Does anyone know what checks were made when registering births in 1902. I have a birth registration which I think might have been as follows. The mother was single and the father was already married. I think the registration was made in another registration district from the birth. The mother registered the birth and gave her forename and birth name as the surname with a formerly name. The father's name contained the mother's formerly name as a second forename. The mother did have a brother with the same first forename. The mother gave an address within the district where the registration took place. The mother married the child's father the next year (in church) and he was described as a widower and she a spinster with her correct father's details. The child did tell the family many years later that she knew who the birth father was and he had married her mother just over 12 months after she was born. I suspect that the mother simply made false statements to the registrar but would like to know if that were possible. Thanks Peter