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