finding a birth date

[filthiestfis]

where can I find the date of birth of someone? I know their year but not the exact date!

[filthiestfis]

but the person isnt from where i live. Im not sure where exactly the person in question was born, just that it was highly likely in london.

[shammydodger]

Indeed Dot,

�3-odd, and they're chuntering and whining about where they can get the date? Christ, I spend that in 10 minutes at my local!

[filthiestfis]

look, I dont care about the money, all I want to know is where to get it from. Whoever made up that i dont want to pay a fiver or whatever it is is a *******

[dot.hawkes]

ok, just go to this site and follow the instructions to locate the birth quarter which will give u the registars offiice.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/

[4getmenot]

Why cant you just ask them. Are you a stalker?

[scuzzball]

Good grief.

[reinganum]

Family Records Centre (main office in Myddleton St., Finsbury, as already posted) should be your main starting point. There is a link here:

http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/bmd_3.h tm#engwales

You can apply on-line.

However, for births more recent than 50 years ago you will need to provide ID. The problem is that birth certs are highly useful in identity theft or similar fraud and even if you only wanted to know the birthdate, your enquiry would, in these highly cautious times, be viewed with suspicion. Birthdates are key information for obtaining info on someone.

However assuming your enquiry is completely innocent (it's always nice to think the best of people), no-one has yet suggested that the birth might have been announced in national papers (here you would probably need The Times or the Telegraph). The Times is available in big libraries (usually on microfilm) but unfortunately the Telegraph is far more popular for birth announcements. Some big libraries may have it, otherwise it's a trip to Colindale (London NW9) for the National Newspaper Library (part of the British Library).

Local papers in London (if that's where you think the birth took place) are not so useful unless you know the part of London, since local papers are truly local, e.g. the South London Press or the Hampstead and Highgate Express.