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This is from the GRO website, and confirms what Shirley said.

Correct a death registration

1. What corrections can be made

You can’t change a death certificate once it’s been issued, but you can apply to get a note added to the original entry in the death register.

You can then get an updated certificate issued that shows this note.

Corrections to a death registration can only be made when the information is wrong (eg a mistake in spelling a person’s name).


What the correction looks like

The original information will always be shown in the death register. After the correction has been authorised, a note will be added to the margin of the register. This will explain what the correct information is and when the correction was made.

If you apply for a new death certificate, the note containing the correct information will be in the margin.

I meant risking forty quid n four more certs with her surname around that time x

Why are you paying £40? English & Welsh Certs cost £9.25 from the GRO.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Thanks for the info guys

Yes it will be the cross reference to the addendum done

There has to be a paper trail for corrections in the register office . The document raised for the correction would be numbered at the time the error was informed and the info having been verified . This would be after the original certificate had been issued .

Anyone in the registry office if later someone queried , could see the cross ref number and then go the files to see the original correction

:-)

I'm pretty sure it refers to the correction. I would ask the GRO or the local registrar who now holds the original registration about it.

Thanks Joan, I've bought d dozens of certs but had never come across this before. When clueless I always go to the experts:)

Thanks man, was worried I'd have to fork over another forty quid on maybes, best

I don't know for sure, but it's likely to be related to the gender, possibly a reference number used to specify the kind of correction being made - it won't have anything to do with other children, that's pretty certain.

Hi guys sorry f this is in the wrong place but has anyone come across a similar situation? My uncle died as a baby and on his death cert it has the number 4 over son - daughter was originally crossed out and replaced with son - I'm wondering if the number was just a doodle or a note that this was the fourth son as there's no records of any before hm and his mom was only twenty at the time, best.