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Error on certificate?
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Sue | Report | 8 May 2006 13:23 |
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I have just received a copy birth certificate for my g.grandmother. It states her mother's maiden name as Malone, but my elderly aunt insists that it should be Melloy. Is it possible that there is an error on the certificate? Sue. |
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HeadStone | Report | 8 May 2006 13:27 |
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Hi There is always a likehood of error. I have bc certificate for an Edmund James, whose marriage certificate says Edwin James, whose daughters bc says Edward James and her marriage certificate just says, father Edward. Cheers Paul |
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tinkers | Report | 8 May 2006 13:37 |
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i had a birth certificate for great granddad and his birth was 1863 and when i got certificate it said date registered 1963 so there was a fault with register office but when i got back in touch they told me to send it back and reissue me with another one |
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Sue | Report | 8 May 2006 13:42 |
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Thanks, Paul. I have been unable to find a marriage for the parents, so I cannot check that.Also the mother was born in Newfoundland and I haven't been able to find a record of that either. What a headache!! Sue. |
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Jenny | Report | 8 May 2006 13:47 |
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Errors are always possible as things are transcribed over time. I have a friend who's surname is Malloy - very similar to Melloy and a possibility for a mistranscribed Mallone. Sounds like quite a headache - good luck! |
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Sue | Report | 8 May 2006 13:52 |
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If everything was straightforward this hobby would not be so interesting. BUT, I just wish sometimes, that it was not quite so difficult to prove something. Sue. |
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Phoenix | Report | 8 May 2006 13:53 |
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1. Could the informant write? 2. Was it the mother who provided the information? 3. Is your aunt working solely from memory? - if this is her great grandmother, it's a fair way back. 4. If the name has been misheard, this may happen on more than one occasion. It could be misspelled as Mulony etc. Mistakes can easily happen. My brother's middle name is Curzon. This was a family name, according to Grandma.... only it wasn't. The family name was Couzens. Grandma got it wrong. |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 8 May 2006 14:00 |
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It's not just ''could the informant write?'' but ''could the informant write clearly enough for the GRO personnel to read it correctly?'' and ''did the informant check the info they were submitting?''. I needed a copy of my own wedding cert and found it incorrectly indexed bexause my father's flamboyant handwriting had been mis-read by GRO! (He was the Rector and conducted the ceremony, so he was the one who wrote out the register.) I have a copy of a register page from Edlesborough in the mid 1800s where the bride's signature is elegantly clearly ASHPOOL (in line with local census records) but the clergyman has recorded her surname (and her father's) as ASHPOLE, so that's what's in the GRO index. Christine |
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Sue | Report | 8 May 2006 14:01 |
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Phoenix, The informant was the mother, who made her mark, so I presume that she couldn't write. Also, she was Irish, so if her accent was strong, her name could easily be misheard. She was my aunt's grandmother. My aunt at one time delved into the family history, but unfortunately cannot remember where she got her info. from. Sue. |
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