Chris. The situation on name changing is the same here in OZ. Probably why OZ is a good place to loose one's identity. I have often wondered how this would affect the signing of legal documents ? When in the RAF, a friend of mine had his name changed by deed poll. I recall seeing it on Routine Daily Orders. He changed it from Crapp to Wright. I can't say that I blame him ! Seamus....(tout á fait chevalier) System protected by system mechanics/Kaspersky -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris whitehead Sent: Sunday, 7 January 2007 12:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Change of surname - legal requirements It has never been a requirement for you to "officially" change your name. Providing there's no intent to deceive or defraud you can call yourself what ever you want. You may find a notice in a paper: "To all it may concern: John Smith now wishes to be known as John Brown" Given the names you quote, I suspect a change without public notification, and would even guess a date. In 1914, at the start of WW1 there was a great deal feeling against anyone living here who was/might have been from Germany. This included smashing the windows of shops with German owners. Your brother in law's ancestor may well have found it politic to change his name to something more English. In message <[email protected]>, Rita Newton <[email protected]> writes >Hi all >Belated New Year wishes to everyone. >My query is not Portsmouth/Gosport specific - but has anyone experience >of a surname change and what is involved? I'm researching my brother in >law's family. His father's birth was registered in 1925 as John GOLDING >however, John Golding's father's surname in 1901 census was GOLDSTEIN. >So surname "anglised" between 1901 and 1925. >When a surname is changed, what documentation is involved - would a >note be made on the birth cert records? >Any help/advice out there? >Rita > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message -- Chris whitehead ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is this combination unique? My mother changed her surname by deed poll to regularise the name she used for 30+ years. I have her copy of the legal document drawn up by solicitors. My birth certificate is not a surname or christening name change but is corrected by an endorsement of a declaration of my father 40 years after I was born. Any new copies of it carry the endorsement and it now has two reference numbers. This is very confusing as I now do not appear in any indexes I have found, because my correct name was hand re written on the typed index and the transcriber did not read the hand written note of my middle name correctly. I have advised them (Ancestry)and hope one day that it will appear as it should. My father in law's marriage certificate carries an amendment made by declaration of his patents, after they found out that his father was recruited into the first world war under the name of Smith. The two reasons we assume for the name difference was more likely the recruiter could not spell the simple surname offered or that he was under aged and enrolled under an alias. This second point can easily be ascertained if I apply for his army records. This I must do soon! Jim North Les Arcs France -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timber Sent: 08 January 2007 14:22 To: eng-ham-ports[email protected] Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Change of surname - legal requirements Chris. The situation on name changing is the same here in OZ. Probably why OZ is a good place to loose one's identity. I have often wondered how this would affect the signing of legal documents ? When in the RAF, a friend of mine had his name changed by deed poll. I recall seeing it on Routine Daily Orders. He changed it from Crapp to Wright. I can't say that I blame him ! Seamus....(tout á fait chevalier) System protected by system mechanics/Kaspersky -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris whitehead Sent: Sunday, 7 January 2007 12:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Change of surname - legal requirements It has never been a requirement for you to "officially" change your name. Providing there's no intent to deceive or defraud you can call yourself what ever you want. You may find a notice in a paper: "To all it may concern: John Smith now wishes to be known as John Brown" Given the names you quote, I suspect a change without public notification, and would even guess a date. In 1914, at the start of WW1 there was a great deal feeling against anyone living here who was/might have been from Germany. This included smashing the windows of shops with German owners. Your brother in law's ancestor may well have found it politic to change his name to something more English. In message <[email protected]>, Rita Newton <[email protected]> writes >Hi all >Belated New Year wishes to everyone. >My query is not Portsmouth/Gosport specific - but has anyone experience >of a surname change and what is involved? I'm researching my brother in >law's family. His father's birth was registered in 1925 as John GOLDING >however, John Golding's father's surname in 1901 census was GOLDSTEIN. >So surname "anglised" between 1901 and 1925. >When a surname is changed, what documentation is involved - would a >note be made on the birth cert records? >Any help/advice out there? >Rita > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message -- Chris whitehead ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte.