Tracing Still Born

[pumpkin60]

both my parents sadly passed away in the last 3 months and they were convinced that the still born baby boy they had in the 1960s was buried somewhere in the love lane cemetery in faversham they even had a memorial tree planted there but whilst seeking permission the scatter there ashes there with my younger brothers remains it transpires that there is no record of him anywhere according to the local council alhtough at the time it would have been faversham council it is now swale council now i do not know wether you would register the sad event as a birth ,death or what ,my mum never got to hold the baby or see it and as it was a home birth there is no hospital record so any ideas .
i do know that the practise of the day was to put a babies body in with that of a deceased person but any ideas how i may find out it has been a very very hard few months and all i wish to do is fulfil my parents last wishes

[bookbinder]

If a child lives for at least one hour, it is likely that a birth and a death certificate would have been issued. If the child did not live for longer, there would probably be no record. Try signing up to a family research website and starting from there.

[Old_Geezer]

I wish you the best of luck but without a record of some kind it looks a difficult task. You may need to scatter throughout the cemetery as the nearest you can get to fulfilling their wishes.

[Old_Geezer]

Just to say I had a similar search a while back and a certificate did exist, so worth pursuing that one.

[bednobs]

do you know the date your brother was born?
this is the advice re tracing a grave from the forum:
contact the local council cemetery and crematoria department for the area where the baby died or was stillborn. A register is maintained here. The head of this department is usually called the Superintendent Registrar.

The public are legally permitted to inspect burial registers, but do not have an automatic right to personally inspect cremation registers. However, a search can be made on your behalf if the following information is provided:
• the baby’s surname, and
• the date of death or stillbirth

[bednobs]

or try here for help:
http://www.brieflives-remembered.co.uk/page_2555949.html

[EDDIE51]

If the child was 'still Born', back in the 1960's it was not registered either as a birth or a death. Sorry, but there will be no record, as officially the person never existed. Things are different now thankfully, but we are talking of nearly 60 years ago.
This is not the first time this type of question has come up on AB , it's hard now to understand how it was, but it is true, sorry again.