Hi Listers, I'm new to the list and thought I'd see if there is anyone with similar interests. I'm also new to researching family history so any advice would be much appreciated. Here goes the story.... William Henry Leary (my husbands grandfather) decided that his father did something to make him change his name to Penfold (his mothers maiden name) in 1936. He was aged approx.18yrs. None of the family seem to want to elaborate any further and the DOB they gave me I can't seem to find in the IGI. I don't know where he was born and he died c1986, however I do know his father was called William Leary and his mother Francis Isabelle Penfold. Any takers?? Lynda