Help?

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

I have about a billion factoid questions, and the Google-Fu is a bit spotty right now, but I need to leave something for the betae, after all. These two, however, might be easily answered:

1. Would a post-war birth certficate be marked England, Britain, or UK? I'm basically mentioning Bodie's, and LC's basic birth info should be sufficient (think that's what they did in the series).
2. Would the Bishop of Fulham normally preside at a funeral? (General info on COE funeral rites would help, too.) Could a wealthy-enough family get/convince him to perform the rites?

Comments

[anna060957.livejournal.com]

Without any actual research and only a few years working for an Archdeacon, my take on the funeral would be:

You could have the Bishop of Fulham presiding over the funeral if the dead person was really, or at least quite, important. Alternatively, if the dead person or a close member of the family knew the Bishop as a friend, he could be asked to do so. This is certainly the case with Archdeacons (I'll e-mail you about that separately). However, this would need to be in the Bishop's own clerical jurisdiction, ie, within his own See. He could, if permitted to do so by the incumbent, perform religious services, etc, in another parish. There are courtesy "rules" about clergyman taking services in parishes other than their own.

As far as the post-war birth certificate is concerned, there is no mark indicating England, Britain or UK. (I'll send something over by e-mail). The certificate is entitled: Certificate of Birth (or Certified Copy of an entry of birth) Pursuant to the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1836 to 1947. Boxes completed include: Registration District, Sub-district and County. Nowhere on either an original or copy is the country mentioned. There is a coat of arms. On a "copy" there is mention of Section 8 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874 but that refers to the namne of the child.

I would guess that the references to the Acts of Parliament is enough to show that it's a British birth certificate.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Thanks for helping out g_b!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed! :D

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Thx! just emailed back. This helps a lot; just trying to sort out what the coat of arms "represents." Can he say it proves he's a subject of the Queen? his birth's got the seal of approval of the empire? some other flippant remark he can make?

Oy, this thing's never going to be finished... :(

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

wot she said. lol

I just have my birth certificate to hand (Birmingham 1963) and it is exactly as anna060957 described.

Never knew there was a bishop of Fulham - the things you learn!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Never knew there was a bishop of Fulham - the things you learn!

LOL, until about 5 hrs ago, neither did I...