[lace-chat] Names and Legalities

[Carol Melton]

This thread has been very interesting to read.  Some years back I had  
cause to  go to the courthouse and get a certified copy of by birth  
certificate.  Paid my money and the lady comes back with the  
document.  That is when I discovered that my middle name was  
Christian instead of Christina.  I told the woman that there was a  
mistake, my middle name was not Christian.  She went and got the book  
my birth was registered in and showed me.  Yes, it probably was a  
mistake on the part of the person who wrote  my name in "THE BOOK"  
but she couldn't make any changes.  She gave me the necessary papers  
to fill out and send to the state of Illinois.  I had to have my  
mother certify that indeed my  middle name was Christina and in due  
course and the payment of $35.00 I received a new birth record from  
the state with the proper spelling and an official document  
explaining what was my name and what it is now and the reason for the  
change.  I was assured "THE BOOK" had been corrected - at least at  
the state level... Who knows what it still says at the Winnebago  
County Registrars Office...Since I  was the 7th generation from my  
mother's side with  Christina someplace in the naming scheme,   
although my mother changed the first letter from a "K" to a "C",  I  
didn't wish to be Christian even if it is the male form of the name.   
My daughter became the 8th generation and I Americanized it to  
Christine and she in turn changed it to Chrisitin for her daughter.   
I believe it has stopped with my granddaughter as she has had two  
daughters and not included the name Christina or any of it's forms in  
her  daughter's names.  Says she's not having any more children.  2  
girls, 3 boys - yes, I think that's enough too!

Best Regards,
Carol Melton
Valley of the Sun -
Phoenix, AZ U.S.A.
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