Hi Viv My uncle's birth registration in Glasgow in 1920 is also in the indexes twice, once in the RD where he was born, and once where his parents lived, not far away. I looked at both entries, of course, and they are virtually identical, both registered in Glasgow on the same date. The only difference is that the entry for the RD where the family lived, has a margin note saying 'District of birth X'. I infer that my grandfather registered the birth in one RD and details were sent to the other, but I can only guess that the birth was originally registered in the district of birth. I have found other examples of this in the 19th century, but no more recent examples, so I wonder if the rules have changed at some point, but I don't really have enough birth entries to be sure. June Willing Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 Willing/Willings One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ Willing/Willings DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Willing/ Dominicus One-Name Study http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus-2/ On 17 Jan 2015, at 00:29, Vivienne Dunstan via wrote: > Hi Alan, > >> If I recall correctly there was something (fairly recently?) on the >> forum about someone having a baby in Registration District A then >> returning with new baby back to their home in RD B and registering >> the birth there and that RD B should send the details to RD A and >> that is where the birth should show? It shouldn't but I guess due >> to human error it could then show in both RDs? > > My case is in Scotland, but my 1970s birth appears in the > computerised indexes at the General Register Office for Scotland > under both Edinburgh (where I was born) and Hawick (where my parents > lived). I think the birth was formally recognised/recorded under > Edinburgh, but was registered at Hawick. My Scottish NHS number, > which uses a combination of numeric registration district number, > year of birth, and certificate number, is derived from Hawick > registration district, not an Edinburgh one. I should probably ask > my Dad again what was going on registration-wise sometime ... > > Viv > GOONS member 2847 (Cavers) > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message