‘A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE BROKE DOWN MY BRICK WALL’
Naming traditions can be invaluable to family historians, but they can also cause confusion because of their idiosyncratic and quirky nature. As generations pass and memories of family members ebb away, who is left to remember a relation’s nickname or the precise name that they favoured and signed on official documents?
Who Doreader Rosemary Wilmot hit a stumbling block with her great grandfather George Gray, which related to a naming quirk. Here Rosemary explains how she solved the mystery.
