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ceri

ceri Report 17 Oct 2012 23:08

Hi
Can anyone tell me is there a way to search a depoll register? Quite a few members of my family changed there names by depoll (in one family - my father and his siblings - there were 6 of them including a set of twins who all changed there surnames from there registered birth name to all different surnames - 1 changed to his mothers maiden name and the rest are to random or other surnames not one of them has the same surname and this is not done through marriage?!) Im now very confused and have a very large confusing family.
Thanks
Ceri

Researching:
Toner/Stevens/Howse/Luscombe/Wakeling/Leach Potton/Hale

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 17 Oct 2012 23:14

Do you mean by deed poll ?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 17 Oct 2012 23:16

I think you mean Deed Poll.....................

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 17 Oct 2012 23:52

A research guide

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/change-of-name.htm

From 1914 all enrolled deeds poll had to be advertised in the Gazette.

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/

And in fact my OH's mother changed their surname by Deed Poll in 1957 and it was recorded in the London Gazette.

The only problem is that you can, and have always been able to, change your name without formal registration as long as it is not for illegal purposes.....I have done so myself!

So maybe your family/ies did by mutual consent without feeling the need to go down an official route.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Oct 2012 10:06

so are you Lord Lucan then Chris? :-D :-D

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me