Is it just me who is looking for an ancestor and that particular ancestor has their given name missing from a baptism registereven though you 'know' it 'must' be them because of the date...none of their 'potential' siblings have missing given names, just yours....end of moan
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alot of people 'added' names to their names, I guess to make them appear grander than they were, alternately I have many relatives that had two Christian names, but tended to ignore the first name and use the second.Julie
They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........
.......I find dead people
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I do not think you are alone. I have many who used different names to those with which they were christened. To name two, one who was always known as Connie was christened Elizabeth, and another who was christened Anna became Nancy!
Janet
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My greatfather's birth cert says John. He was baptized as John Joseph, and married and died as John William !
My grandfather was known as Tommy to his friends, Al to his family - he was registered as Albert.
I also have a relly born as Isabella Ann, that morphed into Elizabeth after she married. It took me a long time to work that one out.
bcbritGeorge, Uren, Toy - Cornwall. Barrows, Blair, Bowyer, Freeth, Green, Manie - London
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Originally posted by foxyloxy View PostIs it just me who is looking for an ancestor and that particular ancestor has their given name missing from a baptism registereven though you 'know' it 'must' be them because of the date...none of their 'potential' siblings have missing given names, just yours....end of moan
If it's the parish register you're looking at, it might be worth trying the Bishop's Transcripts; I found the Christian name of one of my ancestors that way, when it was missing from the parish register (which looked as though it had been nibbled by mice or something).
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My Aunt Bridie was actually Mary Bridget.
Aunt Mary is Teresa Mary
Aunt Theresa is Ann Theresa
Fortunatley the other 8 of my aunts and uncle on my moher side either only had one christian names or all used the first of their 2 names.
I have a couple of cousins called Dermot but that is not thier birth name. My father was a Dermot, or at least he was until he got his birth certificate back in the late 70's early 80's. He had totally forgotton that his real name was Jeremiah
Oh the joys of irish family naming traditions!!!!
Dermot (Its on my birth certificate and I'm sticking to it;D)
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Originally posted by Mary from Italy View PostDo you mean the register only gives their surname? Is the register damaged?
If it's the parish register you're looking at, it might be worth trying the Bishop's Transcripts; I found the Christian name of one of my ancestors that way, when it was missing from the parish register (which looked as though it had been nibbled by mice or something).
ThanksFoxyloxy
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