no given name on birth record, just surname
In Plymouth, Mass, around 1877, what would be the reason for a birth record that only lists a surname? It also lists the parents full names. There are two of birth records for a name I have. Was there a specific reason they would not include a given name, such as a name not chosen yet, or perhaps one that died soon afterwards?
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Either of those reasons is possible. Sometimes the birth record was filled in by the doctor who did not know the given name. A search of church christening records for the place where the child was born might have the name.
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