Unless the name is not of the Christian religion, such as with an oriental ancestor, or.... Cheers, Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:52:37 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Given-Name Change? I don't see why , Christian name is what it is Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi, > Perhaps it's time to change the subject heading to a broader and more > accurate term, such as 'Given-name' instead of 'Christian name' which is > out of date in today's expanded lexicon. > Cheers, > Gary, (of Owlcotes West Riding descent) Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message