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   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?   
      
   Somewhat surprised, though, that a search of the GRO site doesn't seem   
   to throw up the Occasional Copy entry.   
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   Jenny M Benson   
      
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