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Birth registrations – England and Wales

Civil registration of births in England and Wales was introduced in 1837. Please read the notes below the table and at About these records.

To search for records, use the filters at the foot of the table, either individually or in combination, some of which might be filled when the page is opened. Putting a space before or after a filter term can be of help in refining the results. Use Tab and Shift-Tab to move between the filters. It can be helpful to leave the filter for the surname blank [note 1].

These records include children whose births were not registered, but who can be identified from other information, such as a baptism record. They also include children whose name in their registration record differs from the name on their birth certificate.

Comments in square brackets are not present in the registration records.

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Note
1. As an example, Samuel Yeo and Elizabeth Courtis married at St Veep in 1829 and had seven children after civil registration began in 1837. In a search for these children, entering ‘Yeo’ in the Surname filter and ‘Courtis’ in the Mother filter will find only one – the other six were registered with the spelling Yoe.

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