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incorrect birth certificate details
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Geoff | Report | 20 Aug 2004 18:54 |
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A friend of mine was intended (by his parents) to be called John Leslie Ernest but he was registered by his uncle as Leslie Ernest John. |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 20 Aug 2004 18:08 |
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Sarah, I've had the same problem, too. On my maternal Grandfather's birth certificate, my Great-Gran, his mother Harriet Leary, registered the birth. The name given as Grandad's father is James William Leary, yet my Great-Grandad was James Cornelius Leary! I now know that my Great-Great-Grandad was James William; presumably Great-Gran got confused. As I've now become confused myself, are there any distant relatives Out There who could clarify things?! Thanks for reading this! Here endeth today's whinge. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 19 Aug 2004 23:47 |
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Do you mean first names or surnames? I have had problems with both types. Have you tracked the parents marriage, where witnesses support that you have the right couple? Are there certificates of siblings of the child in question? These may give the answer you need. What about baptism entries in parish records. I do sympathise. One mum in our family chopped and changed names between her 1st and 2nd given names and just sometimes went by both, - in any order. Another mum has an entirely different maiden name on one child's certificate, from the expected one., her illiterate husband registered that birth so I shall never know why that was recorded. |
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Twinkle | Report | 18 Aug 2004 23:10 |
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Check who registered the birth. Quite often it is the mother, so she is unlikely to get her own name wrong. I take it you do not mean transcription or mishearing errors, but that the names are wildly different? On the other hand it could be that you have the wrong certificate. No matter how unusual you think a name is, I guarantee that someone else has it too. Sods Law means that they were born, married and buried the same year your identically-named rellie was. |
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Unknown | Report | 18 Aug 2004 22:04 |
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Sarah What makes you think the details are incorrect? Nell |
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Sarah | Report | 18 Aug 2004 21:41 |
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does anyone know how you would go about tracing a persons ancestry if it is thought that birth certificate details are wrong. i.e Mother/fathers names incorrect? Are there any other records that can be looked at? |
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