Good evening I have a poser I hope someone may be able to answer I have a birth certificate for James Michael LEE birth date 1937 mother Winifred Gertrude (nee) Hughes on the bottom is written “Birth re-registered on the Authority of the Registrar General on the 6th December 1947 at Entry no 399 G.N. 20 (this copy was dated 3 Deb 2006) The 1947 Copy has mother as Winifred Gertrude LEE under maiden surname of mother I have not come such a re-registration before. Has anyone any idea as to why this should happen? Peter

I guess the original registrar made a mistake over the mother's names, or maybe mum fibbed in the first place and told the truth later? In Scotland, they have a Register of Corrected Entries, and corrections of all sorts were (probably still are) common there. Celia Renshaw in Sheffield UK Blog: www.morgansite.wordpress.com On 6 July 2018 at 20:40, Peter Patilla via DERBYSGEN <derbysgen@rootsweb.com > wrote: > Good evening > I have a poser I hope someone may be able to answer > > I have a birth certificate for James Michael LEE birth date 1937 mother > Winifred Gertrude (nee) Hughes > > on the bottom is written “Birth re-registered on the Authority of the > Registrar General on the 6th December 1947 at Entry no 399 G.N. 20 (this > copy was dated 3 Deb 2006) > > The 1947 Copy has mother as Winifred Gertrude LEE under maiden surname of > mother > > I have not come such a re-registration before. Has anyone any idea as to > why this should happen? > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb. > com/listindexes/search/derbysgen/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

I used to wonder about this, but then one day my wife's uncle showed up at our doorstep and asked where he was born. His family told him he was born in Oregon, but I found his birth certificate in Oklahoma! Had his parent's name on it, so I was sure it was his. Then I found that my stepfather was born a day later than the date he had been celebrating for 65 years. I can only guess that his family thought "Oh, he was born on the night of XXX", when, in fact, it was near mid-morning on the next day. Given the nature of Human Error, I would not be surprised to find duplicate registrations. Lou Mills On 6 July 2018 at 20:40, Peter Patilla via DERBYSGEN <derbysgen@rootsweb.com > wrote: > Good evening > I have a poser I hope someone may be able to answer > > I have a birth certificate for James Michael LEE birth date 1937 mother > Winifred Gertrude (nee) Hughes > > on the bottom is written “Birth re-registered on the Authority of the > Registrar General on the 6th December 1947 at Entry no 399 G.N. 20 (this > copy was dated 3 Deb 2006) > > The 1947 Copy has mother as Winifred Gertrude LEE under maiden surname of > mother > -snip-

Hi Peter Where there was an error or omission in the original Such as a missing or wrong fathers name, there would be a new or changed registration Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 06/07/2018 20:40, Peter Patilla via DERBYSGEN wrote: > Good evening > I have a poser I hope someone may be able to answer > > I have a birth certificate for James Michael LEE birth date 1937 mother Winifred Gertrude (nee) Hughes > > on the bottom is written “Birth re-registered on the Authority of the Registrar General on the 6th December 1947 at Entry no 399 G.N. 20 (this copy was dated 3 Deb 2006) > > The 1947 Copy has mother as Winifred Gertrude LEE under maiden surname of mother > > I have not come such a re-registration before. Has anyone any idea as to why this should happen? > Peter