> F'instance, woman still living says her name is Axxxx middlename; her > marriage record gives her as Ayyyy differentmiddlename. Good thing her > husband had a HIGHLY recognizable name or I'd never have found them! > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> Cheryl, A year ago, I met a first cousin once removed, who had original family group sheets handwritten by my great-grandmother. He knew their provenance, and I recognised my great-grandmother's distinctive writing. The documents confirmed much of what I've researched back to my gg-grandparents. However, my mother's middle name was "wrong", which made me skeptical of everything else my g-grandmother had written. When I asked her, my mother told me that she'd been born at home in a rural area, and no birth certificate was created. During WW II, Mom needed a copy of her birth certificate to enlist in the WAC, and the doctor who'd delivered her created a delayed birth certificate. I have seen this birth certificate, and it has the appearance of a regular, and not a delayed certificate. The doctor asked my mother for her given names, however Mom had never used her middle name and wasn't sure what it was. She knew what she'd like it to be, and decided this was her golden opportunity to get that name. Maybe your woman did the same :) "Cheryl Freeman" <cheryl@genattic.com>

> > F'instance, woman still living says her name is Axxxx middlename; her > > marriage record gives her as Ayyyy differentmiddlename. Good thing her > > husband had a HIGHLY recognizable name or I'd never have found them! > > > > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@erols.com> > > A year ago, I met a first cousin once removed, who had original > family group sheets handwritten by my great-grandmother. He knew > their provenance, and I recognised my great-grandmother's > distinctive writing. The documents confirmed much of what I've > researched back to my gg-grandparents. However, my mother's middle > name was "wrong", which made me skeptical of everything else my > g-grandmother had written. When I asked her, my mother told me that > she'd been born at home in a rural area, and no birth certificate > was created. During WW II, Mom needed a copy of her birth > certificate to enlist in the WAC, and the doctor who'd delivered her > created a delayed birth certificate. I have seen this birth > certificate, and it has the appearance of a regular, and not a > delayed certificate. The doctor asked my mother for her given > names, however Mom had never used her middle name and wasn't sure > what it was. She knew what she'd like it to be, and decided this > was her golden opportunity to get that name. Maybe your woman did > the same :) > > "Cheryl Freeman" <cheryl@genattic.com> I don't mind the middle name nearly as much as I do the given name. The lady is strong-willed enough to be called whatever she wants (g), and for all my life she's been Axxxx. She's also old enough that Axxxx fits the popular names of her era which Ayyyy is not-uncommon in the county. Good for your Mom! You be sure to put that in your family history on her! It's things like that that make the rest of it worthwhile! (g) Cheryl Singhal singhals <singhals@erols.com>