Hi John No problem, its very hard sometimes to get a point across in email, we know what we mean when posting an enquiry but its not that easy to let others understand what we know :-) If the GRO were informed of an event they would register it, if subsequently they found a difference in that registration (or were informed of one) they would re-record it with the first remaining in the index If they had made a mistake whilst registering the registrar would have altered the certificate and added a number to the alteration If there are two entries in the GRO index there has to be a cause, have you been back to the Registrars office that originally sent the event to the GRO? Or asked the GRO ? I have asked for advice from an ex Registrar to see if they could give an opinion I will let you know if they can advise Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Sorry, Nivard, I'm not doing very well. > > There is only one certificate, or to be more precise, two identical copies > of the same one. There are two entries in the GRO Indexes, which when > used to order certicicates have the same result. So it is not a question > of re-registration but of dual recording of the first registration. > > Both parents had been married before and did not re-marry each other > although they lived together thereafter, so presumably neither was > divorced from the first spouse. > Regards > John

Thanks again, Nivard. I will pursue the options you suggest. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: "John" <john.townend@o2.co.uk>; <nottsgen-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [NTT] Registration of illegitimate birth > Hi John > > No problem, its very hard sometimes to get a point across in email, we > know what we mean when posting an enquiry but its not that easy to let > others understand what we know :-) > > If the GRO were informed of an event they would register it, if > subsequently they found a difference in that registration (or were > informed of one) they would re-record it with the first remaining in the > index > > If they had made a mistake whilst registering the registrar would have > altered the certificate and added a number to the alteration > > If there are two entries in the GRO index there has to be a cause, have > you been back to the Registrars office that originally sent the event to > the GRO? > > Or asked the GRO ? > > I have asked for advice from an ex Registrar to see if they could give an > opinion > > I will let you know if they can advise > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Sorry, Nivard, I'm not doing very well. >> >> There is only one certificate, or to be more precise, two identical >> copies of the same one. There are two entries in the GRO Indexes, which >> when used to order certicicates have the same result. So it is not a >> question of re-registration but of dual recording of the first >> registration. >> >> Both parents had been married before and did not re-marry each other >> although they lived together thereafter, so presumably neither was >> divorced from the first spouse. >> Regards >> John > >