My mother-in-law always said her name was Miriam Lillian Wood. All of the documents have her name like this including her SS card, her children’s birth certificates and her death certificate. I have her birth certificate from 1928. Her legal name was Miriam Wood. She didn’t have a middle name ☺ It makes me wonder, did her parents give her the middle name after she was born or did Miriam pick one for herself when she was older. We will never know. The only reason I have this birth certificate is that it was found among her effects when she died in 1987. No way I could get a birth certificate here in Georgia. michele

Michele, Is it possible that she was baptized and given the middle name Lillian then? I have an uncle who has one middle name on his birth certificate and a different one on his baptismal certificate. My grandfather wanted a different middle name from what my grandmother wanted. My grandfather was the person who gave the name for the birth certificate and my grandmother gave the name for the baptism. My uncle used both middle names or more often both initials. I have also seen cases where later there were corrections recorded to birth certificates. Often this was to add a name to a birth certificate that originally did not include the child’s name and only listed the child as male or female. A middle name might also have been added to the name at that time. Chuck Mason -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:56 AM To: TGF Mailing List Subject: [TGF] The things you find :) My mother-in-law always said her name was Miriam Lillian Wood. All of the documents have her name like this including her SS card, her children’s birth certificates and her death certificate. I have her birth certificate from 1928. Her legal name was Miriam Wood. She didn’t have a middle name ☺ It makes me wonder, did her parents give her the middle name after she was born or did Miriam pick one for herself when she was older. We will never know. The only reason I have this birth certificate is that it was found among her effects when she died in 1987. No way I could get a birth certificate here in Georgia. michele The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Michele, if she were Catholic, this might have been the Saint's name she took when she was confirmed. Honey Michele, Is it possible that she was baptized and given the middle name Lillian then? I have an uncle who has one middle name on his birth certificate and a different one on his baptismal certificate. My grandfather wanted a different middle name from what my grandmother wanted. My grandfather was the person who gave the name for the birth certificate and my grandmother gave the name for the baptism. My uncle used both middle names or more often both initials. I have also seen cases where later there were corrections recorded to birth certificates. Often this was to add a name to a birth certificate that originally did not include the child’s name and only listed the child as male or female. A middle name might also have been added to the name at that time. Chuck Mason Subject: [TGF] The things you find :) My mother-in-law always said her name was Miriam Lillian Wood. All of the documents have her name like this including her SS card, her children’s birth certificates and her death certificate. I have her birth certificate from 1928. Her legal name was Miriam Wood. She didn’t have a middle name ☺ It makes me wonder, did her parents give her the middle name after she was born or did Miriam pick one for herself when she was older. We will never know. The only reason I have this birth certificate is that it was found among her effects when she died in 1987. No way I could get a birth certificate here in Georgia. michele The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message