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Heather

Heather Report 12 Nov 2013 10:24

Hi my name is Heather I'm having trouble finding out about some of my ancestors that have changed their birth names. Would anyone know how I would be able to find this out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Heather Woods

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 12 Nov 2013 10:35

Welcome to the Boards Heather.

If you'd like to give us some names and details of the records that you 'do' have, we can all have a look on your behalf.

Have you considered that they may have taken a step-father's name, or emigrated as adults? Depending on the circumstances, children could also have been adopted out of the birth family. There is also the problem of poor transcriptions of census etc.

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Nov 2013 13:39

What do you mean by 'changed' their names?

What leads you to think that this happened? Other than by marriage (for the females).

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 13 Nov 2013 13:27

As this is Heather's first post, I will let her know that she has replies to her query. :-)

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