Is there anywhere online where one can find a record of 20th-century name changes - deed poll etc?
I've been told about a family but the source is only moderately reliable and I can't square what I've been told with the records. Nothing unusual about that, perhaps, but the way it fails to match is peculiar.
I'm told of four people: father F (unknown forename but known surname, no other particulars other than curiously place of birth), mother M (known date of birth, first name, middle name, maiden name, place of birth), and two children C and D (known first and middle names and the surname of father F, no other details).
I can find one child's birth on BMD with full details including mother's maiden name. No sign of the other one unless I stretch to ignoring middle name and ignore any time/place connection with the sibling. But the only marriage I can find has a different surname for the father - a name which is similar but could hardly be a mishearing (M's middle name is unfortunately represented only by its initial). All the placenames are Southern England but these folk are 20th-Century so rather mobile. It's recent enough that although I know M's pedigree, the 1911 Census won't help with F's family.
None of the names is in the top ten for popularity but none is especially unusual either.
I suppose I could buy certificates, but these are not exactly close relatives so I can't really justify it. But it would be nice if there was a straightforward way to tie up the loose ends.
I've been told about a family but the source is only moderately reliable and I can't square what I've been told with the records. Nothing unusual about that, perhaps, but the way it fails to match is peculiar.
I'm told of four people: father F (unknown forename but known surname, no other particulars other than curiously place of birth), mother M (known date of birth, first name, middle name, maiden name, place of birth), and two children C and D (known first and middle names and the surname of father F, no other details).
I can find one child's birth on BMD with full details including mother's maiden name. No sign of the other one unless I stretch to ignoring middle name and ignore any time/place connection with the sibling. But the only marriage I can find has a different surname for the father - a name which is similar but could hardly be a mishearing (M's middle name is unfortunately represented only by its initial). All the placenames are Southern England but these folk are 20th-Century so rather mobile. It's recent enough that although I know M's pedigree, the 1911 Census won't help with F's family.
None of the names is in the top ten for popularity but none is especially unusual either.
I suppose I could buy certificates, but these are not exactly close relatives so I can't really justify it. But it would be nice if there was a straightforward way to tie up the loose ends.
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