In my family history research into ancestors of the marriage of George W Buck and Annie E Wightman, both of Kendal, I have come across an apparent anomoly in the GRO Birth Indexes - see below - Births Jun 1914 BUCK George A B Wightman Kendal 10b 1501 BUCK John W B Wightman Kendal 10b 1501 Births Mar 1933 BUCK George A Wightman Kendal 10b 1018 BUCK John W Wightman Kendal 10b 1018 It looks to me as if the original twin births from 1914 have, for some unknown reason, been re-registered again in 1933. Does anybody have any idea as to why these births would have been re-registered some 19 years later ? Derek.

Hello Derek: I don't know for sure, but could it have possibly been that the first register of the birth could not be found; perhaps the page had not been included for some reason; if someone was going to get married or some other earth-shaking event, they would need to produce proof of birth. This happened to me recently while investigating my father's background in Canada. A note on the Birth registration stated that "mother has updated the information", and it was around the time that the ancestor married. Just a guess on my part ! Barb, Ontario, Canada.