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??Relative's birth registered twice(2 sep. surname

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Aileen

Aileen Report 8 Feb 2005 18:31

thanks everyone for taking the trouble to reply Aileenx

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 8 Feb 2005 17:56

It will probably be a single certificate, but the secondary reference is to the correction/update. That means you can search under either name. My great uncle was initially regsitered as Edwin Vincent Russell Christmas, but then that ws changed (possibly at baptism) to Edwin Cecil Russell Christmas. The revised name was put in the last column and both names are given references which are very close to one another - 124a & 125 or something like that. Christine

Speedy

Speedy Report 8 Feb 2005 17:54

That is possable, if the birth was regesterd twice by different people, they could have given the different surnames. Bev

Aileen

Aileen Report 8 Feb 2005 17:46

I believe my relative is registered twice under 2 surnames. The German family name did change from Bumb to Boom at some stage and she has shown up with references under each name that are very similar (4A 150 and 4A 150a)!!! Has anyone else had a similar situation? At first I thought they were different children as names in the family have replicated all over the show but I'm convinced they are one and the same. Would there be 2 birth certs.? Thanks Aileen x