I found this interesting article on legal name changes in GREAT BRITAIN!
NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNITED KINGDOM : NAME CHANGES
Every state in the United States has laws on the books now about legal name changes. Is it even necessary? I think so because of all the other documents one needs to change that require proof.
Do your research on those laws when you think that a name change may solve a surname mystery!
This post is one of a series on the subject. Click on the tag Surname Help - AWG to get to the posts.
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