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Name Change
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Jan | Report | 7 Feb 2004 22:32 |
How do I find out about a surname change during the first world war? |
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Janice | Report | 7 Feb 2004 22:41 |
Announcements were usually made in the London Gazette. Don't know how early this started though. Janice |
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Sue (Sylvia Z ) | Report | 9 Feb 2004 19:06 |
Hi Janice, At the PRO Kew there are reference books which give a number to look at certificates of people who changed their name. You didn't have to do it officially by Deed Poll, you could apparently call yourself what you wanted!! Sue |
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Aileen | Report | 9 Feb 2004 19:09 |
Hi Sylvia, Sorry to butt in but my granddad changed his German surname( his dad was a German subject) to another in the 1890s...would there be a record at kew showing that? Aileen |