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LINK: Change of Name Notices in "The London Gazette"
« on: Friday 08 April 05 18:28 BST (UK) »

I knew some of my ancestors who came from abroad changed their name and found two by accident when looking for something completely different Grin

I'm not sure about the coverage but to see what a record looks like try typing in Dembinsky as there is only one record (he changed his name to Harris)

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveSearch.asp?WebType=0&Referer=full

Hope this hasn't been posted elsewhere before.

p.s. forgot to say it seems a bit fussy how you search, for instance my chappie Herbert Henry Freiensener was not found using Herbert Freiensener but found him using either his full name or Henry Freiensener - changed his names to Francis.

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« Reply #1 on: Saturday 09 April 05 16:34 BST (UK) »

Great link Jonathon,

I've just managed to find that my grandfather changed his name by deedpoll in 1937...now just need to find when he changed it for the second time.

Would agree that the search engine is a bit fussy, am sure I repeated one search twice..and once came up with results and once not Huh

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 09 April 05 17:25 BST (UK) »

Hi Emily

Glad you got a result despite the dodgy search engine Grin

I thought I was going to have to go through some complicated application rigamarole so was pretty chuffed finding my two online.

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 09 April 05 23:36 BST (UK) »

I can't get the link to work at all - is it me or them ? Sad


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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 09 April 05 23:38 BST (UK) »

Must be them ............. it's usually ok so perhaps just a temporary thing Huh

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 09 April 05 23:42 BST (UK) »

Seems to be working ok for me at the moment Grin

Perhaps try again a bit later on though.

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 18 April 05 15:06 BST (UK) »

Excdllent site Jonathan - found notice of my grandfather reeceiving BEM!

(Particularly liked John Russell SMILLIE renouncing his former name of SMELLIE!)

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 04 October 05 19:52 BST (UK) »

Does anyone know where you get access to the London Gazetter prior to 1900, and whether earlier editions also include the naturalisations?


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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 04 October 05 20:07 BST (UK) »

Hello

One good source would be the British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale North London http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html but there may be other locations nearer you. I'm not sure of the content pre-1900 I'm afraid.

Some naturalisations were noted in The Times, if you provide the name and approx date I'll look it up for you (if the surname is sufficiently uncommon, otherwise it will be a bit of a nightmare Wink

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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 05 October 05 10:09 BST (UK) »

Thanks, Jonathan! I will PM you. My names are uncommon, and I'm thousands of miles away from the BL, unfortunately.


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« Reply #10 on: Monday 31 October 05 06:11 GMT (UK) »

I just tried the link and it's not working Cry

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