I'm trying to find out if both parents had to be present at the registration of a birth in the 1920s, or if one parent could do the registration on their own. The applicable law at the time was the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874. This states:
published by daveerasmus on Sat, 24/02/2018 - 20:04
One of my 6xgreat grandfathers was Harry BATT. He was the father of James BATT who was christened at Yatton on 27 July 1740. The mother was Mary.
There is a transcript of a marriage of Harry BALL and Mary JONES on this site in Yatton on 6 June 1738, but I think this might be an error. I have had a look at an image of the Parish Register on Ancestry and I'm pretty sure that the surname is BATT, not BALL. Could this be checked, please?
Christopher Sadberie, parson of Weston Super Mare married at Banwell 18 Sep 1634. His wife Judith's surname is a little unclear on the image on Ancestry. They have indexed it as Keene but it looks more like sie at the end to me and I was wondering what the Society think it is please?
