Birth Certificate Help

[serendipity2]

Please could somebody tell me why the number on my certified birth certificate copy is different to the number on the original?

[Mammar]

Because each certificate is unique. The facts on it will be identical hough

[Mammar]

*though

[atalanta]

The registrars use a running number. When my father died we had to get five copies of the death certificate - they had five consecutive- different - numbers.

[tonywiltshire]

Copies of birth certificates are often photocopies of the primary document certified as a true copy, this does not mean the person certifying is stating the information within the primary document is correct only that it is a true copy of the primary document. Do remember there are two types of birth certificate long and short.