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    Just been watching Heir Hunters, where a birth was actually registered in 2 different districts. So something that's not supposed to happen can happen. I'll have to go back to the recording to pick up further clues, but possibly the birthplace was on the border of 2 districts.
    Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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    I saw this too, UJ but I don't think it gave any explanation.

    OC

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View Post
      I saw this too, UJ but I don't think it gave any explanation.

      OC
      She commented that the father went to the wrong place first time.
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        Caroline

        I think that's just what the researcher THOUGHT - surely the registrar would have pointed out during the registration that it was the wrong office. I think when that happens normally the Registrar would pass the information to the correct district, but a birth can only be registered once.

        OC

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        • #5
          It was interesting to see this morning UJ how, just when it was looking hopeless because of the common name, a will gave the brothers name and opened it up.
          It just shows you should never give up.
          Chrissie passed away in January 2020.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View Post
            I saw this too, UJ but I don't think it gave any explanation.

            OC
            I guess there'll always be those who live right on the border! The researcher did say she'd never come across it in 20 years of working there.

            Anne

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            • #7
              Is there a nosey parker here who wants to invest £18.50 to satisfy everyone's curiosity?
              Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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              • #8
                I'm not THAT curious UJ :D
                Chrissie passed away in January 2020.

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                • #9
                  A lot of the registration districts around Shrewsbury were re-jigged in 1934/35 which I think was the time the birth was registered. I suppose there could have been a lot of confusion initially about where border properties fell, especially as the area has a lot of hamlets and individual rural cottages and farms. My Shropshire branch lived in a relatively small area but were registered both in Wem, Ellesmere and Atcham, the area I think they mentioned. In addition some Shropshire births do fall just over the Welsh border in Montgomeryshire, so plenty of scope for error!
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                  • #10
                    So it's possible that the birth occurred during or just after a reorganisation of boundaries and one of the registrars got confused. I suppose (but not enough to invest £18.50) that the informants were different.
                    Uncle John - Passed away March 2020

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