Two birth entries in the 1980s

[Stovepipe]

Does anyone know why a person might have two entries in the civil registration births index?

I found a relative's birth indexed in 1980 (3rd Quarter) and against the printed page number was a hand-written note that read M'82.

So I looked at the March 1982 page image and found the person again - the name, mother's maiden name, district and volume were exactly the same, but the page number was quite a bit lower.

Does anyone know what's going on, and what's the true reference?

Cheers,
Stovepipe

[Romilly]

Hi there,

Just a thought, - but could it be a mistake?

I found two Death Entries for my Great Grandmother, - one for 'Frances' Dyer, & one for 'Francis' Dyer.
Same person though...everything else matched.

Romilly.

[stanmapstone]

There could have been some sort of an error in the first registration.
Apparently if an informant was found to have given, say, the wrong address a new entry might be created and the old one struck through as an error. Both will appear as normal in the indexes at the GRO, but it is not permitted to issue copy certificates of entries struck through, for what ever reason, because officially such entries do not exist.
Stan

[Nadine Moore]

Stovepipe

There was another thread about this here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,144304.msg654093.html#msg654093

don't think it answers your original question but it is not uncommon.

dinie

[carol8353]

Could it be that they added or changed something eg a dad!

Or noticed that part of the name was spelt incorrectly perhaps.

I have found that in my family in the early 1900's but that was usually listed under a different surname,when the new hubby had adopted the wife's previous(illegitimate) child.

Do you see what I mean?

Carol

[Stovepipe]

Thanks for the ideas, everybody.

The two index entries are exactly alike except for the page numbers, so I suppose if a change was made it must have been to a piece of information that didn't make it to the index.  Like an address, or father's occupation.

Stovepipe