Hi Pam Although the common law principal I described in my earlier post still holds true in theory, in recent years our obsession with "identity" has meant that, in practice, anyone now wishing to use a name other than one shown on a birth certificate, adoption certificate or marriage certificate would find life exceedingly difficult! Caroline Sent from my iPad On 18 Jul 2012, at 22:40, "LittleMiracles" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Caroline > > Many thanks for explaining what you can do in England, we are a little different in that any thing legal has to be what your BDM says. My mother's father misspelled her name on her birth certificate, she could spell it correct for every day life but when it came to a legal document she had to miss spell it. A friend of mine just passed a way, she was born 20 Jun 1929, but her father make a mistake and put 9 July 1929 on her birth certificate and that was the date that had to appear on her death certificate. > > To get married you have to produce a full birth certificate, surely some one would notice the difference in names. Many people use other names for all different reason, if they land up in the news here, the paper puts in their correct name (known as !!!!) > > It seems it will be one of those mysteries I am not going to solve. > > Thank you all for your help > > Pam....NZ > > > > >

You can change your name by Statutory Declaration for a nominal sum [I paid £5.00], and this is accepted by all official bodies. Barbara On 19 July 2012 05:47, Caroline Bradford <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pam > > Although the common law principal I described in my earlier post still holds true in theory, in recent years our obsession with "identity" has meant that, in practice, anyone now wishing to use a name other than one shown on a birth certificate, adoption certificate or marriage certificate would find life exceedingly difficult! > > Caroline > > Sent from my iPad > > On 18 Jul 2012, at 22:40, "LittleMiracles" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Caroline > > > > Many thanks for explaining what you can do in England, we are a little different in that any thing legal has to be what your BDM says. My mother's father misspelled her name on her birth certificate, she could spell it correct for every day life but when it came to a legal document she had to miss spell it. A friend of mine just passed a way, she was born 20 Jun 1929, but her father make a mistake and put 9 July 1929 on her birth certificate and that was the date that had to appear on her death certificate. > > > > To get married you have to produce a full birth certificate, surely some one would notice the difference in names. Many people use other names for all different reason, if they land up in the news here, the paper puts in their correct name (known as !!!!) > > > > It seems it will be one of those mysteries I am not going to solve. > > > > Thank you all for your help > > > > Pam....NZ > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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