Birth Certificate from early 20th Cen.

[Sandy-Wroe]

How do I use this as a start to gather information on the parents and any brothers or sisters.?.

[jackthehat]

Is it English ?
Are you a member of, or willing to become a member of, Ancestry.com ?
Using fathers name & mothers maiden name, it is possible to find out marriage details.
1901 & 1911 Censuses are available (subject to payment, etc.)online.

If you want to put the names and area up here, I'll give it a crack now, if you like ?

[craft1948]

I love the 'I'll give it a crack' Jack.......

[jackthehat]

I aim to please.............:o)

[dothawkes31]

I think sandy means she has a birth certificate that she is using to make a move to the next generation, but I am wondering if it is a short copy she has which has no parental info on at all, could be wrong but thats how the question reads.

[Sandy-Wroe]

Thank you for the offer, jackthehat, but I'd rather not post the details here.
The certificate gives the name and address of the parents. and the dob, the year was 1918.
I was wondering if the child named in the certificate had brothers or sisters and also how to find more about the parents using the one fact that I have, their address for that date.
The certificate is a Northern Irish one.

[jackthehat]

Sandy - I'm sure that Dot and Craft can point you in the right direction for the relevant records.
However, 'if' the records I needed were English, I'd use the following procedure;
1. Using the surnames of the couple, search for their marriage. This will give you a benchmark of the date from which you are looking for children;
2. Using the mother's maiden name search for other children registered, about the same time time-frame, with the father's surname - anything up to 25 years after the marriage date.The area of registration should narrow down the children of this marriage (if the names are not unusual).
3. Purchasing the birth certificates for these other children ought to confirm the address of the parents at the time of registration.

As I've said, I'm not certain what an NI birth certificate will show, how much they cost or where to get them, but the above may give you some pointers to help you on your way.

[dothawkes31]

Civil Registration started in Northern Irleand in 1864 and pretty much followed the England and Wales formar and organisation, the certified copies can be ordered online:
http://www.groni.gov....order_certificates.ht
Your problem is going to be the checking and searching of the index for birth marriage and death as I think you have to do this in person at the General Register Officejor Northern Ireland.
Your best bet is to contact the Family History Society for that particular area of NI and make contact with them, there may be someone wanting reciprical research in England or there may be a relative.
You could do a general search on ancestry or the genealogist on the off chance a distant relative is doing the same tree.

[dothawkes31]

These links may help:
http://www.proni.gov...._northern_ireland.htm

http://www.nifhs.org/

http://www.nireland.com/genealogy/

[Sandy-Wroe]

Thank you Dot + jack. I'll call into the office next week and start my search.