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Giving birth to twins or more. It's important to understand your birth options if you're expecting more than 1 baby. Twins and triplets are more likely to be born early and need special care after birth than single babies. Your birth choices with twins.
- Track down a forebear’s birth
- How to find an index reference
- Guide to birth certificates
Birth certificates are the foundation of any family historian’s research into an individual. They will help take you back to the next generation, providing the father’s name and occupation as well as, importantly, the mother’s maiden name. These details will allow you to locate a marriage for the parents with a greater degree of certainty.
The General Register Office (GRO) in Southport holds comprehensive records of all births recorded in England and Wales from 1837 onwards as well as records for some British Nationals born overseas.
The historical birth indexes for England and Wales (those over 100 years old) are available to search free of charge via the GRO certificate online ordering service on GOV.UK. The index is searchable, for which you will need to type in certain information. Additional functionality includes phonetic/soundex searching. Also, the mother’s maiden name is shown in the online index where available.
Birth indexes are also available to search on FreeBMD. This free-to-use website has an almost complete transcription of the indexes for England and Wales from 1837 to 1983. You can also search the indexes for a fee using commercial websites.
The indexes are also available to view in microfiche format at certain libraries (see our leaflet ‘Discover your family history’).
Once you have found the right birth record in the indexes you will need to make a note of the following:
•full name of the person on the certificate
•year and quarter in which the birth was registered
1. Date and place of birth
The later the date of birth, the more likely a full address will appear. A time of birth may indicate the child is a twin, triplet, etc.
2. Name
The forename(s) given to the child at birth. A line through this column means no name was given at the time of registration.
3. Father’s name
The absence of a name here may indicate that the parents were not married to each other at the time of the birth.
Guide to. Birth certificates. Find the documentation for your ancestor’s birth and you will have the information you need to leapfrog back another generation. Track down a forebear’s birth....
Sep 4, 2019 · This guideline updates and replaces multiple pregnancy: antenatal care for twin and triplet pregnancies (NICE guideline CG129, September 2011). It also updates recommendations on multiple pregnancy in section 1.2.2 of NICE’s guideline on caesarean section (CG132).
Read more about the different types of twins on the Twins Trust website. More detailed information on DNA testing and how to find out whether twins or triplets are identical is available on the Multiple Births Foundation website.
Order an official birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate from the General Register Office (GRO) if you need a copy or want to research your family tree.
Women with multiple pregnancies should be offered an ultrasound scan at around 11 to 14 weeks. It's important to attend this appointment. This is the best time to find out what type of placenta and membranes your twins have (chorionicity) and check your dates.
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