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I've also heard of many cases of name changes, usually at time of entry to a country. On my ex-in laws' side, in the early 1900's the U.S. immigration "official" said something like "you can't go by that name in this country" because the name had a silly association here, so they simply chose the mother's maiden name and entered under that, and it's been that way ever since. I'll check ancestry site to see if that's reflected, but I bet it's not. So that might lead to dead ends.
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