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Hey
Does anyone know what details a full birth certificate will contain?
I am searching for my great grandparents and hoping if i order a copy of my grandads certificate it will give me some information about them?
im new to all this so any advice would be great!
many thanks
lynsey

Child,s name, Place and DoB, Parents name and Occupations*, Mothers maiden name, also who registered it

*Unless the child was illegitimate or born out of wedlock, the fathers name isn't always on it

What were their names and when and where born, Was it before 1901??

Hi Lynsey
A full birth certificate will give the name of the child, where it was born and the date of birth. The certificate will also give the name and occupation of the father , the name and maiden name of the mother . The name and address of the informant is also given (the informant is usually the mother or father)

So in a nutshell if you order you grandad's birth certificate you will get his father's name and occupation and his mother's maiden name which should allow you to research them further

My great grandads name was william jarvis and i think he was born around 1897 but not sure, and my great nans name was margaret but unsure what year she was born
Thanks everyone that really helps me!
How much will they cost?

Oh just thought another question i had is i remember my grandad saying william Jarvis (his dad) was in The Old Contemptables, The Royal West Kents during WW1 and survived the battle of mons.
Is anyone able to look this up for me?
thanks so much

If you have the index details a cert. costs £7
http://www.gro.gov.uk
Do you have anymore details i.e where he was born or at least the area.

My grandad was born in Elham, Kent and i think all of his family were from the Kent area!
This is why i have hit a wall due to lack of information!

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com this is a free site to search -not complete yet but could be worth a look.
I have found these on Ancestry site
Name: William Henry J Jarvis
Year of Registration: 1896
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Elham
County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1014


Name: William Jesse Jarvis
Year of Registration: 1891
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Elham
County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1047
Do you have your grandads birth index to get his cert?

Possibly this could be your grandad in 1901 although states Glandford as place of birth image reads Standford (could be a mistranscription for Stanford), Stanford is in the Elham Kent registration district

William Jarvis
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Stephen
Mother's Name: Edith
Gender: Male
Where born: Glandford, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Stanford
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Elham
Sub-registration district: Hythe
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 3
Household Members: Name Age
Edith Jarvis 27 born in Wingham Kent
Emily Jarvis 1
Stephen Jarvis 38 carpenters labourer born in Graveney Kent
William Jarvis 5
Children both born in Standford
Have saved the image if you would like it pm me with your email address

Wow i think you have found him, I didnt think i knew his middle name but seeing "William Jesse Jarvis" has made it all come back to me!!!! They used to call him jess!
Thank u so very very much!
How do i get the index?

It looks to me as if Janice has found the only two with an Elham registration district.

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ will show you the transcribed entries.

If you order online from the GRO here:-http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ you need to use the Vol and Page number as Janice said.

That is the index the page and volume etc

You really need your grandfather's birth certificate so that you can find his parents' names....then you need that couple's marriage certificate to find their fathers' names.
There is this registration on the freebmd site but you have no way of knowing, at the moment, if it is the correct one.

Births Mar 1896
Jarvis William Henry J Elham 2a 1014

Gwyn

Thanks again to everyone i will order the certificate and go from there!!

Could this be the marriage then!
Name: Jesse Jarvis -- Margaret A Bell
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's Surname: Bell
District: Elham
County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 3478
You really need your grandads birth cert first to confirm the parents names ,then if this is the one a marriage cert. hopefully would give their age and fathers names.

I'm not far from Stanford.
Let me know by a direct message if you want anything checked in parish records at the library.

Gwyn

A child for Jesse and Margaret??

Births Sep 1917

Jarvis Margaret S Bell Elham 2a 1687

hey, sorry i havent replied for a while! I have now got my grandads birth certificate which says his father was William Jesse Jarvis and his mother was Margaret Ann Jarvis (previously Bell) although it doesn't give me any D.O.Bs for them!
So i have now ordered their marriage certificate which should hopefully give me more information!
Thank you very much for helping!
Lynsey x