HOW TO DEAL WITH SURNAME MYSTERIES #6 CHECK THE LAWS FOR LEGAL NAME CHANGES BY COUNTRY and DATE

HOW TO DEAL WITH SURNAME MYSTERIES  #6 CHECK THE LAWS FOR LEGAL NAME CHANGES BY COUNTRY and DATE

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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SURNAMES - THE SMALLER AMERICAN FAMILY SOMETIMES OPTS FOR A FAMILIAL SURNAME ABOUT TO BECOME EXTINCT.

The typical American family today has an extended

family tree that is more of an inverted pyramid

as fewer children are born to couples.

In some families, the surname is becoming extinct because of the

historically low birth rate.

But, in most places, it is perfectly OK to name a child, even to a

married couple, without using the father's surname.

Some couples are opting to use the rarer surname to preserve it.