Michele I think middle names might be given after birth and not appear on certificates in some cases. I grew up in a town where all the school forms said: first name, Christian name, last name. I was repeatedly criticized for leaving it blank. But I wasn't baptized, so never had a "Christian name". My grandmother said, just choose a name. SO one year I did and no one bothered me. I'm sure there is a record somewhere with a random middle name on my school form. Also, when my sister (also without a middle name) became a Jew, she had to take a Hebrew name. I know members of the family I've researched frequently reversed the order of the first and middle names on records but didn't see any need to formally change anything. When we adopted our teenage daughter, she had the option of changing her name or not. She debated whether to change her first name for a while, then decided to just change her last name to ours. Erica Voolich On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Honey Ryan <hryansavh@aol.com> wrote: > 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 > > > 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 -- Erica Dakin Voolich •Genealogist, check out my genealogy blogs http://genea-adventures.blogspot.com http://ursulawright.blogspot.com •President The Somerville Mathematics Fund, an Affiliate of Dollars for Scholars Chapter, Winner of the 2011, New England Chapter of the Year Award Chapter, Winner of the 2003-2004 *Golden Tassel* Service Award We celebrate and encourage mathematics achievement in Somerville MA! http://www.somervillemathematicsfund.org Become a fan on our Facebook page: Facebook | Somerville Mathematics Fund Check out my blog: http://somervillemathematics.blogspot.com/