Dear Julie If you check on State Records website Archives in Brief No. 35 - Change of Name is give some background and details of records available. I remeber checking at Kingswood archives also - I think these were for 1900s onwards. Regards Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Roberts" <robertsjk@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: [NSW-W] name change > Hi Everyone, > Does anyone know if there are records of people changing there name in the early 1900's. > Also adoption records around the same time, > Searching names HOPLEY, BOWDEN. > Thanks Julie