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Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 27 Send Message	Johnfromwales	Report	22 Dec 2009 13:13
Member Since: October 2008 Posts: 27 Send Message	my grandmother was one of twins Mary and Elizabeth Davies i think i have found them March 1893 Swansea registered but with the same number 11a 1008.... is that the way twins are registered
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5,059 Send Message	BrianW	Report	22 Dec 2009 13:22
	11a 1008 gives the reference to a page which includes a number of people. So if they were both recorded on the same page then they will have the same reference.
	Researching: Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7,821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	22 Dec 2009 13:23
	Could be but sometimes it could be cousins who were registered at the same time.Sometimes one twin may be the last entry on a page and the other first entry on following page.
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4,275 Send Message	Madmeg	Report	22 Dec 2009 17:46
	The two births may not even be related to each other. Unfortunately I can't find a family on the census with both Mary and Elizabeth - do you know who their parents are?