Smiths

[paul1801]

Hi all,

has anyone heard of surnames being changed, particularly in the early seventeen hundreds?

for example an entry I have seen recently is

"Thomas Cutler alias Smith",

I have never seen this before, has anyone else had surnames changes like this, and what would be the rationale behind it?

thanks in advance

Paul

[Alan Welsford]

Paul,

Always worth using the search facility to see if it's been discussed before.

There seem to be several hits.

This one is very recent

http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27351&highlight=alias

Alan

[paul1801]

Thanks Alan,

Ive had a read of the information you referred to, very interesting,
thanks again

Paul