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Can anyone help me?

I have a birth certificate for my self, I was born in 1946 yet the birthcert states under "when registered" Third June 1962 on the authority of the Registrar General. Even in the top section states 1962 birth !!!

How do I get a copy of the "before " certificate. I think my mother did this when she and I went to the West Ham Register Office and she added a name for my father. What I want is the origib=nal cert. Any help realy important to me


Many thanks

Is it possible that your birth was never registered at the time. Where a cert says "On the authority of the Registrar", it can sometimes mean that.

Have you tried to find an entry in the index for 1946?

Your original birth certificate may have been registered in your mother's maiden name.

Have you had a look under this name to see if there is an entry?

Kath. x

It could be as someone has already said that the birth was never registered in 1946.

I was under the impression that If it was registered and then subsequently amended that the original certificate would be annotated as such on the righthand side with a reference number to look up in the Register of Corrected Entries (RCE)

regards - Tony

Hi

The system of corrected entries may only be a system used in Scotland

Brandyman, the same system applies in England and Wales as well, any amendment is annotated with a number at the side of the cert indicating the amendment register number.

Hi
I have this problem with a birth certificate. It is because the fathers name has been added or altered at a later date. You have to write to the Registrar General for the original. But don't hope for more than a letter explaining they don't seem to give a copy of the original.