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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 65 Send Message	weirdwizard	Report	20 Jan 2009 20:53
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 65 Send Message	Can anyone help me, my great grandfather seems to be down as Alfred Arthur on his wedding and daughters birth certificate. Yet when I search for her in the 1911 Census and other census he is down as Arthur it is Arthur according to freebmd on his birth certificate. Can anyone explain please?
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 170 Send Message	DevonViolet	Report	20 Jan 2009 21:09
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 170 Send Message	I cannot really help with this, although I have the same problem. My G.Grandfather has been found under various guises, George Arthur, George and Arthur. It seems he preferred hismiddle and I have found far more documentation under this name. His final marriage to my G.Grandmother was under the name Arthur and yet his death certificate is under the name George Arthur. Personally I would try all combinations. Just to add to confusion (although I was aware of name change) my grandfather changed his name by deed poll so he was born one name and died another. This is why I was not totally confused when I found his long term partner, but not married, had done the same. As my branch of the family will die out with me and my sister, I do not feel it will bother any future genealogists, but true to form I have married but not changed my name...this will confuse 'em!