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Posted by gnatalee (U1758936) on Saturday, 30th July 2005
Hi everyone, hope someone can help with this. I have my g.grandfather's birth certificate and in the left-hand margin is a note which looks like "Two ....." the "...." bit looks as though it could be initials. I thought perhaps that he could have been a twin but can find no other child with the surname on that section of the register. Also, if there was a twin who died or was stillborn, how would I find this out?
Thanks in anticipation of your help!
I've got a book and it shows a copy of a birth certificate in 1877 with the time each twin was born under column "where and when born" as well as date and address. They each have their own birth certificate. Can't help with any other info. I'm afraid !
Hi
Thanks for your help, it gives me a better idea of where I'm working, or where and what I should be looking for. That was a very speedy reply - Ta!
Is your ancestor born in Scotland. If so the note in the margin could be a reference to the Register of Corrected Entries.
In Scotland Birth, Death and Marriage entries are not altered after creation. Any amendments necessary are made in a distinct Register of Corrected Entries. When future copies are made the original and the Corrected entries information is amalgamted.
Hi.
Thanks for your reply. The relative wasn't born in Scotland, he was born in Derbyshire. Thanks for your help anyway.
have you tried ringing the GRO at Southport and asking them? They have a section which deals with birth certificate enquiries, and they are extremely helpful. Just give then a call. They'll be able to explain.
Hi, thanks for the advice. Didn't think it was possible to ask for a translation but will give it a go.
Thanks.
I have several certificates (English not Scottish) with just the kind of markings you describe. In every case it is where a mistake has been made during the writing of the certificate, then corrected. The correction is numbered, and written up in a separate register, presumably. The initials you see are those of the registrar who signed the certificate. On one of my certs., the age of a bride had to be corrected, on another a mother's maiden surname had been entered instead of her married name, then corrected.
Hi,
Thanks for your help - this sounds likely, especially since you've come across this before (and I haven't!). I'm going to phone GRO and see what they come up with and when I find anything out I'll re-post.
Once again, thanks to all.
If there were twins then the time of birth would be entered (I have twins on my mothers fathers family which caused some confusion when I was digging round)
As to the notes in the margin, it is quite possible that they were made years after the birth was registered. I have a marriage cert with notes in the margins that were made by clerks in the Infantry Offices when my G-Grandfather got married. He had to submit his cert to them and they made notes in the margins, so it is possible that soemthing similar may have happened to this cert (of course, if you say that this is a copy then that theory is blown out of the water)
All the best
Rich
it could be that the mark in the margin refers to an entry in the adopted childrens register. e.g. Sue Bloggs born 01011900. (Margin mark, see adopted etc) Sue Soap born 01011900. etc. I have one of my own, and it's great fun when asked to produce yor birth certificate to say(with a straight face) "Which one". BigPaula
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