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 === Birth Record/Certificate  ===
-{| width="560" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="4"
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+A birth certificate records the following facts:
-| bgcolor="#E6EBE9" | '''A birth certificate records the following facts:'''
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+* Name of the child
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+*Gender
-* Name of the child<br>*Gender<br>*Date and place of birth<br>*Names of the father and mother (including the mothers maiden name)<br>*Occupation of the father <br>*Name of the informant, signature, residence, and qualification (often relationship).<br>*After 1860 the parents’ marriage date and place is also recorded.
+*Date and place of birth
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+*Names of the father and mother (including the mothers maiden name)
-| bgcolor="#E6EBE9" | '''Additional information only on a 1855 birth certificate:'''
+*Occupation of the father
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+*Name of the informant, signature, residence, and qualification (often relationship)
-| bgcolor="#F7F3B1" | *Parents’ birthplace and age<br>*Parents’ marriage date and place<br>*Number of children previously born to the mother and whether alive or dead
+*After 1860 the parents’ marriage date and place is also recorded.
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+'''Additional information only on a 1855 birth certificate:'''
-| <br>If the child was illegitimate, the record does not give the father’s name unless the father gave his permission and acknowledged the child. In that case, the child is registered under the father’s surname and the word “illegitimate” appears after the child’s name.
+*Parents’ birthplace and age
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+*Parents’ marriage date and place
+*Number of children previously born to the mother and whether alive or dead
+If the child was illegitimate, the record does not give the father’s name unless the father gave his permission and acknowledged the child. In that case, the child is registered under the father’s surname and the word “illegitimate” appears after the child’s name. The use of word "illegitimate" was ended in 1918.
 === Marriage Record/Certificate  ===