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Subject: Surname Changes
Author: Chris Morris
Date: Monday, February 09, 2015
Classification: Query
Surnames: Halle, Hall
How common was it for someone for what ever reason to change their last name?
My 4x Great grandfather had the last name of Halle but his father had the surname Hall.
His father also had 10 kids, which only 2 of them had the surname Halle all the rest stuck with Hall.
Is there something i could search to confirm why or was it a thing they could freely do back then?