Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

With thanks to Glenys, Secretary of Leigh Group

The 'rough' order of priority of who can register a death are as follows:
1. Relative (usually one present at the death)
2. Person present at the death
3. 'Occupier' of the place where the death occupied (sometimes Workhouse Matron or Administration of Hospital or Care Home)
4. Person organising the funeral (not the undertaker but the person instructing the undertaker)


A doctor who attended the person during their last illness would not register the death.

If the death is reported to the Coroner and an inquest is held - no one actually signs the register. The Coroner sends a Certificate to the Registrar who then enters the details in the register.
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The informants order of priority for a Birth Certificate is slightly different.

1. Mother
2. Father (if married to the mother)
3. Mother and Father (if father's details are to be included and the parents are not married)
4. Person present at the birth - if neither of above able to register
5. Person who found child
6. Person in charge of child - again if parents not available.


The last three cases are very unusual cases.

Does the couple need to present a marriage certificate when registering the childs birth if they are to include the father on it?

It doesn't appear so, just the question is asked.

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Community_a ... /index.asp

No, no certificates are asked for. The questions asked to the couple or if one parent only attends to that parent. "Are you the parents?" Are you married to each other".

Only one parent signs the register when they are married but that parent is signing a legal document giving the information as true. If they are not married and say they are, they have committed perjury.

The actual legal standing is if the parents were married to each other at the time of conception. They may have divorced afterwards or one of them may have died.

Both parents have to be present to include the father's details if they are not married and they both sign.