If you can find the entry in the GRO indexes, this will confirm the
Quarter Year and the District of registration, and gives a
GRO reference number (Volume No + page No).

If you apply to the General Registry Office for a copy of the birth certificate, be sure to quote all the details, including the GRO reference number.

If you apply to the Local Registry Office of the District in which the event was registered, give as much information as you can. The Local Registry Offices have their own indexing systems, and so the GRO reference is not usually of much help to them. (But even so, no harm in giving that to them too - as it does confirm that you have found the registration definitely occurred in their District).

Prior to July 1837, the nearest possible evidence of birth details can usually only be found through the Baptisms Registers of the Church at which the child was Christened.

Scotland and Ireland are different than the England and Wales system outlined above. Scotland and Ireland have separate General Registry Offices.

I hope that's helpful Beverley, but I'll return to this Topic later, or over this weekend and add the Websites Links for the General Registry Office of England and Wales, and also those for Scotland and Ireland.

thank you carole for all the work you've done for me ---beverley

carole. Just read this post and according to this I will probably never find the b day of my William H Smith. born Dec 1835. Since his dob was before the civil registration came about. this makes me :ck-sad:
hope all is well with you and all you Smith researchers.

Hiya Bev
NO - don't be sad and don't give up!!
Replied to you here.............
William H.Smith b.c1836 England/to America c1842