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I received a reply from scotlandspeople today.  Basically, what they are saying is that parents can registar a birth as many times as they want, like where the parents live or where the child was born.  Marriages can be recorded upto 3 times.  In the grooms parish, the brides parish and there could also be banns.  So when an event is recorded seperately there will be more than one GROS number.

This clears up my original question, but, I don't know where exactly in Galashiels they were recorded.  The 1841 and 1851 census shows them living at the same address and at that time there were 3 churches within about 200metres. Maybe they attended one church then later on moved to one of the other churches and recorded their childrens names at both!

Ritchie

Thanks for your input everyone.  It is a strange one.  I have heard of siblings being christened at the same time but not births recorded in this way and not 20-40 years after they were born, as it appears.

I've contacted scotlandspeople to explain this.  Hopefully they will provide an answer.  If they do I'll let you know.

So, while I'm waiting I'll go off and try and solve other mysteries in this family.

Thanks again
Ritchie

Thanks for the help.

I also noticed that along side the parents name is a frame number.  Like the GROS number these are different.

Curiosity got the better of me and I purchased the 2 different records for the same person.  I have 4 duplicated names to check, luckily all the names were on each record.  There are no dates showing when these were written.

Its complicated to explain  :-\so I've attached the images.  Second image to follow.  Check out the entries for Young.

Thanks
Ritchie

Added: Only small relevant sections can be added to due to copyright. Thank you. 

That was what I was thinking, but I thought I would get a second and third opinion.

Thanks for your help

Ritchie

I don't know if this will help, but I have Edmondsons in my tree.

Isaac Edmondson (4x g-grandfather) b abt 1775 England married Johanna Lewarne.

Their son Isaac Edmondson b 1820 Caldbeck, Cumberland.

Sadly, I haven't found Isaac seniors birth date or his marriage date so don't know who his parents were.

The family moved to Hawick, Roxburghshire sometime after Isaac junior was born.  Isaac junior returned to Cumberland after he married and lived in Derwent.

Hopefully with the info you have this will help. let me know.

Ritchie