What was the maximum time to register a birth in the UK in 1911?

Question

What was the maximum time to register a birth in the UK in 1911?

Answer 1

re the failure to register - I knew a guy back in the 1980's who had not been Registered, therefore did not "exist".

I had to have a signed declaration by a Geriatrician that, in his professional opinion, this guy was over 65, to enable me to pursue a claim for a Pension and Attendance Allowance for him.

Also be aware that there are sometimes accidental and deliberate mistakes on Registration Documents - 3 in my own family.  My mother's day of birth was registered incorrectly, when my father registered his own mother's Death he is entered as her "husband", and my paternal grandparents lied through their back teeth when they married in a Register Office to cover up that it was a Bigamous union.

Answer 2

I think it is / was 6 weeks.

Answer 3

6 weeks

Answer 4

Yes six weeks. See

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/

and

http://www.gmcro.co.uk/family_history/st...

Although in Scotland it appears to be 21 days

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Havi...

Answer 5

UK answer.

The time limit to register a birth in the UK has always been 42 days (6 weeks).

Answer 6

It was/is 42 days,  , but at first there was no penalty for failing to register a birth, even in 1911 not everyone registered a birth, or even a death !

I know of quite a few non registrations of both.