Hi Edna & list Edna - thank you a very useful site - clarified a lot of stuff. but didn't realise the London Gazette archives were on line & searchable - can't remember the website - but if you just do a search for London Gazette, you will find it - amazing info - medals in WW1 & WW2, official name changes & a good search engine Rita In Norfolk UK where I have daffodils in full bloom (along the drive - not inside!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Name Change > Name Change - http://www.ukdps.co.uk/ > > Edna - Ottawa > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jenny M Benson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:21 AM > Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Name Change > > > Bazzer wrote >>"When a surname is changed, what documentation is involved - would a >>note be made on the birth cert records?" As far as I am aware, birth >>certificates cannot be changed > > My daughter opted to take her stepfather's surname when she was about > 11. There has never been any documentation involved. > > A few years ago, when in her mid-30s, she was doing something to do with > her driving licence and had to provide her birth certificate. Because it > shows her birth surname she was told to submit a letter from me stating > that ----- Benson was the same person as ----- W-----. We thought it > highly amusing that once again she was needing a "note from her Mummy"! > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >