Help deciphering this RCE please

[Jo Simpsons]

http://www.tribalpages.com/tpphotos/fullphotos45/jo14_458289.jpg

I think it may say, Daurs Paternity, see reg ? , Vol ?6, 27 June 1867.
The actual birth was 25 June 1861.
Jo :)

[Jo Simpsons]

Hi,

RCE = Register of Corrected Entries
It is from a Scottish birth entry. I wonder if what I thought was 7 may be a 1 then? The child was recorded as illegitimate.
Thanks for looking.
Jo :)

[Jo Simpsons]

Oh yes could be!

Thank you.
Jo :)

[David Sherriff]

It is a Court Decree before the Local Sheriff, deciding who the father was.
Decree of Paternity, see Register of corrected births, Vol???, 27 June 1867.They have the register of corrected births in Edinburgh. I had a similar case heard in Dunbar before the local Sheriff, and was able to read the facts about the case, with names and addresses, occupations etc. I am not sure if they are available on line, but it would be worth phoning them to see.

[Jo Simpsons]

Thats brilliant David. The record was from Scotlandspeople and they don't have any images of RCEs yet to purchase. I'll give Edinburgh a ring.

Thankyou.
Jo:)

[David Sherriff]

The birth certificate states that David Sherriff is illegitimate and no father is given. The mother is stated to be Jane Sherriff, Domestic Servant. The informant is Helen Sherriff, Grand Mother, who signed her name, residing at Bambury Close Dunbar. The certificate also states that The Paternity of the child was found by Decree of Court.....????...Bulletin vol 1, page 19, 30 Sept 1865.

[Jo Simpsons]

What a lot of info you gained from that! Is it the GRO for Scotland you contact?

Thank you so much for your help and time.
Jo :)

[David Sherriff]

Yes! When I was last there in Edinburgh, an assistant had to go off and get a fiche of the entry and I got to the bottom of this particular mystery. In the 1881c, the grandmother refered to this illegitimate child as her nephew, when he was a grandson. Sorry about the duplication, and it will not edit.

[David Sherriff]

DAVID SHERRIFF, pp 13 REGISTER OF CORRECTED ENTRIES.
for the Parish of Dunbar in the County of Haddington.
In the forth column of the entry No 104 in the Register Book of Births for the year 1865 before the name of the Child's mother, insert William Greenlaw residing with John Greenlaw, Public House Keeper, Dunbar, on the Authority of a Certificate in the Item of Schedule F to the following effect.

[David Sherriff]

Registrar of the Parish of Dunbar in the County of Haddington take notice that the Sheriff substitute upon the 28th day of September 1865, pronounced Decree in an action before the said Court at the instance of Jane Sherriff, daughter of and residing with Helen Sinclair or Sherriff, residing in West Barns, against William Greenlaw, residing with John Greenlaw, Public House Keeper, Dunbar, relating to the Paternity of a male child named..[blank] born at Dunbar, in the Parish of Dunbar in the County of Haddington on the 4th day of August 1865, finding that the said child was the illegitimate child of the said William Greenlaw and Jane Sherriff.
Witness my hand this 29th day of September 1865, signed, Robert Hermiston, Dep Sheriff Clerk, Dunbar 30th Sept 1865.

[David Sherriff]

Sorry about all the duplicating paragraphs!! What is clear is if you have an illegitimate birth in Scotland and there is a note on it of a corrected birth, it is well worth while following this up and get all the other information that is available.