Hi Rosemary & Ian Whilst a time on a certificate is a possible indication of twins, there were some registrars who misunderstood the instructions and entered dates on all their entries in the early days This seems to have stopped after a few years of Civil registration Generally a twins registration would be on the same page or an adjacent one Checking the other entries around the one found may give an indication if that was the case here , a phone call to the local office may get help on it Most I have found to be quite helpful Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Ian > > The fact that the birth certificate of Henry James Page in May 1838 showed > the time of birth suggests that this may have been a multiple birth. > English birth certificates do not ususally show the time of birth unless > there was more than one baby. > > FreeBMD shows the birth of a Martha Page June quarter 1838 in Chertsey. Her > birth record appears on page 51. Henry J's appears on page 41. It is a > possibility they were twins. > > Worth looking into? > > Regards > Rosemary Brumfield