Register of Corrected Entries - Births

Typical examples of corrections to entries in the Statutory Register of Births include adding a father’s name after a paternity case, removing illegitimate from column one following the parents’ subsequent marriage and a change to the child’s name.

These two examples are from the district of St Peter in Dundee for the year 1882.

Entry 63 in the register for the birth of Helen Cavanagh has an RCE reference which shows that an alteration is required to the child's name.

The RCE allows for the child's name to be altered from Helen to Hannah on the basis of a signed certificate from the church minister.

In the second example the original birth entry (number 210) for Catherine Ritchie in the Statutory Register of Births is annotated decree of paternity with a cross-reference to the RCE volume and page.

The RCE entry shows that the father’s name, Walter Nicoll, must be inserted in column four following a successful action brought by the child's mother at the local sheriff court.