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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 226 Send Message	New Year	Report	2 Oct 2006 22:39
	Hi, on a birth cert if the names of the mother are given as 'Bilbo' otherwise 'Baggins' (yes they are pseudonyms!) would this presume the name is an informal change rather than a 'legal' change like marriage or change by deed poll? Many thanks.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 1,461 Send Message	Judith	Report	2 Oct 2006 23:01
	In the case of a marriage it would say Mary Bilbo, formerly Baggins, or if she had been married twice - Mary Smith, late Bilbo, formerly Baggins. Alias or otherwise usually means someone who has been known by a name other than their 'legal' one - perhaps an illegitimate Bilbo who was known by their natural father's name of Baggins, or a Bilbo girl whose mother was widowed and remarried a Baggins and the girl was known by her stepfather's name.
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 226 Send Message	New Year	Report	2 Oct 2006 23:09
	Thankyou, the birth cert says otherwise Baggins, but Mr Baggins appears to have been invisible (not even a first name has passed down). The mystery deepens. Again many thanks.