I have just looked at a birth for 1968 name Mary Smith (not real name) it gave Christian name and mothers surname which was also Smith (no husband, I knew she was not married at that time) then the volume and page number The page number was lightly crossed thru and another longer num written at the side of it in a different hand and pen For curiosity I looked at another name John Jones, where the mothers maiden is also Jones the same as the childs and it was also crossed thru and another number written there, also different pen and writing Checked again another name for a third time, same thing ditto Does anyone please know why this should be? Could it mean the child was later adopted? Marianne

This indicates that a second birth registration was made for this child at a later date. This may have indicated adoption, or may have indicated re-registration in presence of the father to add father's name, or re-registration in father's name if the couple subsequently married. It might even have been re-registration to correct an error on the original, though that was likely to have occurred shortly after birth. If the handwritten entry is something like Dec 75 then that means the re-registration was in December quarter 1975. Jeff