From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 11/07/2020 14:56, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   > Annie Salisbury registered the birth of her son Harold in December Q   
   > 1880 and the entry appears in a search of the GRO Index.  Searching for   
   > the same entry on FreeBMD produces it   
   >   and one for Harold Varty Salisbury, same quarter.   
   >   
   > Looking at the image of the index at Free BMD, there is the typed entry   
   > for Harold Salisbury in the alphabetical list and an indication that a   
   > handwritten amendment from the foot of the page should be inserted.  The   
   > handwritten text reads "Harold Varty Birkenhead 488A."   
   >   
   > Knowing that Annie married Joseph Varty in September Q 1881, I am   
   > assuming that Harold's birth entry was amended to show his surname as   
   > Varty, not that his full name was amended to Harold Varty Salisbury as   
   > the FreeBMD entry implies.  Am I right?   
   >   
      
   I would go with that, the transcription is wrong.   
      
      
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