surname change after birth but before marriage

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Member Since: December 2008 Posts: 11 Send Message	Carol	Report	12 Jan 2009 17:11
Member Since: December 2008 Posts: 11 Send Message	Please can anyone help me with this. My father was born in the 1930s to a married woman but the husband was not my dad's father. Sometime before my dad got married in 1958 he changed his surname to his real father's. Does this have to be done officially/legally???? Any advice or help gratefully received. Carol
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Janice	Report	12 Jan 2009 17:22
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Name changes were usually published in the London Gazette. Have you looked there? A public declaration is sufficient - my family did it.
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 2 Send Message	Elizabeth	Report	14 Jan 2009 12:03
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 2 Send Message	The same thing happened for my father He was born in the 1940s to a married woman but the husband was not my dad's father... But his mother and his biological father did eventually end up getting married and he was "adopted" by his really father and thats when his surname was changed... I'm still looking for the adoption record for my dad.....