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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 30 Send Message	Alice	Report	10 Apr 2004 23:58
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 30 Send Message	can anyone tell me if/how I can find information on changes of name... my family changed their surname during the war but the original certificate has been lost. Any info would be great!! :-)
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 1,133 Send Message	Abigail	Report	11 Apr 2004 00:01
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 1,133 Send Message	No real clue Alice but would it have been by deed poll? Some people changed their names from german sounding ones didn't they, so as not to be thought of as "the enemy" or "traitors"?
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,533 Send Message	Devon Dweller	Report	11 Apr 2004 00:10
	I guess the nearest solicitor in the area at the time would have dealt with it if it's done in the same way as modern times.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 30 Send Message	Alice	Report	11 Apr 2004 00:14
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 30 Send Message	Unfortunately I dont know the date it was changed or the area that they were living in!! I just wondered if anyone knew of a national data base type thing? or am I just clutching at straws?!