My grandmother used a different name in adulthood than was her given name at birth. If this was done by bond, are these records accessible and where? Jan researching: SHAW, BOADLE, DIXON, NEILL, CONKEY, TOPPING, STEELE, GLENDINNING - cumbria BROCKBANK, HERBERT, PARKER - cumbria SHEDD, SPEARS, STICKNEY, JEWETT, BURCH, BLOOD, HALL - usa
Jan......are we talking first name or surname......makes a big difference. I can't help you with the 'bond', but there is nothing unlawful about calling yourself by a different Christian or first name....... I found one lady in Jamaica who was always known as Daniele Ritchie (allegedly descended from Le Comte d'Eretier, hence the french name). Her birth record showed "Drusilla Maude Ritchie"........I would have changed mine too, grin!! Her descendants never knew her proper birth name. And family lore says that d'Eretier was changed to Ritchie, but I have never found any evidence of that either. Btw.....did you mean 'deed poll' to change a name? It is a term common to England and the West Indies (which were mostly populated by England)......but not common in the US or Canada. In fact, I worked in law for 20 years and had never heard the expression. We just do simple Change of Name documents and have the Judge sign them. Cheers.....Heather P.S. My mum was 'Kenny' Bowness all her life, but Kenny was her maiden surname. Her real birth names were Laura Bernice Kenny and she will come out of the 'ether' and clip me one for letting that one out.......she detested her birth names. (G) > My grandmother used a different name in adulthood than was her given name at > birth. > If this was done by bond, are these records accessible and where? > > Jan > researching: > SHAW, BOADLE, DIXON, NEILL, CONKEY, TOPPING, STEELE, GLENDINNING - cumbria > BROCKBANK, HERBERT, PARKER - cumbria > SHEDD, SPEARS, STICKNEY, JEWETT, BURCH, BLOOD, HALL - usa > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >