Exact time of birth of myself and my brother. I was born in a
Liverpool hospital on December 9th 1936, I am female named Leonie Anne
and my mother's name was Monica Murphy,  father's name was Leo Murphy.
Also that of my brother Brendan born December 20th 1942 in Highfield
Hospital Wallasey, Cheshire.

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Clarification of Question by portuguesepal-ga on 28 Nov 2004 00:44 PST

I was borm in Liverpool Maternity Hospital and need to know if
archives exist for pre-war births, I do not know how to go about this.
Thank you for your interest.

Hi!

Sorry but you are most probably out of luck.

Here in the UK, the exact time of birth is not publicly recorded,
except in the case of multiple births when the time are recorded on
their birth certificates.

It has been known for children to discover that they were part of a
set by this method in cases where the other sibling(s) died shortly
after birth or were 'put out' (awfull phrase) for adoption.

It is of course possible that the hospitals may have had some records
but I doubt if they will have survived.

All the Best

Bryan

As mentioned by probonopublico-ga "the hospitals may have had some records".

The following documents of "Highfield Maternity Hospital, Wallasey,
Cheshire" have survived:
Scope 1938-78: admission and birth registers, case notes and other records 
Repository Wirral Archives 
Record Reference A/HH/240-45  
NRA catalogue reference NRA 28890 Wallasey Maternity 
http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/sidocs.asp?SIR=O91647

"Contact Details" and "Access information" for Wirral Archives as mentioned here:
http://www.archon.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=140

and here:
http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/new_page_2.htm

Does your birth certificate tell you in which Liverpool hospital you were born?

Leaflet referring to "Hospital Records" held by the Liverpool Record Office:
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/leaflets/hospital.html
or
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/leaflets/RO_leaflet_18.pdf

among them: Liverpool Maternity Hospital (ref: 614 MAT).

You can find out more about "ref: 614 MAT" by going to
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/catalogue.html

Click on "Search the Online Catalogue" and enter "614 MAT" as search
term (field "RefNo").
On page 8 of 10 (results) you should find "Records of the Liverpool
Maternity Hospital, 1826-1995". Clicking on the number (79) will
result in a detailed description of these records.
"Birth registers, 36 vols., 1951-1987" are not the ones you are
looking for. However, 1936 registers may be elsewhere in this
collection.

You could ask the "Historical Research Service" how to proceed:
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/researchservice.html

"Contact Details" and "Access information" for Liverpool Record Office
are mentioned here:
http://www.archon.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=138

and here:
http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/contact.html