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DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, DIFFERENT NAMES
ОглавлениеA mobile population. Never forget that an ancestor may have been born, married or died far from their normal home. Some areas, such as the naval bases of Portsmouth and the Thames-side dockyards, contain many births, marriages and deaths of people from all over the world. Also, remember how mobile our ancestors were – the English and Welsh registration records cover those two countries alone. If someone died on a day-trip to France or was born while their parents were stationed with the army in Ireland – or India – the event will not appear in the English and Welsh indexes.
Nicknames. A problem searchers sometimes encounter is that an ancestor was known under one name but has been officially registered under another one. Sometimes you simply cannot guess that Uncle Tom was registered as Arthur, but there are many nicknames which relate to proper names, such as Jack for James or John, Bill for William, Frank for Francis, Nancy for Anne, Ann or Hannah and so on.
Middle names. It is not always the case that people stated their middle names when they married, or indeed had them quoted when they died. Your William Frederick Smith might be registered as plain William Smith, and equally the man known all his life as Jim Hanson might have been registered at birth as James Frederick Augustus Timothy Hanson. By the same token, if you find a certificate with an absence or addition of middle names that surprises you, seek further evidence that it is the right person before you start seeking the next generation back.