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Birth registration question
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 31 Jul 2010 06:33 |
What you have described is not uncommon. There is only one registration. There are, however, two index entries, one for each surname, so you can look it up using either name. |
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Clare | Report | 30 Jul 2010 22:38 |
Jill, I had forgotten that when I saw my own Daughters name on the register, that she was down once with my surname, then once with her Dad's surname then again with the double-barelled surname we gave her. I wonder why it is registered like that? So I guess that confirms the child i'm looking at was illegitimate. How strange though that they should go on to marry all those years later! They were only 16/17 when the baby was born though, perhaps that made a difference somehow. They didnt appear to have any more children, maybe the experience proved too traumatic!! |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 30 Jul 2010 22:28 |
Children nowadays whose parents are not married will often show under both names ... |
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Researching: |
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Thelma | Report | 30 Jul 2010 22:17 |
If a mother registers a child on her own it will have her surname only. |
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Clare | Report | 30 Jul 2010 22:13 |
Could anyone kindly shed any light as to why someone might be registered twice at birth, once with the fathers surname (presumably!) and once with the mothers. Both have the same reference index numbers etc This was in 1927. I suspect I have found the marriage of the childs parents but 18 years later?? |