Date of Birth

[10ClarionSt]

Can anyone help with this please? I'm trying to find a date of birth for a family friend. Her uncle died in WW2 aged 19 in 1940. She needs his birth certificate to apply for his medals. We've got the address to apply to, but we need to find his date of birth. Does anyone know a web site that would provide this?

I've tried googling a few sites but they all want payment for units etc, which seems a waste of money for one search. Any help appreciated. Thanks.

[johnlambert]

Try Ancestry.co.uk however the latest census you can view is 1901 the information contained within is only released after 100 years have elapsed. I imagine your friends uncle was born in 1921 so you may not be able to access the information,

good luck

[cooksters]

It depends on how much information you have about him.

You can go to the library and look at the St Catherines House Index. This is alist of everyone born in the uk by surname and year.It's split quarterly so should be easy to find.

If you know roughly when and which town he was born in you can look by that, it will also tell you the mothers maiden name if you know that it will help to confirm that his him.

I've been doing my Family Tree for the last year and have found it invaluable.

Good luck

[johnlambert]

cooksters,

does the StCatherines index cover Scotland?

[CheekyChops]

You don't need a date of birth to get a birth certificate from 1921.

If you find the GRO reference number (free on Ancestry, or just ask and I'll look it up) then you can send off for the cert from www.gro.gov.uk and it will cost �7.

If you don;t know the GRO reference, I think they charge �11.50. Either way you don't need the date of birth.

[kempie]

Since 1997 all records for Civil Registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales are no longer held at St. Catherine's House but rather the Family Records Centre which is is jointly run by the General Register Office (GRO) and The National Archives.

http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/


The Scottish equivalent is run by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS).

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/

[geo0939]

I was told recently, by an army colonel, that all you needed to apply for a relatives medals was his name, rank and number. I also have the address, is the one you have in Droitwich?

[geo0939]

Ah, I obviously have the old address, which they moved into in 1992. Why do they keep moving?

Cheers geo.