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Title: Birth
Post by: johntoday on Wednesday 21 July 10 21:51 BST (UK)

Hi I have hit a little problem with a birth date.
St Mathews church Gosport parish records, give the birth of Stanley Miller as the 6 June 1934. The birth certificate gives the birth as the 16 June 1934, which one is the right one.
Thankyou for any help.
johntoday

Title: Re: Birth
Post by: bearkat on Wednesday 21 July 10 21:59 BST (UK)

Probably the only people who knew for sure were his parents.

It's possible that:

 The 1 was just omitted,
 An error was made recording either the birth or the baptism
 The birth certificate gives a later date because births had to be registered within a certain time,

Title: Re: Birth
Post by: johntoday on Wednesday 21 July 10 22:34 BST (UK)

Thankyou bearkat, I think it's one of those unsolvable mysteries. It's nice to have two birth days
johntoday