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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	John	Report	18 Sep 2007 22:32
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	i am looking for a friend and they are not sure if around wartime their family changed their surname is there anyway of checking ?
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,361 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	18 Sep 2007 22:35
	The name might have been changed by Deed Poll (but I'm not sure where you chack this). However there is no need to do anything official to change a name as long as you are not doing it to defraud, so they might have just decided to change the name without there being any records. Kath. x

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