Although this article has to do with Scotland, think it is pertinent to anyone doing genealogy. No wonder we can't find some people in the census records. Yesterday was looking at the 1916 records and saw my Uncle Doug shown as Murray SMITH - yes his first name was Murray, but he was always called by his second name. This was a very common practice with Scots and Palatines. Was just looking for a burial and knew the child was called Brown. Came up empty to stuck in his paternal grandfather's first name of David and got a hit. Date of death was spot on. http://sonasmor.net/AGM13.html Lauraine