The Secret Registrar
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Births, Deaths, Marriages, Tears, Drama.
Repeat daily.
Repeat daily.
A baby called Harriet. Such a lovely change from Bambi and Teddy 😁
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A baby called Harriet. Such a lovely change from Bambi and Teddy 😁
Oh to have such a picturesque Autumnal wedding.
The reality is somewhat different 😆
The reality is somewhat different 😆
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
The delicacy and detail here
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Oh to have such a picturesque Autumnal wedding.
The reality is somewhat different 😆
The reality is somewhat different 😆
I wish everyone could die peacefully in their sleep aged 101, knowing they had loved and were loved, surrounded by their family, having lived a long and happy life.
a man in a blue shirt is saying live long and prosper .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is saying live long and prosper .
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I wish everyone could die peacefully in their sleep aged 101, knowing they had loved and were loved, surrounded by their family, having lived a long and happy life.
Seriously, please stop calling twins the same first name. Just stop.
Yet again today.
Yet again today.
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Seriously, please stop calling twins the same first name. Just stop.
Yet again today.
Yet again today.
Child death registrations are so painful 😥 I have to hold it together and concentrate very hard on making sure it’s accurate, while exuding empathy and kindness.
I sit exhausted after every one.
I sit exhausted after every one.
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Child death registrations are so painful 😥 I have to hold it together and concentrate very hard on making sure it’s accurate, while exuding empathy and kindness.
I sit exhausted after every one.
I sit exhausted after every one.
Age 106.
Apparently, she slept well, lived well and prayed hard.
I love when it’s clearly been a beautiful life well lived 😁
Apparently, she slept well, lived well and prayed hard.
I love when it’s clearly been a beautiful life well lived 😁
Sister Jean Delores Schmidt, a fixture at Loyola Chicago men's basketball games, became a celebrity during the Ramblers' 2018 Final Four run.
Sister Jean, Loyola Chicago’s beloved basketball chaplain and NCAA tourney icon, dies at 106
Sister Jean Delores Schmidt, a fixture at Loyola Chicago men's basketball games, became a celebrity during the Ramblers' 2018 Final Four run.
www.oregonlive.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Age 106.
Apparently, she slept well, lived well and prayed hard.
I love when it’s clearly been a beautiful life well lived 😁
Apparently, she slept well, lived well and prayed hard.
I love when it’s clearly been a beautiful life well lived 😁
Registering stillbirths and infant deaths is the hardest part of my job.
Anything that makes this less frequent just needs to happen…
apple.news/AGDt-ZAOQTD-...
Anything that makes this less frequent just needs to happen…
apple.news/AGDt-ZAOQTD-...
More infant deaths linked to cousin marriage than substance abuse — The Telegraph
Data analysis reveals 73 fatalities linked to close relative union, with only 27 related to substance misuse in pregnancy
apple.news
October 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Registering stillbirths and infant deaths is the hardest part of my job.
Anything that makes this less frequent just needs to happen…
apple.news/AGDt-ZAOQTD-...
Anything that makes this less frequent just needs to happen…
apple.news/AGDt-ZAOQTD-...
I’ll give you a great name for a simple glass of nice Malbec 🍷
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’ll give you a great name for a simple glass of nice Malbec 🍷
Twins with the same first name… I can’t say no, but it’s really tough to say anything positive about it 😆
It’s going to cause those children a world of problems.
It’s going to cause those children a world of problems.
October 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Twins with the same first name… I can’t say no, but it’s really tough to say anything positive about it 😆
It’s going to cause those children a world of problems.
It’s going to cause those children a world of problems.
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Some baby names may be trendy one day, but you need to take a step back and ask are people going to know the backstory to Arya, Kylie, Shakira etc
Other names may not be so “cool” now but they have a timeless quality that will never age, as I tried to explain to my son Rumpelstiltskin.
Other names may not be so “cool” now but they have a timeless quality that will never age, as I tried to explain to my son Rumpelstiltskin.
August 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Some baby names may be trendy one day, but you need to take a step back and ask are people going to know the backstory to Arya, Kylie, Shakira etc
Other names may not be so “cool” now but they have a timeless quality that will never age, as I tried to explain to my son Rumpelstiltskin.
Other names may not be so “cool” now but they have a timeless quality that will never age, as I tried to explain to my son Rumpelstiltskin.
It’s been a day of weddings! Seven to be precise.
One after the other….
But each one special and had my complete focus to make it perfect.
To conduct marriages is such a pleasure and a privilege.
And I’m smiling knowing that there’s all these weddings parties just getting going this evening 😆
One after the other….
But each one special and had my complete focus to make it perfect.
To conduct marriages is such a pleasure and a privilege.
And I’m smiling knowing that there’s all these weddings parties just getting going this evening 😆
a man in a tuxedo stands next to a bride in a white dress
ALT: a man in a tuxedo stands next to a bride in a white dress
media.tenor.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It’s been a day of weddings! Seven to be precise.
One after the other….
But each one special and had my complete focus to make it perfect.
To conduct marriages is such a pleasure and a privilege.
And I’m smiling knowing that there’s all these weddings parties just getting going this evening 😆
One after the other….
But each one special and had my complete focus to make it perfect.
To conduct marriages is such a pleasure and a privilege.
And I’m smiling knowing that there’s all these weddings parties just getting going this evening 😆
The youngest person I registered the death of today was heartbreakingly just two hours old. The oldest person I registered the death of today was gloriously 105.
August 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The youngest person I registered the death of today was heartbreakingly just two hours old. The oldest person I registered the death of today was gloriously 105.
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And it's a fundamental misunderstanding of how statistics work.
2 Muslim parents name their baby Muhammed. 1000 "non Muslim" parents give their baby 1000 different names. Most popular name is Muhammed. What does that prove?
2 Muslim parents name their baby Muhammed. 1000 "non Muslim" parents give their baby 1000 different names. Most popular name is Muhammed. What does that prove?
July 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And it's a fundamental misunderstanding of how statistics work.
2 Muslim parents name their baby Muhammed. 1000 "non Muslim" parents give their baby 1000 different names. Most popular name is Muhammed. What does that prove?
2 Muslim parents name their baby Muhammed. 1000 "non Muslim" parents give their baby 1000 different names. Most popular name is Muhammed. What does that prove?
Sylvia/Sylvie. It’s not as unique as the parents think. I registered three in a row yesterday 🤦🏻♀️
#babynames
#babynames
August 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Sylvia/Sylvie. It’s not as unique as the parents think. I registered three in a row yesterday 🤦🏻♀️
#babynames
#babynames
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Who we are on the inside is not always how we are viewed on the outside.
#poetry #Alzheimers #dementia
#poetry #Alzheimers #dementia
July 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Who we are on the inside is not always how we are viewed on the outside.
#poetry #Alzheimers #dementia
#poetry #Alzheimers #dementia
It is tough when your day registering deaths has someone who has lived (well) over 100 years, and someone who has lived only one hour.
A day of extremes. A day to ponder the meaning of life. A day to be both professional and kind.
A day of extremes. A day to ponder the meaning of life. A day to be both professional and kind.
July 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It is tough when your day registering deaths has someone who has lived (well) over 100 years, and someone who has lived only one hour.
A day of extremes. A day to ponder the meaning of life. A day to be both professional and kind.
A day of extremes. A day to ponder the meaning of life. A day to be both professional and kind.
For the second time recently, I registered twins with the exact same first name.
I advised against it and it probably will cause issues… but the parent was insistent 🤦🏻♀️
I advised against it and it probably will cause issues… but the parent was insistent 🤦🏻♀️
two cartoon characters standing next to each other with the words " we twins " on the bottom
ALT: two cartoon characters standing next to each other with the words " we twins " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For the second time recently, I registered twins with the exact same first name.
I advised against it and it probably will cause issues… but the parent was insistent 🤦🏻♀️
I advised against it and it probably will cause issues… but the parent was insistent 🤦🏻♀️
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A reminder that, under the terms of the 1696 'Act for the enforcing the Laws which restrain Marriages without Licence or Banns, and for the better registring Marriages, Births, and Burials', the births of all children were supposed to be registered, whether the child was baptised or not...
![Entry in the parish register of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire (1714):
Jane D[aughte]r of John Jennings a Dissenting teacher
Born Octob: 1 & so named by her Father](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fje5wwjffepvxog772kaptxp/bafkreia3usvco4u2rx5xg7kxwepyv2uwincmpcjm6bavzt5cwdfumlifza@jpeg)
March 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A reminder that, under the terms of the 1696 'Act for the enforcing the Laws which restrain Marriages without Licence or Banns, and for the better registring Marriages, Births, and Burials', the births of all children were supposed to be registered, whether the child was baptised or not...
This is the stuff I live for 😁
I’ve only had one bigamist myself, but it’s good to spot them!
I’ve only had one bigamist myself, but it’s good to spot them!
From the parish register of Melsonby, Yorkshire (North Riding), 1804. The banns of marriage between John Brown and Isabella Kitchen were read twice before the Rector, Samuel Swire, began to have misgivings about it, suspecting that Isabella's husband was still alive...
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April 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is the stuff I live for 😁
I’ve only had one bigamist myself, but it’s good to spot them!
I’ve only had one bigamist myself, but it’s good to spot them!
“We want to be unique.”
However there are now more baby Issacs I have registered than baby Isaacs.
Why won’t the parents believe me when I gently mention it’s not the usual spelling and may be mispronounced? 😂
However there are now more baby Issacs I have registered than baby Isaacs.
Why won’t the parents believe me when I gently mention it’s not the usual spelling and may be mispronounced? 😂
March 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“We want to be unique.”
However there are now more baby Issacs I have registered than baby Isaacs.
Why won’t the parents believe me when I gently mention it’s not the usual spelling and may be mispronounced? 😂
However there are now more baby Issacs I have registered than baby Isaacs.
Why won’t the parents believe me when I gently mention it’s not the usual spelling and may be mispronounced? 😂
The last sentence is particularly heartbreaking as it means the message is just not getting through. Some still births and baby deaths are utterly preventable:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cousin marriage: The new evidence about children's ill health
A major study has found first cousin-parentage may have wider consequences than previously thought.
www.bbc.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The last sentence is particularly heartbreaking as it means the message is just not getting through. Some still births and baby deaths are utterly preventable:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I think it’s the mark of democracy that we can name our children what we wish (unless it would cause universal disgust! In which case we can refuse).
Some choices may be daft… but what would registrars lives be like if we didn’t have daft baby names to laugh over?
Some choices may be daft… but what would registrars lives be like if we didn’t have daft baby names to laugh over?
Proposed names for newborn babies should be judged by a jury panel. A newborn's parent should be required to submit five names to the jury in order of preference. The jury will decide if the names are suitable to be given to the baby or just plain fucking stupid/spelled wrong.
December 1, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I think it’s the mark of democracy that we can name our children what we wish (unless it would cause universal disgust! In which case we can refuse).
Some choices may be daft… but what would registrars lives be like if we didn’t have daft baby names to laugh over?
Some choices may be daft… but what would registrars lives be like if we didn’t have daft baby names to laugh over?