crossed out entry on freebmd ?

[garstonite]

I have in my family a member who is b 1969 dec qtr Liverpool - still alive - but on her freebmd entry it has a ? at the end
when I click on the ? it has a comment in Capital Letters
#COMMENT HANDWRITTEN AMENDMENT OF CROSSED OUT PAGE NUMBER 445
could some kind member explain what this means please ...do I take it that she had another name ??
thanks
allan

[Olde Crone]

Allan

No, I think it is just recording the fact that the page number had been crossed out (probably by accident) and that the transcriber has used that page number even though it was crossed through.

OC

[garstonite]

Thanks very much OC - is that why it has an S on the end ??
**d 5096/S ??
I won`t put the first 2 numbers up in case her cert can be traced ...
never seen /S after a cert number before ??

[kiterunner]

Have you looked at the image, Allan? The comment is just saying what the keyer saw on the image so it would help to look at the actual image. I was trying to work through all the Liverpool birth registrations for that quarter with a ? and a female-looking name to find the one with that page number in the comment but Internet Explorer kept messing up and I have to quickly go shopping now, but if you want to PM me the name I could look at it for you later.

[kiterunner]

Never mind, found it now from the extra info that you posted up. Just looking at it...

[Olde Crone]

Oh, it looks like either a re-registration or an amendment if it has an "s" after it. The most usual reason for that would be that parents married after the birth.

OC

[kiterunner]

Okay, yes, it has a crossed out page number which could be 445 but is hard to make out, and 5069/S has been written in. (The FreeBMD transcriber has made a mistake in keying it and swopped the 6 and the 9 round, so be careful if you order a copy of the cert. This shows why you should always check the image on FreeBMD.)

I'm sure we have discussed what the "S" means before but I can't remember if we came up with a definite answer. I think it means a re-registration of some sort.

[Merry]

I agree that I thought we had previously decided an S meant some sort of re-registration. However, I'm struggling to find another entry for the same person. Usually if you include the mmn and the forename along with the reg district you will find some other entry/ies. I'm using Ancestry not FreeBMD.

[garstonite]

P****** M**** b 1969 was adopted at about 6 weeks old by my Mother in law..I was wondering if that may be the reason for the Crossed out page ? and the letter /S after the cert number ?
obviously she has a different name now and is aware of her birth name ....

[Merry]

This would appear to be the definitive answer (quoting our Asa, but stolen from another site!)

A four figure digit followed by /S indicates an adoption. If a birth was re-registered it would have 'see D/43' indicating quarter and year the birth was re-registered.