That's very interesting, Stan. Although there are no annotations on the certificate I have. I ordered the certificate from the GRO - I wonder if it would be worth ordering from the superintendent registrar for the appropriate district? Does anyone know if it is likely to be any different? I'd be very interested if there are annotations. I am fairly sure that this is my 2G-Grandfather, although he was registered under the name MELVIN & his name was really MILLET. Thanks for the info. Helen -----Original Message----- From: Stanmapstone@aol.com [mailto:Stanmapstone@aol.com] Sent: 06 February 2004 14:12 To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR] Washington Row? In a message dated 06/02/2004 12:57:10 GMT Standard Time, helen.aust@btinternet.com writes: > Is there any reason anyone knows of why a birth would be > registered by two registrars? The only reason I know is that there has been a correction to the original entry, in which case there should be an annotation. This annotation is part of the system of doing corrections in registers. All corrections of a minor nature occurring at the time of the entry have to be numbered, obviously to prevent someone coming along later and altering an entry. For errors discovered within a month of the entry being made then the registrar in the presence of the relevant parties, or in their absence in the presence of the Superintendent Registrar and two other credible witnesses, corrected the erroneous entry by entry in the margin, without making any alteration of the original entry, and signed the marginal entry, adding date when the correction was made. Regards Stan Mapstone ==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== This list is only as good as you make it. Please Participate and help keep it interesting! If you do not like or agree with something on the list then your options are:(1)Simply 'delete' the relevant message(s)(2)'reply to that mail off list to the sender only'(3)unsubscribe' from the list!