When my mother and her sister were born, 1922 and 1929 respectively, the doctor asked their mother what she was going to name them - she told him and he replied he didn't care for those names and was going to our down what he wanted on their birth certificates - she thought he was joking - in 1964 my mom went to get her birth certificate when my dad went on disability. The doctor wasn't kidding. Her name and my aunt's were not what they had used all those years - remember this was a time when u didn't need birth certificates to get into school or get a driver's license. She had to get affavadivts signed by two people who knew her as the name she had always used and present her SS card and D/L as proof. The birth certificates were amended. Not sure it would be that simple today. My oldest aunt had no birth certificate in 1914. She had to get two affadvaits from someone who was around her family at the time of her birth to prove her date and name, as well as her baptismal certificate. Linda Young Nehring -----Original Message----- From: Ann Parker <anngparker101@yahoo.com> To: mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 9:37 am Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] name change If anyone finds out the information about the name change, please post it. My father changed his name from Barka to Parker. Ann Parker mo-stlouis-metro-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Legal Name Change (Kathy Greifzu) 2. Re: Legal Name Change (Bj) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:12:11 -0500 From: "Kathy Greifzu" Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Legal Name Change To: "Betty" , Message-ID: <002901c7db9b$8060cd70$6401a8c0@kathyg> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original I thought my aunt had to have her name changed legally and they modified her birth certificate some way to show the change. Kathy Greifzu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" To: Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Legal Name Change > My grandfather changed his name legally in the early 1930's probably in > St. Louis, MO. His new name was HANSSON; his original name was something > like Benderwitz. Does anyone know where/how I can get a copy of this name > change? > > Thanks. > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:13:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Bj Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Legal Name Change To: mo-stlouis-metro@rootsweb.com, Betty Message-ID: <195008.53961.qm@web81909.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 My Great Grandfather & Grandfather also changed their names and would like to know the details on how this happened. Great Grandfather went by Isaac Wilson Conner on various census (but some documents & written family history have Connor, O'Conner or O'Connor) His sons went by: Richard Conner (Uncle) Eugene Conner (Uncle) Edward Conners (Grandfather) Thanks, Betty J Bagwell (Conners) Kathy Greifzu wrote: I thought my aunt had to have her name changed legally and they modified her birth certificate some way to show the change. Kathy Greifzu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" To: Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Legal Name Change > My grandfather changed his name legally in the early 1930's probably in > St. Louis, MO. His new name was HANSSON; his original name was something > like Benderwitz. 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The same process of having witnesses and documents as proof still are required. If nothing is proven, a judge has to rule on the change. You would still contact the Bureau of Vital Records http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/correcting.html My late maternal grandmother was a witness to several birth certificates and name changes as the family was mostly birthed at home by her and my g-grandmothers. And with the new driver's license requirements to prove identity, I have a few cousins who are 50+ years and having to go through the process now and without any living witnesses. :) LaDonna