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It looks to me as though that June entry and the other ones I posted up earlier may have been submitted by somebody doing a one-name study of the name Lane in the London area. If so, he would have copied the entries out from the GRO indexes at the Family Records Centre or somewhere like that and then typed them up for FreeBMD. The transcriber's name supports my theory. And if you look at Lane births for Dec 1888 you will see only London ones. (Presumably the actual page they are on hasn't been transcribed through the usual method yet.) So, he must have noted that particular one down wrong. It does say on FreeBMD's site that you should always check the information you get from them! Kate.

**** I received Nans birth certificate, and it says she was born 2nd April 1888. She always said her birthday was 13th Feb 1888. I definitely have the right certificate. Could it be that her parents didn't register her in time ( was there a certain time you had to be registered) So they just said she was born later than she was? Is this a common occurrence from those times having a different birthday to the actual day you were born? Of course she may not have known her real birthday and just fancied the 13th of Feb as her birthday:)) Anyone else had this happen in there tree? Lynda

Thanks Johnathon I thought there was a time you had to register a birth, so I assume that there are lots of our ancestors with different birthdays to what we think. We always celebrated Nans birthday on the 13 of Feb, perhaps that was her real DOB, sadly I'll never know, but the 13th will always be a special day to me whenever she was born. Thanks again Lynda

The time limit for registration of a birth is, and was, 6 weeks (42 days). What date was her birth actually registered? Kate.

Sorry Kate have just seen your reply. Nans birth was registered on the 5th July, that's 12 weeks ish isn't it? So did the fine get bigger everyday you were late do you know. Lynda

I don't know that, I was just wondering if the birth was registered six weeks after the date they gave for her birth on the certificate, but it would still have been late even for that date, wouldn't it? A bit of a puzzle. Kate.