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    I have two marriage certificates for the same lady the first one states her father's first and last name, but the second one 16 years later only has his surname. What couldbe the reson for this?

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    Where did those marriages take place and when? If you looking back in the 19th century I don't think that you should assume that the newly wed couple would have necessarily taken a copy of the certificate with them, and it's possible that where none of the parties were literate that some of the details might have been filled in later on from memory .

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