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When I had the occasion to give information in person to the local registrar I was informed that if I wanted to change anything I had to do it quickly before the volume was completed and a new volume opened up. otherwise I'd have to pay for the Registrar having to search for the original volume entry. Maybe our ancestors knew about some errors but hadn't noticed until much later when they knew they'd have to pay to have changes made.
Last week, I posted a photo online of some old pals. I wasn't certain how to spell one person's surname, was it Rege----" or "Regi----"? So turned to the Yorkshire bmd website. Surprisingly there was no sign of his marriage or birth. I then turned to the freebmd website and thankfully the pal's name was listed where it should be and it was "Rege----" .
The Yorkshire bmd site had translated the surname as ROCHESTER . When on earth does an "eg" look like "och"?
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