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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	Sarah	Report	26 Jun 2003 22:03
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1 Send Message	I have a strange one...I have always known my grandfather being called Mr Forman on all his official documents etc but looking at his birth certificate I have discovered that he appeared to have a double barrelled name and his surname appeared to be Dubin Forman but I never heard any reference to that part of his name and wondered if it had been dropped for any reason and when I search geneology sites I cannot find a single person with that surname in the world which seems strange..am I missing something? Any suggestions?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Crista	Report	27 Jun 2003 03:42
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Sarah, From the 1901 census: "Double-barrelled names may have been recorded with or without hyphens or spaces between the two parts of the surname. You may need to make a separate search for each part of the name. Example John Martin-Smythe may be recorded with the last name of Martin-Smythe or just Smythe." Crista