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Offline hazyfor2

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Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« on: Thursday 13 October 11 19:22 BST (UK) »
My late aunt Sarah Robinson has an entry on familysearch.org as birth Oct-Dec 1911 in Ballymena.  She also appears on Scotland's People birth registered in Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland 1912.  I know that she was born on 27th December 1911 and that the family were living together in Uphall, Scotland at the time of the 1911 Scottish Census earlier that year.  I also know that the mother left the family at some stage after my aunt was born.

I'm trying to establish whether the mother Maggie (my grandmother) left the father John and other 5 children in Scotland then, went back to Antrim,gave birth to the youngest baby Sarah there and did not return to Scotland. Perhaps the father John brought the baby back to Scotland and registered her there too.  Is that possible?
Broughshane, Co. Antrim.
 Robinson, Montford, Lily, Simpson.

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Re: Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 October 11 19:54 BST (UK) »
The Irish civil registration index is online (free) and covers deaths 1864-1921 for Northern Ireland counties so probably the first thing to do would be to check the death index to see if the baby's mother died at or shortly after her birth.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927084
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Re: Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 13 October 11 20:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your suggestion.  I omitted to mention that she left the family and lived until 1961 we think.  The younger children went to a home and the older ones to relatives for a time, returning to live with their father later on. Could a baby be registered in two countries, Ireland and Scotland?
Broughshane, Co. Antrim.
 Robinson, Montford, Lily, Simpson.

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Re: Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 13 October 11 20:10 BST (UK) »
Suppose it could have happened- who registered each of the births and what's given for the places of birth?
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Re: Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 13 October 11 20:21 BST (UK) »
There is "no image" for the one on familysearch.org and I am going to order the one from Scotland's People.  How would I order a copy of the Ballymena one that familysearch quotes?
Broughshane, Co. Antrim.
 Robinson, Montford, Lily, Simpson.

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Re: Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 13 October 11 20:43 BST (UK) »
Irish certificates have lots less detail than Scottish ones. See here for what's included on the certificates and how to order them-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433041.0.html
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Re: Sarah Robinson Birth registered twice?Ballymena and Scotland
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 13 October 11 21:03 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much for your help.
Broughshane, Co. Antrim.
 Robinson, Montford, Lily, Simpson.