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altered bdm numbers.

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billybud

billybud Report 6 Jul 2020 22:06

hi, any one know why some numbers are crossed out and changed, by hand, in the birth records?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 Jul 2020 22:25

Can you give an example

It could be an adoption or a later legalisation of a birth because the parents later married

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 7 Jul 2020 03:04

or even a correction of the child's name if someone noticed it was mis-spelled or wrong in some way.