This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/10186 Message Board Post: I have this piece of paper dated 24 Sept 1858 and it belonged to my greatgrandfather. It is titled CERTIFICATE OF ENTRY OF BIRTH and it does not look like anything that you would get from scotlandspeople. It is more in the form of a letter and gives particulars of his birth. It is dated the same day as the birth was registered in the Register -Book of Births. It is almost like a receipt or it is actually what the registrar would have given to the person registering the birth as your copy of the birth certificate. Just wondering if anyone would know what this is as I have all the original bmd certs for my grandparents and most of my ggrandparents, but this one is different. Thanks