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Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 183 Send Message	Sheila	Report	6 Nov 2012 14:37
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 183 Send Message	Which year did the registration of births become compulsary please?
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	6 Nov 2012 14:47
	1875 ish
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 183 Send Message	Sheila	Report	6 Nov 2012 14:48
Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 183 Send Message	Thank you.
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 443 Send Message	Malcolm	Report	6 Nov 2012 17:43
	According to a thread on Rootschat it became "required" in 1837, (England and Wales) and most people complied. It became a punishable offence NOT to register after an act of 1874 effected in 1875. It became compulsory in Scotland in 1854.
	Researching: Robb, Purves, Rutherford, Bald - Scotland, Fife and Berwickshire.