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From: "diane roscoe" <>
Subject: RE: [ENG-LIV] Re: ENG-LIVERPOOL-D Digest V06 #391
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:22:58 +0100
In-Reply-To: <561.4b471f9.321ccd49@aol.com>


Bernadette,
Quite a few of my ancestors changed their names and we still don't know what
their real names were, (I have a Hugh/Thomas changing on census records and
both his marriages.His own son gave in 'Hugh' as his father's name on his
marriage, crossed it out and pit 'Thomas').
Some names are interchangeable though, such as Hannah and Nancy, Ellen and
Eleanor, (especially if welsh). One ancestor was baptised as Betty, (in
Yorkshire) and married as Elizabeth, but was called Betty on everything
else.
I don't think that you had to give much i.d. on marriage either. A few of my
ancestors claimed to be over 21 when they were not.
Diane



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>Subject: [ENG-LIV] Re: ENG-LIVERPOOL-D Digest V06 #391
>Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:12:41 EDT
>
>Hi! I am "relatively" new to doing ancestry research and wonder if anyone
>else has run into this as now it's happened TWICE to me........... people
>(women especially) seem to just change there name in mid stream. For
>example, my
>nana's name was Ethel Ada, I searched and searched for her and finally
>found
>her as "Jessie" this was a nick name as a child but when she got married,
>how could she have used that name? Didn't they have to show some proof of
>who
>they were?
>My second instance is with someone I am researching now. On her marriage
>certificate, this woman was listed as Hannah Maria, as she was her a
>child's
>birth certificate. On all census she was Nancy, as I believe was her REAL
>name
>- any comments on this?
>
>thanks!
>Bernadette
>
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