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Alan Welsford
02-03-2008, 11:13 PM
The following two birth registrations....

Jan 1930 Penn David J Goodchild Aylesbury 3a 1585
Apr 1930 Penn David J Goodchild Amersham 3a 1582

have taken place in neighbouring registration districts, in successive quarters.

I'm convinced there is only one Penn/Goodchild pairing in that area of Bucks at that time, and anyway the odds that two would both call a child David J don't sound likely.

Other than parental brain malfunction, can anyone suggest what might have occurred here ?

It it possible it was spotted that the original registration was made in a different district from where the birth occurred, and the parents were told they had to register again in the correct district ?

hughar
03-03-2008, 12:17 AM
I suggest that you ask the registrar(s) who now hold the records. It is possible there might be some contemporary annotations in the original registers.