Registration district Wokingham 1886 Birth in the sub-district of Wargrave in the County of Berks

No	When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar	Name entered after registration
379	Fourth January 1887 Hatch Gate Cottages, Whistley R.S.D.	William	Boy	Henry Brind	Jane Brind formerly Simmonds	Carter	H Brind Father Hatch Gate Cottages, Whistley	Thirty first January 1887	Charles Widdows Registrar	/      /     /    /   /

NOTE: It is clear that the date in the top left hand corner (1886) must be wrong. Jonathan Brind. From: "Grahame Brind" Date: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:04:48 Europe/London To: "Jonathan Brind" Subject: Brind Tree Hello Jonathan, I telephoned Wokingham Registry Office and asked them about the Birth Certificate of William Brind, the discrepancy of the dates and cert number. They looked out the relevant register and called me back. It seems that the page had started in December 1886 and the very next entry was William on 4th January 1887 with no change of year indicated. They have to faithfully copy the exact wording in the original entry, so that accounts for the year at the top of the certificate. The register was started in 1884 and the number 379 referred to it being the 379th entry in the register. Q.E.D.