In a message dated 09/02/2007 23:55:28 GMT Standard Time, doubro@tpg.com.au writes: Secondly, is there a possibility that Mary could have been a daughter in law or were the authorities any stricter and more exact in the recording of these details in the 1920's. ____________________________________________________________ The Registrar can only enter what the informant told him. But, saying that, from the 1836 Act. XLI. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall wilfully make or cause to be made, for the Purpose of being inserted in any Register of Birth, Death, or Marriage, any false Statement touching any of the Particulars herein required to be known and registered, shall be subject to the same Pains and Penalties as if he were guilty of Perjury. Regards Stan Mapstone