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Title: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: k8w5 on Tuesday 28 September 21 22:14 BST (UK)
I can read most of the document, it's just the section I've highlighted yellow around that I cannot make out! (I think the date of birth is 28th October 1860 too?)

Thanks for any help!

Title: Re: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: Wiggy on Tuesday 28 September 21 22:25 BST (UK)
1860
October
twentyeight
6.20pm
High Street
?  Stranr . . . .    (?Stranraer? )

Place name I can't read for sure.

Wiggy
Title: Re: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 28 September 21 22:38 BST (UK)
That's what I see Wiggy.
Carol
Title: Re: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: GR2 on Tuesday 28 September 21 23:27 BST (UK)
6 h 20 m PM
Title: Re: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: dublin1850 on Wednesday 29 September 21 07:03 BST (UK)
Often if an exact time is given, it is part of a twin birth.
Title: Re: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: GR2 on Wednesday 29 September 21 08:41 BST (UK)
Quote from: dublin1850 on Wednesday 29 September 21 07:03 BST (UK)
Often if an exact time is given, it is part of a twin birth.

In Scotland, exact times have always been given for all births.

Having said that, the times are always rounded. Nobody seems to be born or die at 4.23 a.m.
Title: Re: Please help reading this section of a birth entry!
Post by: oldfashionedgirl on Wednesday 29 September 21 09:57 BST (UK)
My sons birth certificate says 5.31am.
I remember it well or not after 3 days in labour  ;D