Two out of Three Ain't Bad

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Woo Hoo! In my last blog, I said I was looking for John Platt's birthcertificate, his parent's marriage certificate and his mother's maiden name. Well, I got two out of three within several days of posting, and am absolutely thrilled.

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The above is John Platt's birth certificate, and as an added bonus, it lists his mother's maiden name as Stocks! I ordered it from the General Register Office (GRO) online, and received it within a week! I tested ordering this online vs. the traditional mail in a request, and the latter took over a month. The link for the GRO is http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ You can also Google "GRO Ordering" and it pops right up.

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Transcription of the birth certificate with the printed form in regular type, input information in bold, and handwritten info in italic:

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Banner across top:

on left: Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth

on right: Given at the General Register Office, Application Number COL030859

Top Box:

Registration District Belper

1838 Birth in the Sub-district of Wirksworth in the Country of Derby

Middle Box:

No. 273

When and Where Born: Eighth of December 1838 at Holloway

Name: John

Sex: Male

Name and Surname of Father: Josiah Platts

Name, Surname and maiden surname of Mother: Martha Platts formerly Stocks

Occupation of father: Book Keeper

Signature, description and residence of informant: X The mark of Martha Platts, mother, Holloway

When Registered: Twenty second of December 1838

Signature of Registrar: Marcellus Peale, Registrar

Name entered after registration: [lined through]

Below middle box:

Certified to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Births in the District above mentioned. Given at the General Register Office, under the Seal of the said Office, the 16th day of March 2007.

Again, I will not be transcribing the small print at the bottom of the form.