Genealogy Chat

Thankyou everyone you've all been most helpful

My mum in laws mum was not married to her dad, but was still married (to someone else) and the 2 records show her with her dads name and the surname that the mother had at the time mum in law was born. It said on the birth cert that she was formally known as ****.
It get very confusing. My sister in law is also a registrar and said this is so there is a trail for the future. Nowadays women have several babies by different dads, but by including the maiden name also on registration it makes it easier to find.

We have similar situations with one of our families.

If you order a cert, if the indexes have all been cross referenced correctly, you will always receive the most recent one, irrespective of which reference you use.

It is not only births where this can happen. My father's death has four separate index entries, because the coroner failed to register his details correctly.

Thank you, that makes sense

My dad was registered 5 times - that includes the crossed out entry!
It appears he wasn't registered at birth.
When he was adopted at 16, he was registered in 1926 (his year of birth) under his 'birth' name (my grans maiden name) and his adopted name, then in 1942 - again under his 'birth' name and adopted name.

In the case of unmarried parents as long as the father attends the register office or makes a declaration acknowledging he is the father then the entry in the register appears under both surnames asthe child is legally entittled to use either name.

Makes sense, but they never married and both registrations were made on the same day. Julie Thanks I havent looked at the registration numbers but I will!

I think she got married after the baby was born then registered again I have found the same thing in my family .It makes the child legitimate.I assumed that when I found 2 registrations.

They both are correct..my children are down the same way ( under both surnames ) cos me & their Dad ain't married...so it still happens like that now days

And if we were to marry, they will be registered again

Oh & i should add it isn't 2 different certs as the registration numbers should be the same

Hi can anyone help me? Why would a child born out of wedlock in the 1930's have her birth registered twice, once with her mothers surname & once with her fathers surmane? Which one would be her correct surname? Is this a normal occurance?