Hi Valerie Do we have a name to check My guess would be a birth in India that was not registered and later it was found that a proof of birth was required for some reason The 4 probably relates to the correction by the registrar, they kept a record of all corrections and alterations A look at the certificate may make it clearer Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 30/01/2014 13:37, Valerie lirakis wrote: > A lister on another (unrelated) mailing list sent the following message > yesterday, regarding a birth certificate listed under the British India > Office. > > "The certificate has 'When born' column with a Bolton address. In the Sex > column, it has Boy then underneath there appears to be 'Girl' crossed out > but under that a '4'. Could a certificate be issued for a 4 year old who > had been born in India but if so I would have expected a note to indicate > that. > > The date of birth is 25th May 1870 but the certificate is dated 25th January > 1887" > > Could anyone explain the apparent inconsistencies of this, and why it > appears amongst British India records? I haven't seen this entry myself as > I don't subscribe to FMP. > > Valerie