Genealogy Chat

Thanks Ann

Thats the one, don't know why it would have been re-registered but puzzle solved thanks.

PM

as I think someone said earlier. Elizabeth was born before her mother married and was registered in her name

Births Mar 1934 (>99%)
Taylor Elizabeth M Taylor Cardiff 11a 606

after her mother married a Tamplin in 1939 Elizabeth's birth was re-registered in his surname

With reference to the comment "I've had a look at the original entry and my relatives name is at the bottom of the page, handwritten, saying 11a D39. "

This was added in 1939 for the quarter that the birth originally took place. Sometimes there is an original entry, which is amended, otherwise it is added to the bottom of the page.

In other cases, the birth was registered the next quarter so another, possibly unamended entry can be found there.

My grandson's mum's mother, aunts and uncles were all re-registered after their mum and dad married many years after the birth of the first. One uncle has four entries altogether because of corrections.

It can be very confusing, and no two examples are exactly the same. The best way is to make a note of all the possible references you can find and take it from there.

In theory, if you order a cert using any of the references only the very last one should be issued. However if there is an entry that has not been amended / cross referenced, it is possible you could get a separate cert for that one.

Pamela, we are surely all sorry to hear of your uncles's death, but wish the new baby all the best.

Margaret