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Help with birth cert
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Helen | Report | 14 Feb 2009 19:54 |
Hi, my friend has just received her birth cert and it says mothers name Jean Else otherwise Smith, does anyone know what this means. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 14 Feb 2009 21:04 |
Usually a certificate would say....... |
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Helen | Report | 14 Feb 2009 21:17 |
Thanks Gwyn, so you think Jean could have been married? |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 14 Feb 2009 21:22 |
For a better understanding of any info an a BMD cert read |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 14 Feb 2009 21:32 |
Jean could have been married, but I would guess that this wording more likely means that she just used the name SMITH sometimes. |
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Helen | Report | 14 Feb 2009 21:35 |
thanks porkie pie, good site. i dont think my friend will have much look trying to find her mother with a name like Jean Smith. |
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mgnv | Report | 14 Feb 2009 22:26 |
The other common reason for someone to change their name is that their mother remarried, and they took on their stepfather's name. |
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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! | Report | 14 Feb 2009 22:38 |
Your friend could look for siblings on Ancestry now that all births are indexed. |
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Helen | Report | 14 Feb 2009 22:53 |
She has first names of her mothers siblings and hers and years of birth, but thats all |
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Helen | Report | 14 Feb 2009 23:03 |
She was put in the care of Barnardos, then fostered, its hard to get information out of them. |
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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! | Report | 14 Feb 2009 23:25 |
You can add details here or PM me if you like. Sounds like you might have enough to go on. You can search for births with the mother's maiden name on Ancestry. |
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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! | Report | 15 Feb 2009 00:56 |
Helen PMed me. |
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