In a message dated 23/08/2009 16:49:15 GMT Daylight Time, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: The easiest solution would be a birth certificate. Hi Don, Well done for tracking him. I wish I could find the dosh for all the problems I have but my funds are a bit limited at the moment, so I couldn't buy a certificate. I guess he wanted to change his name from Gretsch to something English when the war with Germany started as did the Royal Family in the first World War. Obviously his parents weren't married so perhaps that is why. Regards Judy Elkington