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Subject: Re: [Ess] Marriage Record - Please Disregard
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:59:03 EDT



In a message dated 30/05/2011 15:44:45 GMT Daylight Time,
writes:

Although it was, theoretically,
possible for the fathers of illegitimate children to be named, this would
only happen if they fessed up and agreed to attend the child's
registration.
On the rare occasion that this happened, the child would be listed in the
GRO index under the father's surname, not the mother's


I would like to add a small correction to this. If the father attended
registration and is named on the birth certificate, the child is indexed under
both the mother and the father's names.

Regards,
Jennifer

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