Hi All, After a visit to my parents' home, I have access to the original documents I have previously only had access to, and ones I have not seen before. One is an original 1914 birth certificate, of a type have not seen in real life its this type, although this is not mine: http://www.mike-allen.org.uk/alf/bcert.htm However on closer inspection it has official stamps on the back. at what would be about 7 months of age, and 18 months of age, and one at some point between 9 and 21 months, (I can only make out the year.) The ink stamps are oval in nature, and have the day in DD/MMM/YYYY format with some writing round the outside. Might be "official <???> District" or "office <????> durham" One inkstamp to on the back I could understand, but three over two years? Any of the wise owls on this list have any ideas? Ta Jack