[DouglasKC]

Looks like the “original” may be a fake, too. See http://www.bomford.net/worcestershire/images/DavidJeffreyBomfordBirthCertDoc65.jpg.

Not so fast.

Australia didn't gain legal independence from Great Britain until 1986 with the passage of the Australia Act.

Both Kenya and Australia were possessions of Great Britain. It's NOT inconceivable that both would use the same form or at least similar forms to make it easier for Great Britain to register and process its citizens. It's also not inconceivable that the same bureaucrats would appear on documents that are less than two years apart. We're assuming that Lavender was in Kenya..but what if he were a British bureaucrat?

[cynwoody]

It's NOT inconceivable that both would use the same form or at least similar forms to make it easier for Great Britain to register and process its citizens.

Sure. And what about 44B and 5773? LOL!

[Jedidah]

Same thing occurred to me.

On the other hand, if the Australian BC was used as a template for a fake Kenyan document, who might have done it? Who might have had access to the Australian one?

Go to the genealogy site. Does the name Bomford ring any bells?

[Technical Editor]

But the printed, not typed, numbers are identical.

[PowerPro]

With the same form number? Same price? Same last name for the Registrar and District Registrar? Same book? Same page?