Bev, Unless there is a material mistake by the registrar, i.e. sex or a father added a registration cannot be changed or a new certificate issued. To register twice to changea forename would be illegal (though that would not neccssarily stop anybody trying). The only exception is legal adoption when the original entry is is removed from the index and becomes "secret", unless requested by the adoptee.following a the legal process. A replacement entry made with the new name and parents. Cheers Paul -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 12/11/16, B. Edmonds <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [DEV] YELLAND Stoke Damerel To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 12 November, 2016, 22:10 Anne Could the parents have decided to change the name of the baby? Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Anne Brooks" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 7:22 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [DEV] YELLAND Stoke Damerel > The GRO search for births, now including the maiden name of the mother, is > quite fascinating. I have a question regarding my latest discovery. > > I have a family of YELLANDs living in Stoke Damerel. The mother's maiden > name was DOVE. I had four children for this couple between 1848 and 1854. > One was a Fanny YELLAND, 1850 D. Quarter Stoke Damerel 09 pg 439; mother > DOVE. I was able to find all four, them all, with a mother DOVE. > > I then searched for any children born in that time frame, surname YELLAND, > mother's maiden name, DOVE. To my surprise another child came up, a Jane > YELLAND with the identical criteria as Fanny, mother DOVE, except a 2 page > difference: pg 437. > > Do I assume they were twins and the second entry just got recorded 2 pages > later ??? Why 2 pages ? I checked the original images on FreeBMD and the > pages seem to have been transcribed correctly, one 439, and one 437. As > this Jane never appeared in any censuses in the home, and I couldn't find > a death registration for her, it is rather strange. The liklihood of > another YELLAND / DOVE marriage is quite unlikely I would think. > > Any thoughts most appreciated. > Anne > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message