Genealogy Chat

Twins will not necessarily have the same page number - one could be the last registration on one page and the other the first on the next page (a one-in-four chance).

THANKS TO EVERONE WHO REPLIED. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WERE TWINS, I HAVE THE CRADLEY BOOKS 'A MIRROR TO THE FLOCK' A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE NOTE BOOKS OF REV JAMES HESSELGRAVE THOMPSON. THE PARENTS ARE IN THIS BOOK (JOSEPH & HANNAH PARSONS) AND HE MADE A NOTE OF THE CHILDREN....MIRA BORN MARCH 1865 AND SARAH BORN MARCH 1865. ONLY JUST TOOK ANY NOTICE OF THIS AS PARSONS IS A NEW NAME TO MY LIST. THANKS AGAIN...MAGGIE

Maggie, In almost every twin birth, a time is recorded ,and this is shown on the birth cert,,,also in the GRO indexes they will have the same reference numbers... kay,

I found twins Maggie. One was born 12.40 the other 12.55 Seperate certs. Happy hunting :o))) Gerri x

It's quite possible for two children to be born in the same year, just as is possible for twins to be born in two different years - ie either side of midnight on 31 Dec. nell

It is possible that they were both aged 6 but born almost a year apart, so one would have just had their 6th birthday and the other be almost 7. I found two children in a distant relative's family with the same age on censuses and assumed they were twins until I found their birth registrations in different years! Kate.

The birth cert won't say twin, but it should have a time of birth on it. So you will be able to see which was born first. nell

I HAVE JUST FOUND MY GRT GRANDMOTHER ON THE 1871 CENSUS WITH A SISTER THE SAME AGE (6 YEARS) I KNOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN BIRTH CERTS BUT WILL IT SAY ON THE INDIVIDUAL ONES THAT THEY WERE A TWIN? ANYBODY ANY IDEA??