Quote Originally Posted by lesleyl View Post
Is it possible that someone's birth was not registered at all?

I have been trying to find the birth registration of my great grandfather, William Mortimer GAINE. There is a record of a baptism on 21 August 1859 at Holy Trinity Church, Grays Inn, London. His date of birth is given as 11th August 1859.

Try as I might I cannot find an 'official' record. I suppose I do have all the relevant information about his birth but am curious as to why his birth was never registered.

My cousin visited the Camden Registry Office and searched the handwritten indices for the period but could find nothing.

Strange to think (in our terms now) that someone could have lived their life without a birth certificate. I wonder what problems they would have encountered?
Hello Lesley

My grandfather was William Mortimer Gaine

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