My sister was registered at birth in Swan Hill on 25th November 1930. (U.R. Beverford). Under ' Parents' the name of the father is given and in this case under "Previous Issue" is the following:- Previous issue - No previous issue. By a former marriage No issue. There was definitely no former marriage. Has anyone else ever come across such a discrepancy (or similar) on a Birth Registration certificate? Why would those words be entered - could it simply have been an error by the Registrar? Margery

Margery, I wouldn't say it was an error - It seems the Registrar was probably being super-efficient and covering all options with respect to pervious issue. In fact it would have helped me in a number of research situations if such a question had been compulsory (i.e. where the parents had previously been married or had children in another relationship). Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margery Whitham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 4:29 AM Subject: [AVNE] Birth Certificate - error! > My sister was registered at birth in Swan Hill on 25th November 1930. > (U.R. Beverford). Under ' Parents' the name of the father is given and > in this case under "Previous Issue" is the following:- > Previous issue - No previous issue. > By a former marriage No issue. > > There was definitely no former marriage. Has anyone else ever come > across such a discrepancy (or similar) on a Birth Registration > certificate? Why would those words be entered - could it simply have > been an error by the Registrar? > > Margery >